GOPs latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs

[DonViejo]

JUNE 30, 2017 6:49 PM
GOP’s latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs
BY ANITA KUMAR
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WASHINGTON - Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.

They worry that any rift could be delaying decisions, distracting aides from their already stalled legislative agenda and could lead to more infighting and leaks, problems that have plagued the White House since Inauguration Day.

A half-dozen Republicans, including four who advised or worked for Trump’s campaign or transition and are still in contact with their former colleagues, said they think the two sides are talking less, disagreeing more and occasionally bad mouthing each others’ bosses. One said the staffs are “walled off” from each other. Several of the Republicans asked to not speak publicly because of the sensitivity of the situation.

“There is clearly tension between the two staffs,” a former Trump adviser said. “There’s so much internet chatter. That’s going to fuel the animosity.”

Republicans say it’s only natural that some of the president’s aides are reconsidering who they can trust as the White House continues to reel from an undisciplined president and multiple inquiries into whether Trump associates joined Russia in meddling in the presidential election.

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[OnDoutside]

1. Smells of Pence propaganda....

[wishstar]

2. Understandable that Pence staff would want to be "walled off" from the Trump cabal

It has been obvious all along that Pence & Co. are deliberating insulating/immunizing themselves from being tainted with the Trump stench and waiting in the wings to take over if Trump crashes and burns

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Anything that tosses a monkey wrench into their grand plan is OK by me.

A superhighway with a speed bump every hundred yards ceases to be a superhighway.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. Russian hacking

of our democracy and anyone who supported or funded this dark stain on our republic should be the numero uno target of investigation, scorn and rejection.

[Mike Nelson]

5. Well...

...both staffs are full of deplorables.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Good

Divide and conquer. The idiots are doing our work for us. Not that we should stop working, though!

[NBachers]

7. I want to see alcohol, rage, fistfights, knife fights, ambushes, sabotage, and shootings.

POTUS vs VEEP gangland warfare at it's worst.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

10. Waterboarding,

in the whitehouse pool.

[6000eliot]

8. It's almost as if someone is trying to indemnify himself as a means to taking over.

[malaise]

9. The battle of the lowlife posse

Show it on cable