"It shows this whole thing was slapped together from Trump watching TV," the aide said.

[demmiblue]

Senior GOP aide tells me there's been surprise that the WH didn't set up a war room to run a rapid response & messaging operation for such a high-profile nomination.

"It shows this whole thing was slapped together from Trump watching TV," the aide said.

Link to tweet

“This is part of a pattern from President Trump: nomination on a whim without consultation or vetting, and then forced withdrawal when mess ensues — just like what happened with Herman Cain, Stephen Moore, Ronny Jackson and many more,” he said, referring to previous failed nominees.

Trump defended the White House's vetting process on Friday, calling it "great," but telling reporters, "you vet for me. I like when you vet."

He added: "We save a lot of money that way."

A senior GOP aide expressed surprise that the White House had not set up a war room with experienced communications professionals to run a rapid response and messaging operation for such a high-profile nomination that might have been able to prepare for, and respond to, the inevitable criticism of Ratcliffe's record.

"It kind of shows that this whole thing was slapped together from Trump watching TV," the aide said.

That single quote pretty much sums up the Trump presidency.

[GoCubsGo]

1. Everything that isn't slapped together from Putin's marching orders

is slapped together from watching TV. It's going to take decades to recover from this knee-jerk bullshit.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Trumpy does a Sarah Palin with "Lamestream Media" remark. What an innovator. n/t

[Zambero]

3. That would best be described as a spin room

and not a "war" room. Leaping first prior to looking at consequence runs contrary to strategizing, putting said leaper in immediate excuse mode. And as Ben Franklin once said, one that is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. As I've said before, Trump didn't want the job of being President, just the title and the power.

He is ego driven.

[LiberalFighter]

5. I would say Trump lied again when he says the media saves him money with the vetting.

The ones doing the vetting already are being paid and it shouldn't be that difficult to gather the information.

[WePurrsevere]

6. Trump tells reporters, "you vet for me. I like when you vet."...

WTH? He attacks the media regularly, especially for "fake news" but he trusts them to vet people he and his staff should be?

[Clarity2]

10. But I saw

a clip on the news yesterday with him saying Radcliffe was out because of the fake news...and a tweet, something about lamestream media and Radcliffe. So he talks out of both sides of his ass.

[WePurrsevere]

11. "he talks out of both sides of his ass"...

Shocking right?

And yet his cult followers keep buying what he's selling while sipping the Kool-Aid. What really scary is I'm very sure that some of them would mass murder and/or 'Jonestown' if he told them to do it.

[Clarity2]

14. I think you're right about the Koolaid

Some of them would also literally drink the cyanide koolaid themselves. I think there is a portion who are outright racists and know what he is all about, and then you have the others who are seeing an entirely different universe framed by Fox News and have no clue what he is up to. The latter are the people we need to reach out to with the truth.

[global1]

7. I Posted Something Like This Over A Year Ago.....

Trump gets all his direction from TV. He'll listen to the talking heads pontificate as to what Trump can do in a particular situation and then he'll proceed with doing what they suggest.

Listening to enough talking heads one gets all kinds of advice as to how they would handle a situation.

Trump is running his presidency by consensus of talking heads suggestions and advice.

If he reviews posts here on DU he might get other ideas as well.

We all should have learned a long time ago - to keep our mouths shut and our comments to ourselves.

For example - after the last debate. Many of the talking heads and a lot of us here on DU commented that the Dems criticized Obama more than Trump. Then guess what? At his rally in Ohio - he said that to the crowd.

And we ask why his followers believe him? Well because he has the backup of the talking heads that said the same thing in their analysis of the debate. He gets reinforcement and uses it.

When will we learn?

[LuvLoogie]

18. It WAS stupid of our candidates to attack President Obama.

There is no corralling of trump supporters or the media. Either everyone of us votes always or we dissolve.

[kentuck]

8. In other words...

incompetence.

[Golden Raisin]

9. It's like the old Amateur Hour except

with nuclear missiles.

[Grammy23]

12. Juggling hand grenades.

They always seem to blow up in someone’s face.

[thesquanderer]

13. Interesting that Nunes turned it down.

I've seen speculation that this is the kind of thing he was looking for, a high profile appointment, that his tactics are out of ambition. But in this case, I think he didn't want a job where might actually have to really work (i.e. maybe he's lazy), or really have responsibility for things with serious consequences (maybe he's self-aware enough to realize he's a bit of a hack).

[dmr]

15. Or he's afraid of what all might come out.

Because that guy has dirty hands, I just know it!

[LudwigPastorius]

16. News flash for the GOP...

You're propping up an incompetent, narcissistic idiot...who is also racist human garbage.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. What they lack is a war room for vetting qualified nominees,

as in a traditional, normal, rational process.....