Conway's advice to White House staff: Don't treat Trump like a peer
Source: MSN/The Hill
White House senior aide Kellyanne Conway offered advice to her colleagues on Friday following a major staff shakeup: Don't treat President Trump like a peer.
During an appearance on Fox News, Conway recalled a meeting with Trump in August when she was tapped as his campaign manager and told him she'd "never" address him by his first name and said "I don't consider myself your peer."
"The reason I said that is because I do think that it is important to set up that level of deference and humility when you've got someone who's your boss, now the president of the United States, now the chief of staff, a general, a secretary, who is clearly your senior, your superior," she said.
"I think it's very important that people not treat elected officials like the president and the vice president as their peers," she continued, adding that the comment was not about anyone in particular.
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gordianot
(15,245 posts)He holds no title by design. At the end of his term he will get a promotion to citizen with a decent pension. In Trump's case he needs a promotion to prison with a number.
forgotmylogin
(7,533 posts)(Ignoring the obvious pun)
"Peer" is not a title. The President, despite his job and the responsibility he holds, is an American citizen. Elected politicians are employees of the people and (aside from a few legal technicalities) holds no specific elevated status than anyone else as might be true in a monarchy. Nobody is required to bow to him nor should be considered offensive for using his name.
From vocab.com:
Peer comes from the Latin par which means equal. When you are on par with someone, you are their peer. If kids your age are pressuring you to do something you don't want to do, that's peer pressure. In the sport of basketball, Michael Jordan was without peer, no one could equal his talent. When he switched to baseball, he found himself to be among peers again.
Roy Rolling
(6,938 posts)It's MISTER Groper.
(Also, the worst "Three's Company" episode ever)
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)the typists and filers and deputies and assorted other White House underlings how to behave
ON A FUCKING FOX NEWS PROGRAM?
Should she not rather send a memo around and about the halls of what is now a greasy shithole of a WH to all the staffers and generals and such, telling them not to treat him like a peer?
And really, shouldn't they all just treat him like a dick? I mean - really.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,070 posts)It sounds more like a dictator in the making. The "little people" should not look him in the eyes and bow to him.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Well, now that I think of it, it'd be easy to see Scaramoochi forgetting before long to sprinkle the old orange pudding with fulsome "I love you's" and start getting way too familiar and pushy.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Respect is earned, not given. Trump is not a peer, he's a pervert.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)"Trump is not a peer, he's a pervert".
Well done, I'm going to remember that one.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Trump is not a peer, he's a POS. KellyAnne needs to stfu.
haveahart
(905 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)Oh my.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)he IS! There are two Russian prostitutes who can attest to that, and I believe there's a video as well, tucked safely in a
vault in Vladimir Putin's office.
Tanuki
(14,922 posts)in any way that is meaningful to me. He occupies his office by fluke and by fraud. He is Kelly Complicit's boss and she knows he is stupid and corrupt but manipulates him with flattery and phony deference. Maybe that is what she is suggesting that others do as well, but it is dishonest and demeaning to all concerned. Elected officials who exploit their positions for their own benefit while damaging the public don't deserve respect or deference.
global1
(25,272 posts)I think that Kellyanne and the Mooch are not going to get along. I think the Mooch looks at Trump as more of a peer - even though he talks a different show. I think Kellyanne just sent one over the Mooch's bow. There will be tension there.
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)This is President Cartman saying, "You will respect my authoriteh!" He's just using Kellyanne to say it for him.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Perfect!
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)has overstepped the bounds of acceptable paternal behaviour. Make something up about how you're sure such a strong, powerful president shouldn't be using his precious time groping a simple shoe saleswoman that he just happens to have put in a powerful position in the White House. And then apologise for distracting him. Maybe hint you can't help the genes you inherited or something."
Skittles
(153,197 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)Seems that the DHS guy is now gone (to become Chief of Staff), the AG is being harassed until he leaves, the head of HHS was threatened by Presidential tweet to make sure the Deathcare bill passed, the SOS has been contemplating leaving early (despite his denials), the Interior Secretary just got threatened by the Senator from Alaska and further confirmation hearings were cancelled by her....
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)And did Kellyanne brainwash or hypnotize Reince? Didn't the parting statement he made sound straight out of "The Manchurian Candidate?"
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)trying to make sure he burned no bridges.
Don't be surprised if CNN or M$NBC attempt to get him on as a contributor.
SWBTATTReg
(22,171 posts)You're kidding me...
I can't even treat him like a human...
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)tanyev
(42,622 posts)HAB911
(8,916 posts)I doubt Kelly owns any
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)she's got callouses.
HAB911
(8,916 posts)I should have been clearer, I meant General Kelly, lol
agincourt
(1,996 posts)It goes with those who are far and away, the least worthy of respect demanding it the most. People will respect you if you conduct yourself respectably. This individual obviously does not get that.
machoneman
(4,011 posts)The timing came after he told the press that he and Trump were long time butt buddies, confederates, NYC gangsters, and more.
I hadn't realized that Kellyskank Spinway was such a doormat.
It had seemed she was a quite independent woman. Now it appears she quakes in the sight of Lord Trump and would drop to her knees to fellate him daily if she weren't already married.
Whattaloser that gal!
kimbutgar
(21,210 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)Trump: " He thinks his s*** doesn't stink". How I miss my Dad and talking politics with him. He passed four days after the 2004 election.
Justice
(7,188 posts)MiniMe
(21,719 posts)Botany
(70,589 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Probably (?) without the sex.
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rickford66
(5,528 posts)FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)...so we all know she'll say anything for anybody.
Why does anyone in the media even listen to this waste of space?
CatMor
(6,212 posts)to Trump being treated to a jury of his peers.
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Moochie DOES treat Donald like a peer--he's probably got more "real" cash (as opposed to laundered money from spurious sources) than Donald, he's unloading (or to be accurate, getting DUMPED by) his wife, and hey, he loves-loves-LOVES the Donald. Two peas in a pod. Egomaniac and suck-up. What a pair!
It could be a small slam at "Jared" too--but that's a hopeless cause, since Trump's the Father-In-Law.
Ugh. Nepotism. It's incestuous in more ways than one in the Trump WH.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)He is still a Orange Turd!
when in his presences
Please dont make eye contact
clap and praise him constantly
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)Paladin
(28,276 posts)I guess we'd better pay attention to what she's saying....wouldn't want her to punish us, she'd get too much pleasure out of it.....
packman
(16,296 posts)Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Apparently, he loves to receive!
Golden Raisin
(4,614 posts)Kellyanne Conway willingly works for, accepts a salary from and serves as a media mouthpiece for an admitted and proud Pussy-Grabber. Speaks reams about her ethics and principles as a woman, and as a person.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)ie...treat him like a king
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,234 posts)Treat him like the petulant child he is.