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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 09:52 PM Jul 2017

Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report

Source: The Hill

President Trump reportedly once summoned former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus to kill a fly in the Oval Office during a meeting, according to a Friday report.

A source told The Washington Post that once during an Oval Office meeting, a fly began buzzing around Trump’s head, distracting him. Trump eventually summoned Priebus and told him to kill the fly. As a senior White House staffer, the chief of staff would not ordinarily be tasked with such matters.

The Post reports that anecdote was just one way the relationship between Trump and Priebus became fractured by the end. Trump announced Priebus' resignation on Friday night.

A senior White House official told the newspaper that Trump often referenced Priebus’ comments after the infamous “Access Hollywood” interview with Trump surfaced. Priebus, as head of the Republican National Committee, said at the time Trump that should drop out of the presidential race.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344431-trump-once-summoned-priebus-to-kill-a-fly-in-oval-office-report

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Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report (Original Post) TomCADem Jul 2017 OP
Trump insists on humiliating anyone stupid enough to work for him. Super sick. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #1
Flies know shit when they smell it underpants Jul 2017 #2
Maggot is a sadist MFM008 Jul 2017 #3
President Obama takes care of things himself underpants Jul 2017 #4
Fucking ninja! Egnever Jul 2017 #9
Obama has big hands. rusty quoin Jul 2017 #10
I feel bad for the fly, but gosh I miss the President n/t hibbing Jul 2017 #12
The narrator quipped that the fly "turned out to be Jeff Goldblum". BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #14
Slightly off topic, but Vincent Price once told me... displacedtexan Jul 2017 #15
Oh I can imagine! BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #16
That narrator was Keith Olbermann DeeDeeNY Jul 2017 #26
Ah! That explains it! BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #28
He was everything. Glimmer of Hope Jul 2017 #21
Cool as a cucumber. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #24
C'mon, Reince. You know you want to. Here's a delicious glass of warm milk...now, drink...relax... Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #5
A sadist, indeed. Marcuse Jul 2017 #6
It escaped through Trump's ear........ SergeStorms Jul 2017 #7
I saw that fly before... SummerSnow Jul 2017 #8
What's amusing angrychair Jul 2017 #11
Calling Mike Luckovich!!! not fooled Jul 2017 #13
so much for stopping the leaks SethH Jul 2017 #17
Recall a gradeschool book bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #18
Maybe he thought the fly was one of these BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #19
I would imagine..... dawnie51 Jul 2017 #20
But the Secret Service has guns! ThoughtCriminal Jul 2017 #22
Wonder if Reince had to hold his dick for him (n/t) Kennah Jul 2017 #23
A fly distracting Trump? Really? syringis Jul 2017 #25
Review of the situation: 1) Fly in room, 2) Trump annoyed, 3) Jared or Ivanka or WH intern no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #27

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
15. Slightly off topic, but Vincent Price once told me...
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 08:38 AM
Jul 2017

...that it took almost all day to film that scene, in the original film, when the fly/guy was trapped in the spiderweb, yelling, "HelpMe! Help Me!" He said they were cued by the tiny little voice, and they couldn't stop laughing. He said to watch the film and see if we could tell that they barely got the thing filmed.

Why am I not surprised that killing a fly is beneath the trumpster fire?

BumRushDaShow

(129,115 posts)
16. Oh I can imagine!
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 08:50 AM
Jul 2017

But I always thought that scene in the original was scary as hell when I was a kid because the pleading was so mournful!

Even looking at it now, it's still pretty rough.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
5. C'mon, Reince. You know you want to. Here's a delicious glass of warm milk...now, drink...relax...
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 10:07 PM
Jul 2017
and tell us every fuckin thing you know about LOSER 45...

You know you want to, little buddy!!

angrychair

(8,702 posts)
11. What's amusing
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 12:04 AM
Jul 2017

Is id like to be that fly in the room when Dolt45 try's to call a 4-star Marine general into the room to kill it...."not my job asshole"

dawnie51

(959 posts)
20. I would imagine.....
Sat Jul 29, 2017, 09:47 AM
Jul 2017

the daily humiliations and degradations that Dump serves in the WH every day would astonish all of us. This is no doubt just a small appetizer. Having seen his actions in public, the private Dump is probably horrific. Makes you wonder about Melania, and what she has/does deal with. Anyone who is unfortunate enough to spin in his orbit gets burned badly.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
25. A fly distracting Trump? Really?
Sun Jul 30, 2017, 07:25 AM
Jul 2017

I agree that distractors must be discarted.

The question is wich from Trump or the fly was distracting the other?

Any fly with a little sense of self-respect (and self-instinct preservation) would never have approched Trump.

To conclude, in my humble opinion, it was not the fly that should have been removed...

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
27. Review of the situation: 1) Fly in room, 2) Trump annoyed, 3) Jared or Ivanka or WH intern
Sun Jul 30, 2017, 08:30 AM
Jul 2017

not summoned, 4) Former RNC Chair summoned to kill the fly.

I would have pointed the can of Raid at POTUS' head.

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