Inside the 'adult day-care center': How aides try to control and coerce Trump
By Ashley Parker and Greg Jaffe October 16 at 6:00 AM
During the campaign, when President Trumps team wanted him to stop talking about a certain issue such as when he attacked a Gold Star military family they sometimes presented him with polls demonstrating how the controversy was harming his candidacy.
During the transition, when aides needed Trump to decide on a looming issue or appointment, they often limited him to a shortlist of two or three options and urged him to choose one. And now in the White House, when advisers hope to prevent Trump from making what they think is an unwise decision, they frequently try to delay his final verdict hoping he may reconsider after having time to calm down.
When Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) described the White House as an adult day-care center on Twitter last week, he gave voice to a certain Trumpian truth: The president is often impulsive, impetuous and difficult to manage, leading those around him to find creative ways to channel his energies.
Some Trump aides spend a significant part of their time devising ways to rein in and control the impetuous president, angling to avoid outbursts that might work against him, according to interviews with 18 aides, confidants and outside advisers, most of whom insisted on anonymity to speak candidly.
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