Trump Thought Firing Flynn Would End 'Russia Thing,' Chris Christie Writes in Book

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Washington Post

President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, believed that the “Russia thing” would end as a side effect from the firing of the national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, in the early days of the administration, according to an account in a new memoir by Chris Christie.

The incident recounted in Mr. Christie’s book, “Let Me Finish,” is among the anecdotes describing how the president and Mr. Kushner grappled with a campaign and a presidency that Mr. Christie says neither was prepared for.

Part autobiography and part firsthand accounting of a presidency, the book, which will be released on Tuesday, paints Mr. Trump as a phenom who was obviously effective as a candidate — but who has relied on the wrong people and has been ill-served by many advisers, including some members of his family.

Mr. Christie, the former two-term governor of New Jersey and a longtime friend of the president, was among Mr. Trump’s challengers for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He became a key, early supporter of Mr. Trump after withdrawing from the race, and then ran Mr. Trump’s transition — until he was fired shortly after the election, reportedly at the direction of Mr. Kushner. He recently withdrew from consideration as White House chief of staff.

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[NYC Liberal]

1. "phenom who has relied on the wrong people and has been ill-served by many advisers"

Of course, all his problems are everyone else's fault and not at all his own.

[elleng]

2. 'Trump thought,' NEVER!

[SunSeeker]

3. THey're even dumber than they look. nt

[GulfCoast66]

4. That the lord he is so stupid!! Can you imagine where we could be if he were smart?

I know stupid Watergate was a thing.

But I see him as Stupid Mussolini. Which Mussolini wasn’t. And calculated he move to power.

Not that it did him much good.

[Apollyonus]

6. Nixon was at least 100 times smarter than this buffoon n/t

[moonscape]

8. Very conservative multiplier ... n/t

[Apollyonus]

12. "at least" n/t

[Roy Rolling]

5. This says so much about Trump

He thinks after firing a scapegoat, the problem is gone. That's how he's always operated, throw someone under the bus and the problem is gone. Which works in public perception---the perception is the problem is gone.

But the reality is, the problem remains. Trump.

And as long as he remains in government we have the problem. Getting rid of his flunkies won't work with checks and balances. For two years of Republican rule there were zero checks and balances, not anymore. A Democratic House is now making an issue of the stink in the Executive Branch.

And a fish rots from the head.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Jared's dad told him to get tRump to fire Comey

so that he wouldn't go into the family business and finances. His dad was put into jail by Christie for not paying his taxes (gee, Ivanka and he have a lot in common). I wonder if his dad told him to get his father in law to fire Flynn too. This is why Kushner wanted prison reform. I have a suggestion...you won't go to jail in the first place if you don't break the law dudes! I guess Jared didn't learn much while visiting his dad in jail every week except "don't get caught".

[RockRaven]

9. One of the biggest bits of proof that Trump is a moron is how he keeps listening to Jared

even though Jared keeps getting things painfully wrong over and over and over again.

[Auggie]

10. Mmmm ... would knowledge of this event implicate Christie in obstruction?

[llmart]

11. Quite frankly, even if Christie is out to be a thorn in Trump's side...

I still don't give a rat's ass what Christie has to say. He'd suck up to Trump again in 2020 if he thought he had a chance of getting something out of it.

[Im peachy keen]

13. I am KEEN to IMPEACH the Orange Idiot, hence the username

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