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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"They're Squeezing Don Jr. Right Now"...Trump's Twitter Rage Crests - By Gabriel Sherman
THEYRE SQUEEZING DON JR. RIGHT NOW: AS THE MUELLER SIEGE TIGHTENS, TRUMPS TWITTER RAGE CRESTSBY GABRIEL SHERMAN
AUGUST 21, 2018 11:10 AM
In recent weeks, Donald Trump has privately expressed doubts about White House lawyer Don McGahns loyalty. Trump has vented to aides that McGahn doesnt support the House Freedom Caucuss quixotic campaign to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosensteina bank shot that would leave Robert Mueller unprotected. McGahn has also clashed with Trumps personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, whom one Republican said McGahn hates with the intensity of 1,000 burning suns. There has been talk of Trump replacing McGahn with his outside lawyer Emmet Flood.
But The New York Times revelation that McGahn had spoken for more than 30 hours with Muellers investigators has rattled Trump and the West Wing to the core, according to three of Trumps outside advisers, causing Trump to ratchet up his Twitter war on Mueller to new heights. Over the weekend, Jared Kushner described Trumps mood as rip-shit, according to one of the advisers. Total meltdown was how another adviser put it. Hes extremely frustrated, a Republican close to the White House said.
The biggest fear rippling through the West Wing is that no one knows what McGahn told Mueller during his multiple interviews. Trump didnt know how many hours it was, one Republican briefed on Trumps thinking said. Last night, The Washington Post reported that McGahns lawyer, Bill Burck, has been doing damage control, telling the White House that McGahn did not incriminate Trump. Thats provided little solace to Trump and West Wing aides. You have to understand McGahn kept notes on every single meeting with Trump, one former West Wing official said. Theres no way this guy is going to protect him. (A person close to McGahn disputed that McGahn took extensive notes of his meetings with Trump, but added that McGahn has only provided Trumps lawyers a high-level summary of his comments to Mueller.) Trump also views McGahn as a [Reince] Priebus guy, shorthand for being a member of the Republican establishment of which Trump remains suspicious.
Since news broke of McGahns extensive cooperation with Mueller, Trump has been lashing out on Twitter. Hes got to frame the narrative. He thinks the media is like a shark: youre either feeding it or it eats you, one Republican close to the White House said. Privately, Trump blames his precarious position on the people who work for him. Trumps fury at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, already raging, has been stoked thanks to Sessionss refusal to resign after months of public abuse. You cant talk to Trump without him bringing up Sessions, one adviser said.
Trumps frustration with Sessions has even caused him to turn on Giuliani. Over the weekend, Trump blamed Giuliani for the entire Russia probe. According to a person to whom the conversation was described, Trump loudly said to his lawyer: Its your fault! I offered you attorney general, but you insisted on being secretary of state. Had I picked you none of this would be happening. (The White House declined to comment.)
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"They're Squeezing Don Jr. Right Now"...Trump's Twitter Rage Crests - By Gabriel Sherman (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2018
OP
The Ghoul as AG or SOS, the mind boggles
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)2. Interesting.
I would love to know more about how Trump chose his cabinet, and his principal advisors.
Blue Owl
(50,407 posts)3. The hunter becomes the hunted...