Trump Aides Keep Leaking Embarrassing Stories About How He Can't Handle Embarrassment

[DonViejo]

By Eric Levitz

January 24, 2017
11:02 a.m.

The president is a 70-year-old child whose TV time must be closely monitored — because any news story that upsets his ego will trigger a temper tantrum followed by irrational demands that his indulgent, overwhelmed guardians will be helpless to refuse.

Or so Donald Trump’s aides keep confiding to the nearest available reporter.

On Sunday, one of the president’s confidantes told Politico that his staffers have to “control information that may infuriate him,” a task made difficult by the fact that the leader of the free world “gets bored and likes to watch TV.”

That same day, some Trump aides provided the New York Times with a portrait of the president as a moody adolescent.

Mr. Trump grew increasingly angry on Inauguration Day after reading a series of Twitter messages pointing out that the size of his inaugural crowd did not rival that of Mr. Obama’s in 2009. But he spent his Friday night in a whirlwind of celebration and affirmation. When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.

more
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/trump-aides-cant-stop-blabbing-about-how-hes-a-madman.html

[vlyons]

1. I don't give a god damned rat's ass about Traitor Trump's hurt feelings

or his embarrassment, or his temper tantrums. I take no pleasure is hearing the insider gossip about how he reacts to unfavorable news and ratings. What I DO care about is the gag he and his criminal co-horts are placing over government scientists, shutting down vital gov functions of Fed agencies, and information manipulation to keep the American people in the dark about his nefarious deeds and executive orders. He is a god damned CRIMINAL.

[JMCoast]

5. You got that right

and the sad part is that his supporters will ignore everything you just pointed out. KING DON can do no wrong!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. If his own aides can't trust the President.....

....then why in God's name is he the President?

[Native]

3. Almost a dozen senior WH officials/Trump advisers & confidants are leaking this stuff? Wow.

This account of Trump’s tumultuous first days in office comes from interviews with nearly a dozen senior White House officials and other Trump advisers and confidants, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations and moments.

Nearly a dozen of Trump’s closest confidantes helped plant an embarrassing news story about how their boss can’t handle embarrassing news stories. Which is to say: A president who prizes loyalty in his subordinates has already been betrayed by a huge swath of his inner circle.

It isn’t hard to understand why Trump’s aides would want to distance themselves from the mogul’s decision to begin his presidency by shouting self-aggrandizing delusions at CIA employees, congressional leaders, and the Fourth Estate. But we aren’t in the late days of a losing campaign, when it’s normal for advisers to start leaking dirt on the boss to save their reputations. We’re less than four full days into the Trump presidency, with (barring death, impeachment, resignation, or coup) at least 1,461 to go.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. It is clearly our duty to send his twitter feed as many links as we can

so he does not miss a thing that is written about him......don't you agree?



just re-tweet to:

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump