Giuliani to join Trump 2020 campaign as Trump's dedicated handler. (Not The Onion.) [View all]
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-1345358
Done sparring with Robert Mueller, Donald Trumps personal attorney is now training his attacks on the presidents reelection rivals. Giuliani plans to meet with the president and his campaign in the coming weeks to discuss pivoting to this new role, which he expects will also include making policy and political connections for the 2020 effort.
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The president and some of his top aides have occasionally cringed at the lawyers frequent off-script messaging and rambling TV appearances that can spark one or more unexpected news cycles. Handling Rudys f--- ups takes more than one man, a White House staffer told POLITICO in January.
But while even people around Trump say Giulianis freelancing can be problematic, theyre also willing to look the other way if it helps the president win another four years in office. After all, Giuliani is a name brand and gets credit from the presidents base for helping Trump survive the Mueller investigation. Whats more, Giuliani is one of the few Trump peers with national political and legal experience, someone who has known him for decades. He can even provide a calming presence Giuliani said the president sometimes calls him My Rudy to the famously uncalm president.
The president is most effective when hes in a great mood and hes having fun on the campaign trial and Rudy adds to that, said a Trump campaign adviser who also readily admitted that Giulianis faults can cause problems for others around the president. I think he has the potential to be very effective in certain circumstances. He also has the potential to be unhelpful at times.