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Miles Archer

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Wed Feb 8, 2017, 07:44 AM Feb 2017

Trump registered a complaint about the hand towels aboard Air Force One (not soft enough). [View all]



“I’ve been in this town for 26 years. I have never seen anything like this,” said Eliot Cohen, a senior State Department official under President George W. Bush and a member of his National Security Council. “I genuinely do not think this is a mentally healthy president.”

There is the matter of Trump’s briefing materials, for example. The commander in chief doesn’t like to read long memos, a White House aide who asked to remain unnamed told The Huffington Post. So preferably they must be no more than a single page. They must have bullet points but not more than nine per page.

Small things can provide him great joy or generate intense irritation. Trump told The New York Times that he’s fascinated with the phone system inside the White House. At the same time, he’s registered a complaint about the hand towels aboard Air Force One, the White House aide said, because they are not soft enough.

He’s been particularly obsessed with the performance of his aides on cable television. Past presidents typically didn’t make time to watch their press secretary’s daily briefings with reporters, but Trump appears to have made it part of his routine. “Saturday Night Live’s” weekly skewering of his administration is similarly on his must-watch list ― with his reaction ranging from unamused to seething.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb?

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What we are dealing with is a privileged child....... sunonmars Feb 2017 #1
Primarily this is the United States of America, 2017 Cosmocat Feb 2017 #17
President Veruca! Very good. neeksgeek Feb 2017 #71
Won't someone get President Snowflake a soft towel and a binky too. NightWatcher Feb 2017 #2
I can protest every weekend if I have to! flygal Feb 2017 #11
I think we'll break him. #LetsMakeTrumpCry or #TrumpHasASad NightWatcher Feb 2017 #12
Ohhhh.... DK504 Feb 2017 #24
#TrumpHasASad is great! wordpix Feb 2017 #40
Don't you know-----he really is thin-skinned. Doitnow Feb 2017 #36
Scary. Laurian Feb 2017 #3
American cotton is too rough for him. He needs to import some of that Egyptian Pima cotton. TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #15
Tiny hands are sooo delicate and sensitive! nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #4
This coming from the man who is angry at Spicer, because he wants his administration to look tough? TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #14
I was sure it was going to be "Too Large." briv1016 Feb 2017 #5
"But her emails" Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #6
Yep Cosmocat Feb 2017 #18
Reminds me of my Proctor & Gamble days fescuerescue Feb 2017 #7
Bad Seed Trump NurseJackie Feb 2017 #8
That looks like a cardiac arrest just waiting to happen madokie Feb 2017 #9
"Trump's workout and diet routine is ill-advised" Miles Archer Feb 2017 #10
"well done steaks" .... yuck. JHan Feb 2017 #30
Says everything you need to know about him really. meadowlander Feb 2017 #34
LOL lol lol exactly JHan Feb 2017 #35
Well, I do eat mostly chicken and turkey, but PatrickforO Feb 2017 #51
well as long as it's not a Trump steak, you're forgiven :p JHan Feb 2017 #79
Trump's voters should follow his diet and exercise plan IronLionZion Feb 2017 #31
I truly hope he drops dead- of completely natural causes. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2017 #60
I don't wish him physical pain, but I do moonscape Feb 2017 #80
The Dumpster believes that fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #70
His tiny fingers keep getting caught in the terry cloth weave. TheBlackAdder Feb 2017 #13
LOL irisblue Feb 2017 #45
Such tiny delicate hands! PA Democrat Feb 2017 #16
"The Princess and the Pea" comes to mind.... Coventina Feb 2017 #20
Aack! TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #43
I come from the land of the foggy foggy dew-ooo-ooo The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #52
Anything written in more than 3 sharps or flats... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #58
I played trumpet and we are more accustomed TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #62
I made the mistake of taking 2 semesters of organic chemistry... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #64
Yikes, TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #67
My husband and I have sonic toothbrushes that "hum" at different pitches and... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #68
Thanks Obama! Mendocino Feb 2017 #19
what an ass. spanone Feb 2017 #21
In that vein, does the toilet paper meet his lofty standards? nt Buns_of_Fire Feb 2017 #37
Like I said yesterday: Initech Feb 2017 #22
So precious dalton99a Feb 2017 #23
Wow... ck4829 Feb 2017 #25
And they're much too big. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #26
His hands are already tiny and delicate Sanity Claws Feb 2017 #27
Gross MFM008 Feb 2017 #28
Noooothing better to focus on underpants Feb 2017 #29
Hints of Captain Queeg. mahannah Feb 2017 #32
He's such a sick fuck! lark Feb 2017 #33
Tiny sensitive hands Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #38
Those of us who oppose this chunk of neediness are caught between a rock and a hard place. Grammy23 Feb 2017 #39
You think he's nuts now? LudwigPastorius Feb 2017 #41
OFFS - Another TantTrump over nothing. Marie Marie Feb 2017 #42
What was he doing with the towel complain jane Feb 2017 #44
In the lav, with a magazine? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #53
Lazy, stupid, DEMANDS to be pampered (WHILE pretending to be a tough guy). Mc Mike Feb 2017 #46
Next he'll be requesting human skin towels. Nt. Locut0s Feb 2017 #47
The horror is that I don't think you are joking. PatrickforO Feb 2017 #49
Well it certainly was a deeply macabre joke... Locut0s Feb 2017 #66
Americans reel in mindless horror as Trump lurches from PatrickforO Feb 2017 #48
He looks like an angry potato! Rex Feb 2017 #50
He's not going to make it four years. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #54
How about the scratchy AF1 bun wad? longship Feb 2017 #55
More proof that he views being president as being america's greatest celebrity... Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #56
Great read! CajunBlazer Feb 2017 #57
If he is so tough and manly, shouldn't he... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #59
. oldtime dfl_er Feb 2017 #61
Talk about the east coast elite. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #63
Not to mention, TOO BIG! pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #65
.... trusty elf Feb 2017 #69
Snowflake. mac56 Feb 2017 #72
Well, he does have "soft" LITTLE hands! MojoWrkn Feb 2017 #73
Welcome to DU, MojoWrkn! calimary Feb 2017 #77
They were too big for his dainty little hands? George II Feb 2017 #74
When those tiny wrists end up in handcuffs...and they will...they should line them... NNadir Feb 2017 #75
Business opportunity Freddie Feb 2017 #76
snowflake. pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #78
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