The worst
Another book with further details about the horror that is Trump, this one by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post (we read an excerpt the other day):
Trump’s West Wing is tantamount to a family business and everything is personal. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump obtain security clearances because they are kin.
After publicly punting the issue to Kelly, Trump is described as applying pressure privately. “I wish we could make this go away,” he reportedly told Kelly. “This is a problem.” Said differently, protocols and national security were treated as impediments, not safeguards, when Javanka got involved.
It’s just his personal excellent con, it’s nothing to do with the country or its people.
At a meeting in the Pentagon’s inner sanctum, the “Tank”, the draft-dodging Trump derided America’s generals as “dopes and babies”. He added: “I wouldn’t go to war with you people.” Debasement was a coin of the realm.
That’s the one we read the other day.
When Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of homeland security and a Kelly deputy, balked at Trump’s demands on immigration, he berated her looks and height. For good measure, according to the authors, Trump would call her at 5am, just for the sake of harassment.
He’s like every shithead you’ve ever had to work with or sit next to at holiday dinners, rolled into one, magnified a thousand times, and running the country.
Likewise, Trump mocked HR McMaster, Michael Flynn’s replacement as national security adviser, for his mien and wardrobe. The scholarly McMaster was always on borrowed time.
Because Trump’s mien and wardrobe are so perfect.
Says one of McMaster’s aides, Trump “doesn’t fire people … he tortures them until they’re willing to quit.”
Every shithead you’ve ever encountered, added together and multiplied…
Here’s another chilling account of Trump to add to the pile – from Penn Jillette’s time spent with Trump for I believe a season of The Apprentice.
Penn Jillette on What Trump is Really Like | Joe Rogan
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LOL, as if Trump had any idea what the concept of mien was…
Here’s a url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UK40_XkWw
I haven’t watched that, but Penn’s take on Trump in his book Presto is interesting. He contrasts Trump with Al Franken, as both knew him and asked for his endorsement. Penn told both he couldn’t endorse them because he’s a libertarian.
Franken wrote back a jovial letter thanking him for letting him know and joking that at least he’d never have to see his ideals tested. Whenever Penn ran into Franken they continued to be on good terms.
Trump of course blew a gasket and considered Penn an enemy from that point forward.
Shithead the Magnificent… sorry Shithead the Magnified. It has a nice, authentic ring to it.
Mind if I use it..?
It’s all yours, Omar – “shithead” is definitely not mine to copyright!
Shithead the Malevolent?