Trump repeatedly interrupted briefings to ask bizarre questions about badgers

[left-of-center2012]

President Donald Trump frequently interrupted briefings to satisfy his preoccupation with badgers when Wisconsin native Reince Priebus was his White House chief of staff.

According to the new book “Sinking In The Swamp,” the president peppered Priebus with questions about Wisconsin’s state animal during briefings about foreign and domestic policy,.

“‘Are they mean to people?’ Trump at least twice asked Priebus in the opening months of his presidency,” the authors wrote. “‘Or are they friendly creatures?’ The president would also ask if Priebus had any photos of badgers he could show him, and if Priebus could carefully explain to him how badgers ‘work’ exactly.”

“Trump also wanted to know if the badger had a ‘personality’ or if it was boring,” the authors wrote. “What kind of damage could a badger to do a person with its flashy, sharp claws?”

“An obviously enthralled president would stare at Priebus as the aide struggled for sufficiently placating answers,” they added, “all the while trying to gently veer the conversation back to whether we were going to do a troop surge in Afghanistan or strip millions of Americans of healthcare coverage.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/revealed-trump-repeatedly-interrupted-briefings-to-ask-bizarre-questions-about-badgers/

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Maybe no one told him about the internets!

[link:https://www.wpr.org/how-badger-burrowed-wisconsins-identity|

[demtenjeep]

2. well, the Honey Badger of the KC Chiefs hates your ass fucktardis

so don't ask him when you try to pawn off cold nuggets to the World Champions

[genxlib]

3. And could it hurt me...

If I wore one on my head?

[mr_lebowski]

4. Yeah, dude, they're totally friendly in fact you should go find one

And bro down with him, maybe take a bit of his meal for yourself! Or pick up a females pup and start rough-housing with it.

[coti]

7. Grab one in the...

[maxrandb]

5. Badgers?! We don't need no stinking Badgers!

https://m.

[mr_lebowski]

8. He should build a large, wooden Badger! (nt)

[KentuckyWoman]

6. Are we sure DJT wasn't just screwing with everyone?

Yes, he is not right in the head. He is also a jerk.

[SharonAnn]

9. Steve Bannon - "Honey Badgers don't care"

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2018/08/have-honestly-never-used-the-term-honey-badger/

[haele]

10. That sounds like an attempt to trolll.

At most, Trump probably droned on about Badgers once or twice in a vague attempt to connect with Priebus via feigned interest in, say, offhand curiosity about why a badger is the UW mascot.
I doubt there was any fixation or even real interest on the subject. It was just Trump's normal bored blathering to avoid thinking about the part of the "job" that bored him - actual work.

Haele