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Erick Erickson:What sets this story apart for me, at least, is that I know one of the sources. And the source is solidly supportive of President Trump, or at least has been and was during Campaign 2016. But the President will not take any internal criticism, no matter how politely it is given. He does not want advice, cannot be corrected, and is too insecure to see any constructive feedback as anything other than an attack.
So some of the sources are left with no other option but to go to the media, leak the story, and hope that the intense blowback gives the President a swift kick in the butt. Perhaps then he will recognize he screwed up. The President cares vastly more about what the press says than what his advisers say. That is a real problem and one his advisers are having to recognize and use, even if it causes messy stories to get outside the White House perimeter.
I am told that what the President did is actually far worse than what is being reported. The President does not seem to realize or appreciate that his bragging can undermine relationships with our allies and with human intelligence sources. He also does not seem to appreciate that his loose lips can get valuable assets in the field killed.
Erick Erickson is a well-know conservative blogger and former Editor of RED STATE.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)disagrees with me is suspect," is not someone we need in the White House.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)There are so many, I can't keep track!!
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Or, it's not a strategy. It's just as dumb as it looks. But it's still working. His foes can't keep up long enough to mount a really effective push back.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)dictators thrive on chaos
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)Who's next, InfoWars?
(nevermind Breitbart, they're on the payroll)
yardwork
(61,700 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)David Cay Johnston and several NY journalists who have covered dump for decades were all saying during the campaign that he's completely unsuited temperamentally and psychologically to handling the presidency.
The MSM was too busy fawning over dump to give actual facts and journalism an adequate airing.
yardwork
(61,700 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)but I doubt either has the ethics or courage.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Kidding But you know there MUST be a Russian recording why Russia's top spies meet with someone.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Solidly supportive of Trump in 2016 campaign, also described as serious, competent and credible (by a Republican).
And would be in a position to know.
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)If he's deep throat then he's lining up support to be Potus. Yeeech.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)with him such that Pence would trust him with this kind of information
It would make sense that the CIA head would be desperate to see this mess cleaned up
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)good to know
LAS14
(13,783 posts)benpollard
(199 posts)I mean, how dumb can you get to support such a buffoon?
NoMoreRepugs
(9,453 posts)not being snarky, just an observer of the last couple of years.....
VWolf
(3,944 posts)going under the republican bus in 3, 2, 1 .....
3catwoman3
(24,031 posts)...heads stuck up their asses has known this for quite some time already -
"But the President will not take any internal criticism, no matter how politely it is given. He does not want advice, cannot be corrected, and is too insecure to see any constructive feedback as anything other than an attack."
The Trumplethinskin appellation is sooooooo searingly apropos.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and it must drive Donald insane because it is a very tangible sign of disloyalty in his eyes.
but who can be loyal to a crazy man? Very few people.