Nobody knows where this really goes from here, the White House official said. Everyone is walking

[herding cats]

It was, in the words of one senior White House official, the worst day of Trump’s presidency.

White House officials spent early Tuesday wondering who was leaking details of President Donald Trump’s classified conversations with Russian officials about intelligence shared by the Israelis, and moving to contain the fallout ahead of Trump’s planned trip to Jerusalem next week. They spent the evening facing a report that, before he fired FBI director James Comey, Trump directly asked him to stop investigating the Trump campaign’s Russia ties — and worrying what else might yet be revealed.

“Nobody knows where this really goes from here,” the White House official said. “Everyone is walking around saying, ‘What is next?’”

In interviews, multiple White House officials indicated they feel under siege — unsure who in the intelligence community was leaking, how much damaging information was out there, when the next proverbial shoe would drop and what Trump might say.

Staffers shuttled back and forth among West Wing offices debating what to say without divulging confidential material or getting anything wrong. A deflated and exhausted Sean Spicer, who continues to read reports that his job is in jeopardy while he works 12 hours every day in his office, huddled in his office with chief of staff Reince Priebus.

There was a pervasive sense, another official said, that “we are kind of helpless.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/17/trump-white-house-on-edge-238482

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Maybe that job in Dolt 45's White House wasn't such a great prize after all.

[SHRED]

2. Suck it up snowflakes.

[ananda]

3. And still too stupid to jump ship and get on a lifeboat!

nt

[MineralMan]

4. Pro Tip to White House Staff: Walk out.

Resign. Today. Find the nearest major news reporter you can and start talking.

It will make you feel much, much better, I promise.

[Leghorn21]

9. Yep! Get out NOW. I know it's hard to just walk away now that you finally found the

light switches, but get out, tell the truth, and go get yourself another little job...jobs come and go, but America must remain resolute, dammit.

[Mme. Defarge]

13. John 18:32

Although many on this forum will not agree with the premise embedded in the context of this verse, I believe that the statement itself affirms that truth itself matters and that it has transformative and redemptive power.

[L. Coyote]

5. Idiots. They should know the Russians leaked every word of the Oval Office meeting.

When they wake up, they will realize they have not only been played by their would-be political ally, but that Russia can leak every sordid detail of the relationship with no consequences to the Russians.
The Russians aren't in Trump's sinking ship.



Best #ComeyMemo Tweets: Senior Trump official says President is "completely fucked."

[underpants]

8. The Trumptanic - love that jpg

[alterfurz]

6. "It was, in the words of one senior White House official, the worst day of Trump's presidency..."

...so far.

[SonofDonald]

10. The worst day was

The first day we got him as president, yesterday was his worst, and I could give a hoot less about him.

[underpants]

7. What is next? Ask a rat

They'd tell you to GET OFF THE SHIP!

[imanamerican63]

11. Trump is the leaking source!

Every time he opens his mouth, a scandal breaks out and his people can't keep up with his motor mouth!

[MoonRiver]

12. Sad!

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. "May they live in interesting times."

Everyone beneath their exalted level is ALREADY living in "interesting times," so I have no problem with spreading that particular wealth upward...

[Egnever]

15. What's next?

I am betting their version of What's next is the polar opposite of this version.

Couldn't help myself I love that show and when i hear what's next it jumps immediately to mind.

[JHB]

16. There's really only one sensible path for the staffers...

BAIL BAIL BAIIL! OUT THE HATCH! RIGHT F-ING NOW! GET CLEAR! GET CLEAR!


Not that a bunch of them might not still have to pay bail, but they should recall how Donnie repays loyalty for anyone outside the family: "Who are you, again? What have you done for me lately?"

[GallopingGhost]

17. Kinzinger was just on CNN saying

that's it's way too early to be talking impeachment because we don't have all the facts.

Amazing how when it's one of their own, things like facts and adhering to the Constitution suddenly become so important. If I hear, "the American people deserve the truth," one more time from a Repub, I will vomit.

Yes, we do deserve the fucking truth. So stop obstructing.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Quit and hire a lawyer

Trump is going to throw each and every one of you under the bus to try to save himself. No doubt that some of these staffers end up in prison.

[Orsino]

19. Go to work for a clown, you'll find you have joined the circus.

You may have to walk a tightrope without a net, or be regularly whipped into line by the tamer. If you've very lucky, you may just sell peanuts.

But you're not getting a cut of the gate.