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President Donald Trump's closest aides have taken extraordinary measures in the White House to try to stop what they saw as his most dangerous impulses, going so far as to swipe and hide papers from his desk so he wouldn't sign them, according to a new book from legendary journalist Bob Woodward.
Woodward's 448-page book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," provides an unprecedented inside-the-room look through the eyes of the President's inner circle. From the Oval Office to the Situation Room to the White House residence, Woodward uses confidential background interviews to illustrate how some of the President's top advisers view him as a danger to national security and have sought to circumvent the commander in chief.
Many of the feuds and daily clashes have been well documented, but the picture painted by Trump's confidants, senior staff and Cabinet officials reveal that many of them see an even more alarming situation worse than previously known or understood. Woodward offers a devastating portrait of a dysfunctional Trump White House, detailing how senior aides both current and former Trump administration officials grew exasperated with the President and increasingly worried about his erratic behavior, ignorance and penchant for lying.
Chief of staff John Kelly describes Trump as an "idiot" and "unhinged," Woodward reports. Defense Secretary James Mattis describes Trump as having the understanding of "a fifth or sixth grader." And Trump's former personal lawyer John Dowd describes the President as "a f------ liar," telling Trump he would end up in an "orange jump suit" if he testified to special counsel Robert Mueller.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bob-woodwards-trump-book-author-details-aides-worries-about-trump/ar-BBMS253?li=BBnb7Kz
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)how these "aides" agree to pour out their worry and concern for national security to Woodward and yet still work at the WH! So what if they tell their stories anonymously...they are preaching to the choir and aren't telling us anything new. This stuff will rock a news cycle or two, the WH will call Woodward a liar and then the M$M will move on. These "aides" need to aid America and quit their jobs and/or get this information to someone who can do something about it. Enough of the skulking around the halls of the west wing.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)Read the article. If Trump had his way we would already have had WW3.