People are scared: Paranoia seizes Trumps White House

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Paranoia strikes deep

A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government.

In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described a litany of suspicions: that rival factions in the administration are trying to embarrass them, that civil servants opposed to President Donald Trump are trying to undermine him, and even that a “deep state” of career military and intelligence officials is out to destroy them.


Aides re going to great lengths to protect themselves. They’re turning off work-issued smartphones and putting them in drawers when they arrive home from work out of fear that they could be used to eavesdrop. They’re staying mum in meetings out of concern that their comments could be leaked to the press by foes.

Many are using encrypted apps that automatically delete messages once they’ve been read, or are leaving their personal cellphones at home in case their bosses initiate phone checks of the sort that press secretary Sean Spicer deployed last month to try to identify leakers on his team.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-white-house-paranoia-236069

The #resistance is driving them sumsofbitches crazy.

[Xipe Totec]

1. The chump discusses national security issues openly at dinner at Mar-a-Lago and wonders

where the leaks are?

[LisaM]

2. I think toxic work environments are ridiculous.

How do you expect to attract the best and brightest, and to get the most out of them if they can't feel confident and rewarded in their work?