The White House has given up on trying to get Trump to stop tweeting insane things, and as a consequence, Trump’s lawyers are pulling their hair out as the President is impossible to defend.
Gabriel Sherman reported:
Source close to the WH told me other day that Bannon and Priebus have all but stopped trying to get Trump to stop tweeting insane things 1/2
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) June 18, 2017
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Advisers stopped raising tweets with Trump because he lashes out when he's feeling controlled by staff. Legal team is pulling hair out 2/2
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) June 18, 2017
If the White House isn’t going to stop him from undercutting his own legal defense with conspiracy-laden tweets that are flat out crazy, then Trump is doomed to go down in a flaming ball of self-destruction. Trump has been unable to find talented staff and legal representation because no one in their right mind wants to work for a president who is going to sabotage everything they do because he can’t stay off Twitter.
The White House has been staffed with Trump enablers who don’t have the guts to stand up to this president and tell him no. The notion that the dysfunctional Republican Party would be able to hold Trump in check was always a fantasy that was never based on the reality of how the Republican-controlled Congress behaves.
Trump is going to go down for the Russia scandal because he can’t stop incriminating himself on Twitter.
Since the country has a White House that is so afraid of Trump’s tantrums when his Twitter toy is taken away that they won’t stand up to the President, it is only a matter of time until the whole administration collapses in on itself.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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