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(CNN) President Donald Trump is extremely frustrated with his senior staff and communications team for allowing the firestorm surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions to steal his thunder in the wake of his address to Congress, sources tell CNN.
"Nobody has seen him that upset," one source said, adding the feeling was the communications team allowed the Sessions news, which the administration deemed a nonstory, to overtake the narrative.
On Thursday, Sessions recused himself from any current or future investigations into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign after it was reported he had met with the Russian ambassador to the US, something he had previously failed to disclose.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/03/04/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-reince-priebus/index.html
Edit -
HOLY SHIT!
"Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' over Sessions recusal amid Russia firestorm
President Donald Trump was outraged Friday over Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal from investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, according to media reports.
Trump hauled his key advisers into the Oval Office on Friday afternoon before he departed for Palm Beach, Florida, and went "ballistic" over Sessions' recusal, ABC News reported, citing senior White House sources....
After the meeting, Bannon and Priebus offered to stay behind in Washington, rather than accompanying Trump to Florida as planned, according to ABC News. Trump reportedly agreed they should remain behind, and their names were removed from the passenger manifest."
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ballistic-over-sessions-recusal-russia-ties-in-meeting-2017-3
kimbutgar
(21,111 posts)orangecrush
(19,500 posts)A lot happier!
I wonder if he was breaking shit?
MFM008
(19,803 posts)Up up up.....
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)Will explode!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)bdamomma
(63,822 posts)with ketchup on it!!!! He's getting bigger too.
Not so good for his health..................etc.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)WheelWalker
(8,954 posts)from one person to another. I have some excess poundage that I'm willing to designate for transfer to Old No. 45.
wcmagumba
(2,883 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Clearly they missed that message.
Kingofalldems
(38,442 posts)Not a good effort, yeoman6987.
shraby
(21,946 posts)That's the most unsettling sound I've ever heard.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)He has the launch codes.
Truly chilling.
tblue37
(65,273 posts)to not be connected to anything.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)Let's hope so.
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)It's like he believes he's being hypnotic when really he sounds like that Dicken's character, Uriah Heep.
Here's Heep, as described by Sam Jordison, several years ago, in The Guardian:
"Heeps infamy is undoubted. He says one thing and means another. He takes employment and shelter in the house of Mr Wickfield, a good man, and he does everything he can to destroy him, to take over his business and to force his daughter into his bed. He is cloying, jerking and writhing. He is dishonest, cruel and, above all, greedy. He is a monster in the garb of man. He is morally repugnant even when he sleeps."
lisa58
(5,755 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Playing the part of the President on a reality TV show.
He's so concerned about image and narrative, but needs a scriptwriter to implant any thoughts in his head.
elleng
(130,834 posts)elleng
(130,834 posts)Only took HOW long? The 'guy' won't last long, you think???
malaise
(268,851 posts)They all hid these meetings
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
DeminPennswoods
(15,273 posts)Nothing else mattered except it knocked Trump out of a few fleeting kudos.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)I think he is pissing himself as the tangled web becomes more visible.
tblue37
(65,273 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,021 posts)They want to see blood in our streets and a Civil War. This is no joke and is terrifying.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)Trying to intimidate the oppoaition
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Docreed2003
(16,855 posts)It's almost as if Cheetolini has no idea how the media works, lmao. This ain't no reality show Donnie, this is real life! Put your big boy pants on and stop acting like such a loser!!
toddwv
(2,830 posts)This "man" is in charge of our country!
Cha
(297,042 posts)Well that's their problem right there! If they start living in reality instead of trump twitterverse madess.. the admin wouldn't be so shocked.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)Watch now for truly vicious outbursts.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Poor little rich boy. He didn't know that presidenting would be so hard.
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)plus didn't he fire Arnold, maybe 45 wants his old job back which he is more suited for.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)Up to now, the media had been very patient with his foolish and illegal behavior.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)going forward on the Russian hackings and connections. Since he recused himself, Sessions is now worthless to Rump, more or less.
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)randr
(12,409 posts)Not that Sessions had any intent to be independent. Until he found his tit a ringer.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Sessions isnt a bright guy. He is a lawyer though, and he's smart enough to take shelter when bombs are going off all around him. I'm sure his lawyers helped him figure it out. Save what he can of his own butt. For sure, he didn't ask permission or give DT a heads up, as DT would have told him, no. DT's learning how independent his "employees " can be when it comes to saving their own arses. Let it breathe, Donnie
orangecrush
(19,500 posts)Will go down as he watches the rats jump ship.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Just hope in about 8 years, we aren't watching jared kushner as prez, as the DT dynasty goes forward. I hope there are still more of us than them. I was amazed at how many people, %, were impressed with his sticking to the teleprompter, and looking presidential. Of course, if u look at what was meant by what he said, very scary. Let's face it, most Americans can't understand that. He just LOOKS presidential
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)rapture of his malignant, drug controlled harangue on tuesday
simply amazing how instantly they all fell into groupthink mode
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)of time from a Tuesday night HIGH, to a Jeff Sessions low, WE got to keep focused on Russia, and good ole Tillerson who you never hear from, he doesn't talk in front of the press. Did anyone see Andrea Mitchell trying to ask Tillerson questions and he said nothing.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Rex Tillerson misleads on Russian sanctions opposition
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/12/rex-tillerson/tillerson-misleads-russian-sanctions-opposition/
and the real blockbuster, from the story that formed the backbone of rachel's monday show
https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-russian-connections/
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)kentuck
(111,074 posts)Is it that big of a deal for him??
Hugin
(33,112 posts)My sources say, no... But, in an alt-fact world. Who knows?
mnmoderatedem
(3,722 posts)as well as an independent investigation.
After all, there are no Russian connections with him or or anyone in his administration. The Russian thing is a "ruse". What better opportunity to vindicate himself and his administration as well as being able to tell the country, "See? I TOLD you it was fake news!!!"
Of course we all know the reality is entirely different.
delisen
(6,042 posts)He is beefing up his private security force.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)the story line as usual. He knows he's told a lie, he doesn't care, shock and awe and flip it back to him, good or bad.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)MF crazy, and in the defective, scrambled brain kind of way, like schizophrenics are sometimes, but no insult intended to schizophrenics. DT isn't one anyway, though some sources do say that he wanders the WH corridors at night talking to the walls and he hears voices...which is why he nees to get away to his retreat on the weekends. He is a genius at crowd mastery and manipulation. However, I actually think he often doesn't know the difference between truth and non truth. Truth is what ever seems to play best for him at the moment. He even changes from sentence to sentence. There is no way in hell he could keep track of it all. Remember Anderson Cooper struggling with KellyAnne Con for 30 minutes, after she channeled DT. You can't argue with word salad. It is just BS. The press needs to stop acting like any of this makes sense. It doesn't and it won't, unless by pure accident, DT manages to stick to the teleprompter.
janx
(24,128 posts)? Where did this information come from?
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)is why i mentioned it as an afterthought. Best to just let him keep tweeting, so we know what he's thinking, and if he is crazy. Better we know than not
lapucelle
(18,233 posts)BlueWI
(1,736 posts)It would be entertaining if it wasn't our country.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Worst case is unimaginable. Most things wind up somewhere between best and worst, given DT, that would even be catastrophic