NY Times Report Suggests A White House In Chaos
There has been no shortage of leaks from the Trump White House and today’s New York Times piece is no exception to that. The Times piece paints the picture of a White House in chaos with Trump’s staffers worried about their boss’s attitude for the job and a president with little patience for basic details.
And Trump is reportedly so paranoid about an “insider threat” from within the federal government that staff members have started using encrypted messaging services because they are worried about Trump’s paranoia could lead to cell phone and email monitoring.
Trump lied when he said he hadn’t heard about the Flynn report on Air Force One
Sources say Trump misled reporters when he said he had not seen reports about his National Security Adviser’s conversations with the Russian ambassador about sanctions. The New York Times piece says that “Mr. Trump was closely monitoring the reaction to Mr. Flynn’s conversations.” And that the reaction may “determine Mr. Flynn’s future.”
And while the Times notes that all new administrations have some turbulence and turnover in the National Security Council, the Trump administration is markedly different. The Times notes, “Two officials said that at one recent meeting, there was talk of feeding suggested Twitter posts to the president so the council’s staff would have greater influence.”
Think about that. The staff of the National Security Council is literally sitting around talking about how best to influence the president’s Twitter behavior. This is beyond outrageous.
Donald Trump likes lots of graphics and maps
Seriously. And apparently, he likes a lot of maps and pictures. The New York Times notes, “While Mr. Obama liked policy option papers that were three to six single-spaced pages, council staff members are now being told to keep papers to a single page, with lots of graphics and maps.”
And according to one official that spoke with the Times, “The president likes maps.”
Just curious, how many words can you fit on single page with lots of maps and graphics?
You can read the rest of the New York Times piece here.
