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AZProgressive

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 05:31 PM Oct 2021

Trump's Temper Was Reportedly So Terrifying and Volatile That Aides Would Hide From Him [View all]

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In her latest interview in People magazine, she describes an environment in the White House, where Trump’s explosive temper made it such that grown adults would literally hide from Trump and – secretly – hope that his anger would find a new target soon enough, allowing the person to start over:

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I never saw him lose his temper with Mrs. Trump. Then when I got to the West Wing, I saw him do it to others and it was really jarring. I remember being struck by how people just took it — a national security adviser or a secretary of state or a cabinet member … I never saw anyone push back.
The first time he did it to me was on Air Force One and it was so fast. Picture a DJ board where you can just push the volume all the way up. It’s that swift, how loud he gets.
The formula me and my colleagues took was: we would take it, and then just stay out of his line of sight for the next day or two. And then sadly, we would kind of hope he would turn his eye on someone else. I think that that’s where some of the real backstabbing, dog-eat-dog culture came from. You were so desperate not to be on his bad side, that you would let anybody else be on his bad side.


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The ass belongs in a padded cell!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2021 #1
No. He just belongs in a cell. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #43
Good point. Cha Oct 2021 #64
That ass would require a double-wide cell. 11 Bravo Oct 2021 #47
No one pushed back his entire life. SergeStorms Oct 2021 #2
A good punch in the nose would do it. Some of these guys had a chest full of combat medals Walleye Oct 2021 #5
I'd gladly donate... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #67
Thank Goodness 81 Million Voters Cha Oct 2021 #65
I know! Why are people so afraid of this stupid, useless, slovenly, POS, loser nobody? smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #71
White House was full Of lily-livered yellow-bellied cowards Walleye Oct 2021 #3
Right wingers, often far right, cowards empedocles Oct 2021 #7
Probably their defining characteristic Walleye Oct 2021 #9
Job qualification #1. N/T Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #12
right elleng Oct 2021 #8
Apparently malaise Oct 2021 #32
I'm starting to think they were just afraid of being yelled at Walleye Oct 2021 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #44
Poor character and judgement to begin with or they wouldn't be there. Hortensis Oct 2021 #53
So true Walleye Oct 2021 #57
Exactly.. I sorta made that point down thread.. Cha Oct 2021 #66
A lie by omission is still a lie... dixiechiken1 Oct 2021 #4
meaning he shouts loud, and scares people, elleng Oct 2021 #6
Exactly. Beat the shit out of the asshole. Walleye Oct 2021 #11
Well, there WAS that WWF wrestling episode... robbob Oct 2021 #26
An abusive bully I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #10
I had a boss who was a domineering bully. robbob Oct 2021 #28
Yes I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #50
I ALWAYS find this happens with bullies. smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #73
I have never had a job Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #13
Exactly. niyad Oct 2021 #15
Hey, steph, it is " my colleagues and I". And, you and your co-sycophants should niyad Oct 2021 #14
Plus 1,000,000,000 nt leftieNanner Oct 2021 #25
I still can't understand why people stood for that shit Poiuyt Oct 2021 #16
Being so close to the center of power becomes intoxicating Kaleva Oct 2021 #24
You can say that again grantcart Oct 2021 #58
Being so close to the center of power becomes intoxicating Kaleva Oct 2021 #27
LOL PCIntern Oct 2021 #61
Brainwashed as kids to let God/daddy do all the thinking for you. meadowlander Oct 2021 #38
"His bad side" unblock Oct 2021 #17
Yeah, he has 2 sides all right. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #41
And each one has a face....all its own. lastlib Oct 2021 #51
trump will be a threat to this nation until he draws his last breath. (nt) Paladin Oct 2021 #18
I'm afraid I agree with you. lunatica Oct 2021 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #45
Cowards, everyone of them.nt sheshe2 Oct 2021 #19
Yeah, it sure is another profile in courage n/t hibbing Oct 2021 #30
This is exactly how children act in a violently abusive household. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #20
President Abusive Asshole. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #54
Trump is a living, breathing, talking personality defect, quite possibly the worst human being alive sop Oct 2021 #21
I can't think of a single redeeming feature MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #60
"He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life" Strelnikov_ Oct 2021 #62
I'm tired of this insider behind the scenes shit. LuvLoogie Oct 2021 #22
Yep. We don't know how to deal with corruption when it's done in our faces in plain sight Walleye Oct 2021 #35
We watched the film "Unfit" last night! young_at_heart Oct 2021 #23
I saw that! ShazzieB Oct 2021 #42
what platform? shanti Oct 2021 #69
It's available in a variety of platforms...everyone should see this! young_at_heart Oct 2021 #77
Who is "she"? Retrograde Oct 2021 #29
She is Stephanie Grisham and the source is her book AZProgressive Oct 2021 #36
I know the 4 paragraph limit is a pain sometimes. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #46
He really is the sort of person who could murder someone in cold blood and ask the aide to clean it sunonmars Oct 2021 #31
Absolutely true. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #49
the epitome of an ineffective administration MissMillie Oct 2021 #34
They all knew what he was before they hired on. Sometimes it takes more NCjack Oct 2021 #37
Exactly! maxrandb Oct 2021 #72
Very STABLE genius D_Master81 Oct 2021 #39
Well, Turbineguy Oct 2021 #48
He is and was a very small person RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2021 #52
I cannot imagine myself, at this age taking any kind of abuse like that and not saying anything Maraya1969 Oct 2021 #55
It makes me think about the "Mommy Party/Daddy Party" analogy maxsolomon Oct 2021 #56
The GOP knew he is a narcissistic psychopath when they ran him for office. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2021 #59
Den of MF Fascist Snakes in the WH Cha Oct 2021 #63
Then why entertain one more minute of working for him? LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #68
Stephanie Grisham? kentuck Oct 2021 #70
And now almost a million people are dead ecstatic Oct 2021 #74
I really don't care what any Trump enabler says now. She missed her opportunity to make a Vinca Oct 2021 #75
I would have laughed in that bully's face, Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #76
He's the role model for hordes of young republicans Champp Oct 2021 #78
How long before the far right concocts a story Norbert Oct 2021 #79
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