'War Could Start From the Private Residence': Trump Aides Joke Away His Latest 'Nuclear' Tweet
Source: Daily Beast
Aides to the president generally didnt bat an eye at his latest, most provocative, salvo against North Koreas brutal dictator Kim Jong-Un. Theyve come to accept that this is the man for whom they work. Its a dark existence. But it isjudging from the multiple White House officials and administration veterans The Daily Beast talked to for this storyalso one they have normalized internally.
Its a running joke [in the West Wing] that nuclear war could start from the private residence during Fox [News] primetime, one senior Trump aide told The Daily Beast. Sometimes the joking includes more uncomfortable [or] nervous laughter than other times.
After a year in office, much of Washington D.C. has changed, but the president himself has not. Left alone in his residence at night,Trump will watch Fox News and will tweet his feelings. Aides in the administration say they approach it as a facet of the job. And that means not growing alarmed even when the boss talks about brandishing a nuke.
When he goes off on stuff like this, it's the [White House's] job to rally around him and make up reasons for why it was okay," a former senior Trump administration official said.
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tanyev
(42,610 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)No knee slapper like a man-child destabilizing the world and starting a world war because of a temper tantrum. Just uproariously funny. Another real whopper is that the repukes in Congress will actually do something to stop it.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)GOD. HELP. US!
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Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)and rent The Day After, Threads and Testament.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)until we get ADULTS in office again. Fully functioning, intelligent ADULTS. This crew in office now are hopeless, inept, STUPID. Do they have parents? If so, their parents must be mortified that their offspring are as dumb as tRump.