White House Staff React in Real-Time as Trump Tweets: Jesus

[brooklynite]

Source: Daily Beast

Senior administration officials have grown accustomed to learning about their boss’s whims in unorthodox ways but it doesn’t mean they like it or are prepared for the sudden swings of emotion. For instance, one official was having a conversation with a Daily Beast reporter on Friday morning when the reporter interrupted the official to inform them that Trump was on Twitter again.

After a brief pause to check Twitter, the senior Trump aide informed of the unfolding rant, responded, “Jesus.”

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Multiple White House sources confirmed to The Daily Beast earlier reports that the president was “furious” in the aftermath—causing aides to spend the rest of the week drawing as little attention to themselves as possible.

“People are keeping their heads down,” another official said, describing the White House comms shop as dispirited and fearful of Trump’s ire.
White House sources told The Daily Beast this week that Trump was not accepting excuses from staffers that they were kept in the dark and therefore didn’t have sufficient time on Tuesday to come up with a coherent strategy and messaging.

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/12/white-house-staff-react-in-real-time-as-trump-tweets-jesus

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An appropriate comment would be: "May you live in interesting times"/

[geek tragedy]

1. Lie down with dogs ... nt

[secondwind]

2. So he relies on his staff to take the reins? Why isn't he in charge? he's an asshole.

[marylandblue]

4. Seems the opposite

He such a control freak he won't even tell his own communication staff what the message is. He just wants to tweet it out whenever he feels like it.

[SergeStorms]

10. And make THEM.....

take the heat for him. Explaining Der Trumpenfuhrer's psychotic thoughts is a job NO ONE should be expected to attempt.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. If you work for trump you belong in prison

[Kleveland]

6. "Heaven help the fool...."

What more can I say?

[Wawannabe]

7. And worse

I do not feel sorry for them at all!
Made their choices...

Better yet - may they just up and leave.
Imagine no staffers at all. Lemme tell ya. Nothing would get done!

This is tRump* right now.

[CakeGrrl]

5. Staffers who WANT to work for him

have the boss they deserve.

[bigtime]

8. as if we need it, more confirmation delivered that this ass is divorced from reality

It's apparent this whole thing isn't working out, he's not taking it well, and will only lash out more as things come unglued. So much power, so unstable. Bad mojo.

[SergeStorms]

9. Why do these people.......

continue to work for this screaming nut-job? Jobs can't be that difficult to find in D.C. can they? If they're good enough to be chosen for a White House position, they must be intelligent enough for private sector jobs.

I don't understand. Is being close to power - and that close to a raging lunatic - that important to some people? Jobs like that cause cancer, IMO. Who needs the stress?

[CottonBear]

11. They're working for Trump because they couldn't get other work?

They probably regret ever having signed on with Dolt45.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. My theory: Future Book Deal

Kiss-ass for the right wing press or Tell-All for everybody else when it all melts down.

[LuckyLib]

18. Working in this admin can't be good for your sanity, your professional development,

or your future. They need to get the hell out before the whole thing collapses.

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. You work out a carefully crafted talking point that the base will accept, no matter how stupid

And then it gets blown away by the next tweet. So, you have to contradict what you just told everybody and defend the new position that contradicts what you said hours or even minutes ago. All with the reassurance that "The Base" will totally accept this as the new truth, because that's the sort of bubble they live in.

Problem is, that you have to go out and face people who know. Every day. Better hope Trumpcare keeps the pain-killers coming.

[titaniumsalute]

14. I'm sure the lure of working in the White House is huge

But I would imagine the turnover will be HUGE overall. People can only take so much BS.

[Marthe48]

15. Oh grow a pair

and stay out of reach of his cane. What is that blob of flesh going to do, hurt your feelings?

[Feathery Scout]

16. I read that Chuck Schumer had a news conference 1 HR after the Comey firing was announced...

...and the news conference had a coherent message and theme that punched back at Trump.

Meanwhile...Spicer and team needed 3 HRs from the announcement and they weren't as good.

And that INFURIATED Trump.

[Xolodno]

17. Fools walk in...

...where Angels fear to tread.