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HE WANTS A KILLER: POST-BANNON, POST-NUNES, POST-KELLY FRICTION, A FRUSTRATED TRUMP SEARCHES FOR A WEST WING RESETHe pines for old campaign hands Jason Miller, Corey Lewandowski, and David Bossiebut will Ivanka have the final say?
BY GABRIEL SHERMAN
FEBRUARY 6, 2018 1:06 PM
After the much-hyped Nunes memo failed to deliver the narrative reset that the White House hoped for, Donald Trump is discussing a shake-up to his West Wing, three sources familiar with the presidents thinking told me. These people say the president is increasingly frustrated that members of his administration arent going to war for him, and hes being encouraged by his daughter Ivanka to bring in new blood. The presidents view is that allies on the outside are doing a better job defending him than his political shop, one Republican close to the White House told me. Another outside adviser who regularly speaks with Trump said that the president is regretting some of his Cabinet choices. Hes saying he should have put Rudy [Giuliani] at State and Chris Christie at Justice.
Trump has recently told advisers he wants a killer to steer the White Houses response to Robert Muellers investigation and craft a midterm election message for him to stump on this fall. For Trump, theres a growing urgency to fill the role. His efforts to stymie Muellers probe have so far failed, and the specter of impeachment looms if Democrats win back the House in November. Ivanka, whos been frustrated with Chief of Staff John Kelly, has told her father that he needs people around him that will put his interests above their own. She wants to clean house, a Trump friend told me. Her view is J.F.K. had Bobby there to have his back.
The presidents top choice for the strategist position is Jason Miller, who served as communications director for Trumps presidential campaign. He wants a killer, and Jason is a killer, an outside adviser to the White House told me. Trump had wanted Miller to join the administration during the transition, but Miller withdrew after it was revealed he had an extramarital affair during the campaign with former Trump aide A.J. Delgado.
In Miller, Trump sees an aggressive operator who could potentially fill a vacuum created last August by the departure of former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Trump hasnt forged a close relationship with Bill Stepien, the current White House political director. Stepien is more of an introvert, hes a tactical guy, one outside Trump adviser said. Current White House Communications Director Hope Hicks primarily functions as Trumps gatekeeper (and is now deeply embroiled in the Russia probe). In recent weeks, Trump has publicly clashed with Chief of Staff John Kelly after Kelly took a more active role in White House policymaking and messaging. One Republican close to the White House described Trumps frustration with Kelly, who came to the office with zero political experience, this way: Its like Kelly views Trump as a mushroom. He wants to keep him in the dark and feed him a bunch of shit.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)the problem with Trump is still Trump.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)Too little too late, but that's what you get when you hire "The best people" right off the bat.
And yeah, ivarnishoe whatever they call her is the one to ask about hiring new people.
They are going down so hard they can't even think about calling an ambulance, just more bodies to put in front of the cannon.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)ain't no-one doing jail time for her dad..
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)No one has tendered an application lately, that right there tells the tale, "Who will help save my father?, we need a killer"
Crickets.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)But this isn't a reality show, where he can go to make-up to look good. So far, all he has attracted are sycophantic incompetent clowns. No decent person would work for Traitor Trump.
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)It's an open question whether either one would accept at this point: It's a revolving door of doom. Papi lasted, what, 2 weeks?
I remember the famous line one german princess gave when asked if she'd wed Henry VIII of England: "I regret that I have but one head to give him, so I must decline." Or something close to that.
Q: Are Rudy and Krispie dumb enough to be chewed up and spit out by the mobster frump???? No one gets away alive.....
unblock
(52,327 posts)1) get pence to resign
2) nominate hillary to replace him
3) get senate to confirm
4) resign and let hillary be president
it'll never happen, but nothing else comes close to any notion of a "reset".
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)saggy puss filled balls?"