Trump rehires Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer to White House roles

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Source: raw story





Published 1 min ago on February 13, 2020


President Donald Trump has rehired his former chief of staff Reince Priebus and former press secretary Sean Spicer almost three years after both men unceremoniously departed the White House.

This article was originally published at Salon

Priebus and Spicer will each join the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, according to a White House announcement Tuesday. As a part of the commission, the pair will interview and recommend to their former boss national finalists for appointments.
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Spicer, who resigned in July 2017 out of dissatisfaction with the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, courted controversy for repeatedly telling lies on behalf the president. Among those were false claims that Trump’s inauguration had the biggest crowds in history, that the president would have won the popular vote in the 2016 if not for voter fraud, that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower and that Adolf Hitler had not used chemical weapons............................

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I thought this was the Onion when I first saw the headline. Trump is recycling his trash.

But I saw Reices Pieces a few weeks ago on Fox and asked--why? I though he joined the Navy--???

[Leghorn21]

1. Next rehire: Misha "Moscow" Mikey Flynn

yup

[katmondoo]

2. THis is getting really strange. n/t

[Mike 03]

9. Yes, this is a symptom of something.

He's nostalgic for his 2016 campaign, the feeling of it, before everything went terribly wrong.

He wants to be surrounded by familiar faces, "friends" (lol).

very, very strange.

I don't interpret this is a good sign for him.

[riversedge]

42. Hail, hail, the gang's all here What the heck do we care What the heck do we care

Hail, hail, the gang's all here
What the heck do we care
What the heck do we care
Hail, hail, the gang's all here
What the heck do we care now

[Texin]

45. I think it's more indicative that he has no trust in his current cadre of *advisors*

within the West Wing (or that they're panicking because he's uncontrollable and they can't handle his shit. He's essentially surrounding himself with the same group that was there prior to and just after the *election*. Several people on twitter indicated that they were told his mental function is out of control and they thought that Hicks and the other familiar faces might be able to calm him down (because that worked so well before (imagine my eyeroll here).

[BKDem]

54. It's not a good sign, and Trump knows better.

You don't bring back losing contestants from Season 1 in Season 4. For a reunion episode, maybe, but not for the regular season. And Sean Spicer is a double loser -- he also lost on that dance show. Meatloaf and Gary Busey would be better bets.

[True Blue Drew]

62. Second Childhood

Or, in Donny's case, continued childhood.

[MontanaMama]

3. I heard that Hope Hicks

was coming back too. On MSNBC no less. WTAF?

[Mike 03]

10. Yes, she is!

What is he doing?

What is this a symptom of?

Something's going on inside his mind.

[MontanaMama]

13. Does he consider this his "dream team"

that he had with him when he got into office? F-ing NUTS.

[lastlib]

41. She's his "wet dream team."...

Along with KellyAnne and "Pastor Paula".

[MontanaMama]

48. Gah!!!

[snowybirdie]

57. Can just imagine

the "cat" fight when his three ladies vie for his attention in the Oval! Meow!

[Rebl2]

75. He forgot

they already worked for him?

[LisaM]

20. Yes, this ought to be interesting.

I'm kind of hoping she and Melania have some kind of throwdown.

[MontanaMama]

50. Wouldn't that be something?

Probably entirely possible with this trashy crowd.

[Jamastiene]

70. I saw that here on DU too.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142432783

[mopinko]

71. she's coming back to babysit.

jarvanka is tired of changing daddy's nappies.

[MontanaMama]

72. I was gonna say that Hope was back

to steam daddy’s pants...but your post is better.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Obviously can't find anymore people to work for him...no one wants to work for such a ...

walking disaster/time bomb. Some people obviously won't ever learn either (spicer and priebus).

[leftieNanner]

5. Looks like Trumpie tapped the HR well

and it came up empty!

Somebody needs to search his twitter feed and find all the nasty things he said about Sean and Rinse!

Oh! Does this mean that we get to have Melissa McCarthy back on SNL as Spicey??? I may need to go back and revisit those again.

[Talitha]

60. ".... Melissa McCarthy back on SNL as Spicey???"

Make it so... PLEASE make it so!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. After the way he treated them, why on earth would they go back?

[cstanleytech]

11. Maybe because shit tends to clump together?

[MontanaMama]

15. THAT made me laugh out loud.

[DBoon]

51. because there isn't enough suffering in the world

some find pain a strong attractant

[Jamastiene]

68. I thought about that question too.

How many people are going to fall on the sword for him? Why do they keep going back to help him more after he has screwed them so many times already? They must be some kind of gluttons for punishment or something.

[SamKnause]

7. Getting the old gang back together.

What a fucking joke, a sick fucking joke.

I hope Trump does something so atrocious his cult turns on him

and all the assholes that surround him good to prison.

[Mike 03]

24. When you get the old gang back together you also get

the same old fights that made "Fire and Fury" so fascinating.

Time to reread that book.

[hlthe2b]

8. Good heavens... Someone warn me before he announces Bannon's return...

[cstanleytech]

18. Maybe to lock in the KKK voters? Of course you would think he would have already locked them in as

he has already been behaving as a bigoted racist but maybe he feels he needs more to secure their vote?

[SunSeeker]

21. You gotta know that's next. Bannon has been kissing up to Trump nonstop.

Did you see Bannon last week on Bill Maher? Maher asked him about all the horrible things Trump said about him and Bannon just shrugged, smiled, and said he's been called "worse things." Then proceeded to shower praise on Trump. It really is sickening. All of these people are amoral and evil.

[riversedge]

38. eeks. I did not even think of that horrible thought!

[redstatebluegirl]

12. If they are working for him they can't write books.

[Lindsay]

16. Or be required

to testify before Congress.

[Iliyah]

14. The leaks will still come out . . .

[stillcool]

17. oh my...

this is either a dream, or I've finally gone over the edge.

[blueinredohio]

19. He's already went through everyone else now he has to rehire people.

[lkinwi]

22. Must be why he wants a light sentence for Roger Stone.😳🥵

[IronLionZion]

23. Bring back the Mooch!

I see a little silhouetto of a man...

[Drum]

63. 😄😄😄

[Mike 03]

25. I hope he brings back Bannon

because Bannon is sure to create the utter turmoil that was documented in "Fire and Fury".

Reince Priebus is the one that blows me away. IIRC he was basically despised and distrusted. They thought he was the main leaker!

[Sanity Claws]

26. Melissa McCarthy and SNL might like the news about Sean Spicer

[Mme. Defarge]

36. Ha!

[BusyBeingBest]

27. Gettin' weird, yinz guys...

what's going on with all the bootlickers coming back?

[usaf-vet]

28. How stupid can two political operatives be. Here is the answer. Unbelievably stupid!

Trump rehires Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer to White House roles

In roles to make recommendations to a guy who DOESN'T listen to anyone because "he is the smartest guy in the room"

Stupid! stupid! stupid!

[Blues Heron]

29. Rinse!

lol

[murielm99]

30. If he is as far into dementia

as some people here think, maybe he can only remember the past and old faces.

Or, maybe no one else will work for him.

[Grasswire2]

31. maybe he's buying silence.

obviously made up jobs

[eppur_se_muova]

32. Well, after all, they've learned their lesson. nt

[hatrack]

74. Bwa-hahhahhahhah!!!!

[Mme. Defarge]

33. Here's a theory that came to me:

He’s in such a state of mental decline that from here on he’ll be heavily medicated except when he’s brought out for a rally or other type of campaign or donor event. As such, the people coming back won’t be subject to his daily abuse really because they will, in reality, be working for someone else. This was a desperation move because no one can tolerate working for him.

Perhaps those returning believe they are coming to the aid of the country by helping to keep things from falling apart as he is being managed by his appointed handlers.

[lamp_shade]

34. Slim pickings these days.

[machoneman]

35. Symptomatic of Alzheimer's if not advanced: he's only able to go back in time (say, more than

a few months) and literally has forgotten perhaps not that he fired them but... why he did so.

He's re-creating a time when he had very pliable sycophants around him (see Spicer for a definition!) meaning he felt comfortable with them. Very odd that now 3 past butt-suckers (well, maybe two and one schlong sucker, see H. Hicks!) all of a sudden are being re-hired. I'll bet this was an order that no one vetted or even questioned given his apparent and reported extreme anxiety of late and lashing out at any and all. Glad that Spicer is back since he'll parrot the most outrageous lies for Trumpy to the media, again making him the butt of not only late night jokes but the world at large.

Good as these moves IMO can only hurt his re-election efforts.

[True Blue American]

47. Either Trump can not get anyone,or he really is

In fast decline, forgetting he fired them.

[hatrack]

73. Por que no los dos?

[mfcorey1]

37. He is rehiring everybody that he needs to keep their mouth shut! There is

a sinister motive for everything he and his side kick, Barr, do!

[cloudbase]

39. Dance (ahem) lessons from Sean. n/t

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

40. Maybe it's an audition for...

Another round of “Dancing with the Stars”

[llmart]

43. He didn't get very far on that one did he?

Anyone got that pic of him in the green freakish dance outfit?

Our country is in deep doo doo when it devolves into this - rehiring people who didn't want to work for him the first time.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

44. Agree

[keithbvadu2]

46. Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying,

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/06/donald-trump-hosts-propaganda-cabinet

Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, "On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people and we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals."

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[empedocles]

58. Yep.

[maddogesq]

49. Wash, Reince, repeat.

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

The shit-show continues...

[Frustratedlady]

52. I wonder what they had to pay them to come back?

Hope Hicks, as well.

Pay for your jollies.

[C_U_L8R]

53. What worse than having Trump Admin on your resume?

Try 2x. Clearly Trump has run out of fresh willing candidates. The only ones dumb enough to sign up are those dumb enough to work there before. It doesn't get lower than this.

[rickford66]

55. Why not dig up Roy Cohen's corpse ?

They already have a Ghoul in Rudy.

[snowybirdie]

56. Love to see he's

bringing back all his old "losers". These folks are so pathetic after what he said about most of them (except Hope, of course). Hope it's predictive of losing later on in the year.

[DarthDem]

59. Uh . . . Okay?

Who's next? Scaramucci?

So odd.

[Talitha]

61. Any word on Omarosa?

[Red Mountain]

64. He needs help with witty replies to Mike Bloomberg

Sadly, this is the best he can do.

[Drum]

65. Everything old is new again

[mmbrevo]

66. trump is afraid they'll start flapping their gums...

like Kelly and Bolton.

[packman]

67. He's restocking the swamp

[Maeve]

69. So...the reality show is going into reruns, huh??

[George II]

76. Spicey couldn't make it on "Dancing with the Stars"...

... so he'll give it a shot on " Dancing Behind Bars"!