Forty-five wreaks his wrath on his aides

The president’s appetite for chaos, coupled with his disregard for the self-protective conventions of the presidency, has left his staff confused and squabbling. And his own mood, according to two advisers who spoke on the condition of anonymity, has become sour and dark, and he has turned against most of his aides — even his son-in-law, Jared Kushner — describing them in a fury as “incompetent,” according to one of those advisers.

 

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The stress was taking its toll. Late Monday, reporters could hear senior aides shouting from behind closed doors as they discussed how to respond after Washington Post reporters informed them of an article they were writing that first reported the news about the president’s divulging of intelligence.

 

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There is a growing sense that Mr. Trump seems unwilling or unable to do the things necessary to keep himself out of trouble and that the presidency has done little to tame a shoot-from-the-hip-into-his-own-foot style that characterized his campaign.

 

At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls
The New York Times

 


 

Forty-five wreaks his wrath on his aides,
unrelenting, he tears through tirades,
while creating chaos
just to show he’s the boss
as he plots enigmatic charades.

Susan Eckenrode, 5/17/17

 

Staff Leaks (2-link limerick chain)

 

[…] with mounting tension inside the West Wing over stories portraying an administration lurching between crises and simmering in dysfunction, aides are increasingly frustrated by the pressure-cooker environment and worried about their futures there.

Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown
Politico

 

 


 

Now the BLOTUS is moaning and crying
About leaks from his staff who were spying.
I say, let those leaks out;
Real patriots speak out
When their boss is the one who is lying.

© Colleen Anderson, 2017

When their boss is the one who is lying,
presented the facts, keeps denying,
they’ll go to extremes,
embrace any means
to save a republic that’s dying.

© Susan E. Eckenrode, 2017