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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 10:10 AM Jul 2017

Donald to Manafort: You treat me like a baby! [View all]

https://amp.businessinsider.com/new-book-delves-into-the-final-straw-that-led-trump-to-oust-manafort-2017-7

"....The Times article noted that Trump's aides used TV appearances to get their messages across to him because they found that more effective than communicating face-to-face.

The day after the article's publication, apparently at the urging of Rebekah Mercer, a Republican donor who threw her weight behind Trump during the election, Trump reportedly called a meeting with his top staff at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. The meeting, the Daily Mail said, included Manafort, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York, former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, and Manafort's deputy Rick Gates.

When everybody was assembled, Trump reportedly shouted at Manafort, "How can anybody allow an article that says your campaign is all f----- up?"

"You think you've gotta go on TV to talk to me? You treat me like a baby!" Trump added, according to Green's account of the meeting quoted in the Daily Mail.

"Am I like a baby to you? I sit there like a little baby and watch TV and you talk to me? Am I a f------ baby, Paul?" Trump reportedly continued."......(more)
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Reminds me of Goodfellas..."I'm a clown? I amuse you?"



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