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Donald Trump lashed out at acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney during a Situation Room meeting with Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, earlier this month, a White House official said Sunday.
According to the official, Trump cut Mulvaney off toward the end of an unproductive meeting on re-opening the federal government, as Mulvaney was attempting to negotiate up from the $1.3 billion Democrats offered the White House.
"Stop, stop, just stop -- What are you doing? You're f***ing it all up, Mick," Trump said, according to the official who was in the room for the negotiations.
The interaction was first reported by Axios.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-lashed-out-at-mick-mulvaney-during-shutdown-meeting-with-democrats/ar-BBScVpX?li=BBnb7Kz
What a class act! You have to be masochistic to work for Trump. He enjoys belittling people.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)Even an ass-kisser like Mulvaney must have a breaking point.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)He can't even manage a McDonald's
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)he didn't attend Wharton's respected MBA program. He went to Fordham for two years and then transferred to Wharton's undergrad program at U.PA. He has a bachelor's degree. That's it.
brush
(53,876 posts)admin since it began has been nothing but fu_ked up chaos, including this shutdown he backed himself into and now doesn't know how to get out of.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)RockRaven
(15,010 posts)and fight about it. He says Mick is screwing it up...
okay, Dough Turd, you stepped in to stop him, you know better, why aren't you DOING better? Why aren't you showing Mick how it is done? Huh? Where's the non-screwed up version of that negotiation/conversation? Why haven't you had it yet?
Hav
(5,969 posts)Taking the Dem's offer as the basis was a sign of weakness for Trump as is any sum below his demands. That Trump comes from a position of strength and that he has the full support from within is a facade he tried to keep up. It has become an ego thing which makes the whole process of the shutdown more dangerous.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm wondering if that was a little generous.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)If you want to work for Trump, it would help if you are a masochist. A masochist and a sadist are the same padded cell. The masochist is in a straightjacket so he can't hurt himself. He is screaming at the sadist, "Beat me". The sadist goes back to his card game, looks at the masochist and says "NO"