"They Thought This Was Going to Be A Positive Book"

[DonViejo]

By JOSH MARSHALL Published JANUARY 4, 2018 4:28 PM

“The communications team urged all of the senior advisors to cooperate. They thought this was going to be a positive book for the President.”

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/they-thought-this-was-going-to-be-a-positive-book

[HipChick]

1. I'm in a bad mood..

but this has me...

[RandomAccess]

22. Me too. In fact, it's the

most fun 24+ hours I've had since that fateful day in Nov. 2016.

[Hortensis]

38. A personal Trump effect -- guffaws.

I just don't do those, but once again on reading this...I startled myself and woke my husband up.

[mcar]

2. Most incompetent administration ever!

[Wwcd]

3. The players have been played! Ha

[sheshe2]

8. Woah.

Wait. Whut? Ya mean they are even dumber than they look?

[Wwcd]

9. Hey Sheshe2 ☺

IKR. There really is a dumb & dumber

[sheshe2]

12. Hey Wwcd...

Gotta wonder if his communications team is really on his side they just torched his ass ...and the Senior Advisors fell for it...

[eleny]

15. My bad - I read your post as, "...touched his ass..."

[sheshe2]

16. Hahahahhaha

[Wwcd]

25. Lol.. feels good to read laughing posts again.

We will survive this 2 year headlock trump put us all in.
We will be free!!!

[sheshe2]

28. The Book will come out tomorrow...it's only a day away ;)

Yes, laughing feels good.

[Historic NY]

4. He got all the dope....

and put it on tape too. I love how he even through dinner parties.......

[Wwcd]

11. THIS is the "blackmail tape". They were warned not to disrespect Steven Bannon, or else

Interesting turn of events

[BeyondGeography]

5. To quote the immortal Rick Perry: Oops

[yardwork]

6. Can't stop laughing.

[sheshe2]

13. Me either!

[gratuitous]

7. The only conceivable response to that notion

Good God, why?

[Irish_Dem]

10. Sometimes I just cannot believe how stupid these people are.

It boggles the mind.

Putin had to rig the election.
They were too stupid to be elected dog catcher in Mayberry.
(Apologies to Mayberry)

[Kirk Lover]

14. And I'm sure it would of been positive, that is if anything remotely positive had gone on. n/t

[tanyev]

17. Yes. This.

An administration full of egomaniacs assumed that somebody watching them and writing about what they did would be very favorable. Reality begged to differ.

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Right Where I Was Going

The intent may not have been to do a true expose. But, once Wolff saw the dysfunction and idiocy and had full rein to discuss with any and all, the actuality may have redirected the focus.

And, since the insiders knew what they knew, but figured it would all work out, it now looks even worse than expected. Especially when it ends up in print.

[Gothmog]

18. This is amusing

[Mc Mike]

19. Don't worry. I'm sure they're on their toes when dealing with putin.

[sheshe2]

30. Not the appendage I had in mind...

[Mc Mike]

36. Touche, nt.

[KewlKat]

20. The problem here is that they were "thinking" and I agree, it is a positive book. We're now

all positive that the entire WH staff and the Con in cheese are total, complete incompetents and liars.

[Historic NY]

21. All because of the cover graphics....

guess that will teach them not to judge a book by it cover.

[RandomAccess]

23. Was it stupidity, or was it hubris?

There's a level of extreme hubris (and narcissism) that renders its victims incapable of anything remotely approaching objective or even realistic thought.

[Phoenix61]

27. I'm going to go with mostly hubris

Twitler has been a raging asshole for years and always got away with it. Not anymore. He never should have left Jersey.

[RandomAccess]

29. LOL. Well said.

[meadowlander]

34. Leave Jersey out of it. He's from Queens.

[Phoenix61]

35. Oops, sorry.

No disrespect meant. Thanks for the correction.

[Cha]

24. Instead of Non-Fiction..

[MaryMagdaline]

26. This reminds me of Fatal Vision

Joe McGuiness talked Jeffrey McDonald into letting him follow his case. He then wrote a book concluding he was guilty. McDonald sued him.

[procon]

31. Trumpss communications staff recommended Michael Wolff without

any sort of vetting, when all they needed to do was call Murdoch and ask how he liked the last scathing book that Wolf wrote about him, but they didn't do that either.

Trump foolishly listened to Sean Spicer, Hope Hicks, Jason Miller and Dan Scavino, a bunch of losers just like him. He believed Spicer, the beleaguered White House press secretary, whom he would soon fire. He believed Hicks, a woman with nice legs but no experience, whom he keeps close as his Strategic Communications Director. Trump also believed, Miller, a man whom he hired to be the Communications Director, but he resigned abruptly after it was revealed he fathered a child with one of Trump's campaign staffers. Trump brought in Scavino who worked at one of his golf courses and somehow that qualified him to be the new Social Media Director, but just yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that they want to see him as part of their investigation into Russia’s election interference and possible influence on the Trump campaign.

The fool and his bootlickers are soon parted.

[NCjack]

32. I thank the senior staff for being so cooperative

with author M. Wollf Well done!!!

[JDC]

33. Maybe he helped George Pap serve coffee

All you have to do is feed the ego. Then you are in. And you'll have the run of the place.

[MoonRiver]

39. The gang that can't shoot straight!