White House has no plan for countering Comey

[DonViejo]

Senior aides hope a trip to South America and summit with the Japanese prime minister will keep Trump's mind off the book.

By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM 04/09/2018 05:02 AM EDT

Former FBI director James Comey is about to return to the national spotlight with the release of his memoir next week — but the White House is doing little to prepare for the onslaught, according to two officials.

These officials said it’s understood within the West Wing that laying out an advance media strategy is largely a futile exercise since President Donald Trump could blow up any prepared talking points with a single tweet.

Instead, senior aides are hoping that Trump’s trip to South America and subsequent summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago will provide distraction, as well as an opportunity for the president to appear above the fray.

The nitty-gritty of preparing talking points and rapid response is being outsourced to the Republican National Committee, which also handled much of the rebuttal when Comey testified on Capitol Hill in June. There is no blitz attack planned by the White House, which would be seen as “punching down,” according to one of the White House officials.

An RNC official confirmed that the group is preparing a Comey response but declined to provide details or say how many people are involved in the effort.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Knowing Trump as we do......

He will go on a Twitter tantrum regardless, just as he did over Michael Wolfe's book, Fure & Fury.

There is no restraint when the Donald gets his feelings hurt. Which is every day it seems.

[Clarity2]

2. Can they take him to south AFRICA

On a safari. Let him pet the lions.