Woodward describes WH: "When you put a snake, a rat, a falcon, a shark & a seal in a zoo w/o walls"

[kpete]

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Priebus is quoted as describing Trump officials not as rivals but as “natural predators.”

“When you put a snake and a rat and a falcon and a rabbit and a shark and a seal in a zoo without walls, things start getting nasty and bloody,” Priebus says.
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Inside the White House, Woodward portrays an unsteady executive detached from the conventions of governing and prone to snapping at high-ranking staff members, whom he unsettled and belittled on a daily basis.

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly frequently lost his temper and told colleagues that he thought the president was “unhinged,” Woodward writes. In one small group meeting, Kelly said of Trump: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

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Woodward illustrates how the dread in Trump’s orbit became all-encompassing over the course of Trump’s first year in office, leaving some staff members and Cabinet members confounded by the president’s lack of understanding about how government functions and his inability and unwillingness to learn.

At one point, Porter, who departed in February amid domestic abuse allegations, is quoted as saying, “This was no longer a presidency. This is no longer a White House. This is a man being who he is.”





Oh yes, there is MORE:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/five-most-shocking-episodes-from-woodward-white-house-memoir
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodwards-new-book-reveals-a-nervous-breakdown-of-trumps-presidency/2018/09/04/b27a389e-ac60-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?utm_term=.fc82fead697a

The Washington Post just released the transcript and 11-minute audio recording of Trump's conversation last month with Bob Woodward.

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[badhair77]

1. Wowsa.

I was going to wait for the book on the library wait list but I believe I have to buy it. But of course his base will never believe any of it. Hopefully it will instigate a public meltdown for trump. Maybe they’d believe that.