There can be only one loudmouth fool at a time
Uh oh – the honeymoon is over.
President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s frequently off-message media blitz, in which he has muddied the waters on hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and made claims that could complicate the president’s standing in the special counsel’s Russia probe.
Not to mention Rudy is getting all that attention. Attention is supposed to be for Donnie, all for Donnie. No amount is ever enough.
Trump also expressed annoyance that Giuliani’s theatrics have breathed new life into the Daniels story and extended its lifespan. It’s a concern shared by Trump allies who think Giuliani is only generating more legal and political trouble for the White House.
Darn those theatrics. If only Giuliani could be sober and temperate and thoughtful, like Trump.
After Trump chided Giuliani on Friday, saying the lawyer needed to “get his facts straight,” the former mayor put out a statement trying to clarify his remarks. But in weekend interviews, Giuliani appeared to dig himself a deeper hole by acknowledging that “Cohen takes care of situations like this, then gets paid for them sometimes.” He did not rule out the possibility that Cohen had paid off other women.
Trump, who has denied the affair with Daniels, was angry that Giuliani had given the impression that other women may make similar charges of infidelity, according to the people familiar with his views.
“Dammit Rudy you’re making me look sleazy here!”
Trump, according to one confidant, celebrated Giuliani’s hiring last month by declaring that he had enlisted “America’s Fucking Mayor” as a legal attack dog with star power. But many in the White House have begun evoking comparisons with Anthony Scaramucci — who, like Giuliani, was a hard-charging New Yorker with a knack for getting TV airtime.
Yeah he’s not America’s fucking mayor. That’s just the usual catchphrasey bullshit that doesn’t mean anything. He was highly visible on September 11 2001, but that doesn’t make him permanent national mayor. If we were going to have one of those it wouldn’t be Rudy Giuliani.
I’m sure I’m one of maybe a couple of billion people to note that people who are sober and temperate and thoughtful don’t want a bar of Trump and would be most unlikely to work for him in any professional capacity. Certainly not one where they would be under a spotlight defending Trump.
Rob:
Very true.
BUT my instincts tell me that from here on, and with good production, Stormy Daniels has a brilliant career in front of her as a nightclub act or a stand-up comedian. That could position her well to pick up the Republican nomination next time around.
No kidding.
President Daniels? I would raise a glass of Jack to that.
;-)
“The best people. Only the best people.”
If not for 9/11 few outside of NY would have heard of Giuliani. Luck plays such a big role in our lives.
At least Rudi had the minimal empathetic ability required to make the right noises in a big tragedy. For a politico it’s about the easiest gig going. Even Trump could do it, for a few seconds, before wandering off onto the usual topic of how awesome he is.
Nothing like the murder of a few thousand people to provide an opportunity for self-promotion.
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