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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House
Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to President Donald Trump, remembers the challenges that came from so many Fox News hosts having the direct number to reach Trump in the White House residence.
There were times the president would come down the next morning and say, Well, Sean thinks we should do this, or, Judge Jeanine thinks we should do this, said Grisham, referring to Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro, both of whom host prime-time Fox News shows.
Grisham who resigned from the White House amid the Jan. 6 attacks and has since written a book critical of Trump said West Wing staffers would simply roll their eyes in frustration as they scrambled to respond to the influence of the networks hosts, who weighed in on everything from personnel to messaging strategy.
Trumps staff, allies and even adversaries were long accustomed to playing to an Audience of One a commander in chief with a twitchy TiVo finger and obsessed with cable news.
There were times the president would come down the next morning and say, Well, Sean thinks we should do this, or, Judge Jeanine thinks we should do this, said Grisham, referring to Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro, both of whom host prime-time Fox News shows.
Grisham who resigned from the White House amid the Jan. 6 attacks and has since written a book critical of Trump said West Wing staffers would simply roll their eyes in frustration as they scrambled to respond to the influence of the networks hosts, who weighed in on everything from personnel to messaging strategy.
Trumps staff, allies and even adversaries were long accustomed to playing to an Audience of One a commander in chief with a twitchy TiVo finger and obsessed with cable news.
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Trump's Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2022
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Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)1. Not surprising that a group of sociopaths are all manipulating each other
for personal gain.
underpants
(182,823 posts)2. You just beat me posting this. Interesting and disturbing stuff
I posted mine in Editorials so Ill leave it.
The idea that Chief of Staff Kelly had to use Lou Dobbs mostly obscure TV show as a way of understanding or anticipating what the person he works with directly is alarming to say the least.
spanone
(135,841 posts)3. I wonder what governmental department judge jeanine was running. What a stupid pathetic 'president'
underpants
(182,823 posts)4. Trump never respected the office or understood its power
Thats my summary of the Clustertrump. Everything is all about him. Impetuous stupid ego managing.
Baitball Blogger
(46,720 posts)5. No surprise to me.
I saw an entire community go down a rabbit hole based on poor legal reasoning from military men, lawyers and judges. And this became Florida's way of thinking under every Republican governor. So, I hope you can stop it at a Federal level.