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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/white-house-in-chaos-as-staffers-argue-over-covid-19-response-and-blame-mike-pences-leadership-report/According to a report from Politico, Donald Trumps White House has turned into a hotbed of finger-pointing and squabbling as the coronavirus pandemic outraces the administrations ability to quash it.
Among other issues is the apparent inability of Vice President Mike Pences office to get a handle on its priorities as the epidemic spreads disrupting daily life in the U.S. and deaths mount.
The report states, The White House descended into a flurry of recriminations and meetings on Monday as staffers quarreled over how to control a deepening public health and economic crisis.
Officials, like Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, had been urging staff not to overreact, while other aides advocated dramatic measures, such as shutting down borders, stopping cruise ship travel and expanding travel restrictions, wrote Politicos Nancy Cook, before pithily adding, Then there was the blame game.
She continued, One senior administration official blamed the national security staff for bungling the early coronavirus response. Other aides blamed the vice presidents office, which has taken the lead on the response, before quoting an anonymous White House official complaining, The Office of the Vice President seems way in over their heads. They dont know what theyre doing.
The chaos has also extended to Trumps economic team with CNBC reporting, some officials were stunned by Trumps claim Monday that he would hold a press conference Tuesday to announce an economic plan, and one official tells the network that Trumps declaration was news to everyone on the inside.
According to the Politico report, the problem extends even further.
Some aides took issue with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, whod dutifully stood by Trump during his Friday visit to the Atlanta agency and commended the president for his decisive leadership. Trump, for his part, continued to denigrate the media and Democrats on Twitter for overhyping the coronavirus threat.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Pence is kind of a drag if you support Trump (which of course I don't because my brain works properly). Haley would be more marketable.
Bryant
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)0rganism
(23,970 posts)and the presumption is, if he gets re-elected, RBG and Breyer will probably fold. so 7-2 rabid rwnj majority for a long long time.
add that to a willingness to proudly ignore science when drafting policy, and that's a lot of incentive for an evangelical. if they have to swallow a female non-Xian as VP, i think they'll line up. after all, the blessings of Jesus protect Trump and make him immortal while he's got the Mandate of Heaven, enforcing God's Will.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,438 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)At least for me so I never go there anymore.
Goodheart
(5,345 posts)Just give people cash.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)His reality TV star boss con man must be SO disappointed in him.
CrispyQ
(36,518 posts)We went from Obama/Biden to Trump/Pence. The difference between parties couldn't be more stark.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Well, technically, horrible mismanagement that made the AIDS pandemic worse in Indiana.
spanone
(135,880 posts)Hired by the least competent 'president'.
Jirel
(2,025 posts)This is going to get funnier. No chief of staff. Idiots all panicking and pointing fingers at each other. Bad news coming fast and furious. Financial press no longer friendly.
Kettle Corn today, I think.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)They could put him in one of those "bubbles" just outside of the Oval Office.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)randr
(12,415 posts)They are only concerned over the optics and if they will be blamed.
UTUSN
(70,743 posts)safeinOhio
(32,722 posts)Trump out.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)as his running mate. Trump will put all of the coronavirus failures on pence.
ScratchCat
(2,002 posts)Doesn't it?
Nay
(12,051 posts)Cyrano
(15,060 posts)Californians
Muslims
African Americans
Jews
Obama
The deep state
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
Hunter Biden
George Soros
Michael Bloomberg
Oprah
Immigrant children in cages
Nancy Pelosi
Chinese restaurants
Did I leave anyone or anything out?
EndlessWire
(6,569 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)dhill926
(16,358 posts)is the orange asshole himself...
ooky
(8,929 posts)He just keeps checking all the boxes for that description.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)He can at least act the part of being a dignified figurehead with some common sense. I wonder if Pence will avoid media and public criticism and instead make Trump look like even more like a hapless bumbling doofus who is out of touch with reality. Will Pence be seen as an asset instead of a liability or will narcissistic Trump dislike being upstaged and turn on him.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:39 AM - Edit history (1)
an ass kissing robot
dawg day
(7,947 posts)and how effective it is for the pandemic.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)It doesn't really matter. The same guy hired them.