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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere's Always a New Low for the Trump White House
Bob Woodward's latest book shows the administration is broken, and yet what comes next could be even worse.Isn't it amazing how the music is so upbeat while the lyrics are apocalyptic ?
One unexpected by-product of the Trump administration has been the resurgence of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Its not just that Watergate feels freshly relevant and impeachment is on tongues around the country. The two aging reporters are making vital contributions once more.
Bernstein has contributed to several major stories, including the revelation of the Steele dossier. Now comes Woodwards long-anticipated book on the Trump administration, and the first revelations, reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, suggest its a doozy. Dishy, insidery books on the White House have become Woodwards staple in recent decades, and is any White House as well suited to dishy, insidery accounts as Donald Trumps?
Almost certainly not.
Woodward delivers a raft of jaw-dropping anecdotes about the administration: Secretary of Defense James Mattis saying the president has the comprehension of a fifth- or sixth-grader. Chief of Staff John Kelly calling Trump an idiot. Trump saying Attorney General Jeff Sessions is mentally retarded. The economic adviser Gary Cohn orchestrating the theft of a letter from the presidents desk to prevent him from signing it. Trump telling Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, I dont trust you. I dont want you doing any more negotiations Youre past your prime.
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The dysfunction at the heart of Woodwards account demonstrates the paradox at the heart of the Trump White House: Everything is irreparably and disastrously broken, and yet what comes next could be even worse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/bob-woodward-book-trump-kelly-mattis/569284/
Bernstein has contributed to several major stories, including the revelation of the Steele dossier. Now comes Woodwards long-anticipated book on the Trump administration, and the first revelations, reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, suggest its a doozy. Dishy, insidery books on the White House have become Woodwards staple in recent decades, and is any White House as well suited to dishy, insidery accounts as Donald Trumps?
Almost certainly not.
Woodward delivers a raft of jaw-dropping anecdotes about the administration: Secretary of Defense James Mattis saying the president has the comprehension of a fifth- or sixth-grader. Chief of Staff John Kelly calling Trump an idiot. Trump saying Attorney General Jeff Sessions is mentally retarded. The economic adviser Gary Cohn orchestrating the theft of a letter from the presidents desk to prevent him from signing it. Trump telling Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, I dont trust you. I dont want you doing any more negotiations Youre past your prime.
...
The dysfunction at the heart of Woodwards account demonstrates the paradox at the heart of the Trump White House: Everything is irreparably and disastrously broken, and yet what comes next could be even worse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/bob-woodward-book-trump-kelly-mattis/569284/
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There's Always a New Low for the Trump White House (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2018
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FM123
(10,054 posts)1. There is no such thing as too low for this White House.
Every day they have to redefine what rock bottom is.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,125 posts)2. Bad? Sure. Real bad? Yep. Maybe the END of America? could be
But surely all of this is better than a woman who once gave one speech on Wall Street?
Right?
Anybody?
Anybody here willing to ADMIT they said SHIT LIKE THIS?