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In reply to the discussion: *TRUMP IS WEIGHING RESIGNATION* [View all]calimary
(81,500 posts)I remember when the rumor mill was going nuts. You had to know it was really screwing with White House staff morale. Screwed with GOP collective morale, too.
Destabilize the enemy. Then they start screwing up. They lose track of stuff - like keeping their facts straight. Hard to do that when you're covering for the truth and lyong about it and embroidering lots of complex "explanations" that make no sense. That perks up the ears of the press. And what they report just adds to the pressure and stress.
When you're stressed, you get tired more easily. And then you toss 'n' turn in bed at night and don't get any sleep. Which, in turn, adds to your fatigue, promotes fights and arguments at work because EVERYBODY'S on edge, worried about their jobs and in some cases worried about legal problems and having to lawyer up. And THAT will certainly lead to more stress. I don't know how many of the "extended family" would easily becable to afford to lawyer up.
Conditions like those can beget all kinds of ancillary misery (divorce, sell the house, hit the bottle, file for bankruptcy, and more, not to mention the need to look for other employment).