Trump's personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany

[demmiblue]

Madeleine Westerhout, who left her White House job suddenly on Thursday as President Trump’s personal assistant, was fired after bragging to reporters that she had a better relationship with Trump than his own daughters, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, and that the president did not like being in pictures with Tiffany because he perceived her as overweight.

Given Westerhout’s sensitive role as a confidante to the president, the few details the White House shared about her abrupt firing had Washington’s political-media class in a quiet frenzy on Thursday night and Friday.

The critical comments happened at an off-the-record dinner, according to two people familiar with the matter, that Westerhout and deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley held earlier this month with reporters who were covering Trump’s vacation at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Westerhout also jokingly told the journalists that Trump couldn’t pick Tiffany out of a crowd, said one of the people. “She had a couple drinks and in an uncharacteristically unguarded moment, she opened up to the reporters,” the person said.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/30/trumps-personal-assistant-fired-ivanka-tiffany-1479226

[Kingofalldems]

1. Kick and rec.

She may have some more to say.

[nolabear]

2. I believe he wouldn't know Tiffany but she dissed IVANKA?

[mopinko]

40. he'd know ivanka in the dark.

[bsiebs]

48. ouch... and likely true

[nolabear]

49. ...

[C_U_L8R]

3. Someone buy Madeleine another drink.

I want to hear more.

[LisaM]

14. My thoughts exactly.

There are some comedic moments in this disaster, and this is right at the top.

[gopiscrap]

23. that's what I thought too!!!

[CanonRay]

43. So much for "the vault"

[Celerity]

56. a double Jamaican Ten-Speed should do the trick

1 Ounce(s) Vodka
3/4 Ounce(s) Melon liqueur
1/4 Ounce(s) Crème de banana
1/4 Ounce(s) Coconut-flavored rum
1/2 Ounce(s) half-and-half

Shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Serve in a Cocktail Glass.

Top off with:

[orangecrush]

61. Holy shit!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. She got sacked because what she said about Tiffany was true.

Betcha anything Spanky wouldn't want to appear in a photo with an overweight daughter.

[demmiblue]

9. Kind of like he allegedly doesn't like to appear in pictures with Barron...

because Barron is taller.

[Control-Z]

53. Is he taller?

I don't remember noticing that. He must have grown a bit since 2016.

Poor kid. Poor wealthy child.

[Rhiannon12866]

55. Looks like it!

[Maraya1969]

59. OMG that kid grew up up when I blinked!

[JI7]

57. yeah, but in that case it's becsuse he is jealous of Barron

[TreasonousBastard]

5. OK, I get that someone couldn't keep quiet to the press, but what lowlife...

asskisser told Trump about it?

[Marcuse]

32. Hogan Gidley was at the dinner and still is employed.

[Hoyt]

6. Although she is likely accurate, not a smart thing to say.

[riversedge]

51. liquor will do the loose lips thingy.

[BlueStater]

7. I believe everything she said.

That sounds exactly like the douchebag, especially the stuff about having his photo taken with Tiffany.

[madaboutharry]

8. He is so loathsome.

"the president did not like being in pictures with Tiffany because he perceived her as overweight."

I don't care one way or the other that this woman lost her job working for Trump.

The takeaway for me is that this is another story about Trump being a terrible person.

[tblue37]

10. Overweight! Doesn't he own a mirror? nt

[Demovictory9]

12. he owns a magical mirror

[GoCubsGo]

22. He's not a woman.

It's alright for men to be overweight in his world, but not women In his brain, women who are overweight and/or unattractive are considered "defective." Tiffany, being allegedly overweight and not a DILF also makes HIM look bad, because she is his offspring. He doesn't want anyone seeing that he produces "defective" offispring. (Apparently, he's never taken a close look at his two oldest sons, either...)

[machoneman]

60. Grossly overweight, that's for the red tie to hide, and not well!

[Keg Stand]

11. So Tiffany is too fat to be in a picture with her of a father?

Trump is the biggest piece of shit on the planet.

[Sneederbunk]

13. Heaviest president since William Howard Taft.

[Keg Stand]

20. Worst president ever I hope he's out the door shortly.n/t

[regnaD kciN]

34. But...but...but...he only weighs 239 pounds!

And he's supposedly the healthiest man to ever hold the office of president!

[Marie Marie]

15. Why would she brag about having a better relationship with Trump

than his own daughters? 1. He adores Ivanka. 2. OK, I can believe the Tiffany part. 3. Bragging about her relationship with Trump is well, nothing to brag about. Tells me all about her that I want to know, she deserves to be on the receiving end of the way Trump usually treats people. Buh-bye to yet another stupid Trump sycophant.

[BlueStater]

18. I wouldn't exactly describe his feelings towards Ivanka as adoration.

More like a really creepy, incestuous crush. We all know he's a sick fuck.

[dawg day]

21. Do you think Ivanka has a "good" relationship with him?

He barely had any part in her upbringing until she was, well, in puberty, at which point he started publically smooching and handling her.
As she grew up, he boasted about her sexiness publically.

Now she has to follow him around like a pooper scooper.

That doesn't sound "good" to me.

[regnaD kciN]

35. That's my reaction...if he has a "better" relationship with her than with Ivanka...

...that would be enough of an excuse, if I were her, to stay far away from the guy.

[smirkymonkey]

45. I doubt very much Ivanka feels the same way toward him.

She's tolerating him so that she gets most or all of the money when he kicks off. And his attitude toward Tiffany is cruel and disgusting, considering the fact that he is always the fattest person in any photo he is in. Besides, she's not even overweight, from the pictures I have seen of her. Her face is a bit round, but she isn't heavy.

[Doreen]

54. I think Tiffany is the prettiest of all his kids.

She is not fat but not skinny, she looks healthy, and she does not have that cruel evil look coming from her face. The smiles I see on her face are real and not plastic hate. I hope she does not get sucked into that family anymore than she already is.

[maddiemom]

63. Yep. Tiffany is more "cute" pretty, BUT

I'd bet she hasn't has a lot of cosmetic surgery like Ivanka. But then how important is it, anyway?

[Doreen]

66. Not having surgery like that

is one of the things that does make her prettier.

[JI7]

58. he does not adore Ivanka. he sees her as something he finds sexy to show off to others

[Vinca]

16. Aha! A new press tactic. Get them sloshed and then they blab.

[LuckyLib]

33. So true. Work for Trump, get drunk with reporters.

What could possibly go wrong?
The stupid is astounding!

[onethatcares]

17. gauddammm reality teevee show

that our government has become.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, even the oil profiteers are complaining about relaxations in EPA regs.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. tRump seems allergic to children.

His narcissism stokes fear that kids will distract attention from him.

One would think that tRump the populist would know America loves seeing politicians with their kids.....

[tblue37]

25. Have you ever seen him interacting with his grandchildren?--I mean interacting, not just being in

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the same place while pics or video are taken.

[tanyev]

29. I would be very surprised if he's able to name all of his grandchildren.

Tallest boy
Tallest girl
Loudmouth
Cutest
New baby
Not so new baby
Oh jeez, not him

[smirkymonkey]

46. Never. I doubt he even knows their names.

How can you not adore your own grandchildren? He is one sick SOB.

It's like he can't even stand being around them long enough to use them as photo ops.

[KatyaR]

28. They don't make deals, bring him money, or give him prestige.

He has no need for anyone who doesn't do any of those things.

[BigmanPigman]

50. When they are about 6 years older he may put the make on them too.

Sick old perv.

[Dr Vegas]

24. Ed Rollins anyone ?

Worked for Christine Todd Whitman (running for NJ Gov.) Some reporter bought him a few drinks and he bragged about spreading "Street Money" to the Black Churches. He later walked back that comment but the damage was done.

[3Hotdogs]

36. That was a good one. I wonder how much of that "street money" made it out of the pockets

of the good reverends and onto the streets.

Grifters gotta grift.

[hedda_foil]

26. "the president did not like being in pictures with Tiffany because he perceived her as overweight. "

[FakeNoose]

27. Westerhout was speaking OFF THE RECORD and the reporters squealed

This is really a nasty business, and I don't think I want to read any more about it. Up to now it was just some silly idle gossip, but now I can see the vindictiveness of the reporters who called her out.

They got her fired, I hope they're happy. I think they're assholes. Whoever comes in to replace Madeleine will never speak to reporters ever.

[regnaD kciN]

38. Yep...

I have little-to-no sympathy for Trump sycophants, but there's supposed to be some ethics in journalism, and part of that is honoring "off the record" conversations, or at the very least saying up-front that you can't guarantee to do so, so that your source knows to keep their mouth shut. Agreeing to confidentiality and then breaching it just for the hell of it is lower-than-low. And, as noted elsewhere, it only means that reporters will have lost at least one and probably many voices of "deep background" in the administration, as I doubt anyone there would ever believe a reporter's promise to keep things off the record again.

[FakeNoose]

41. What happened to "protecting your sources"?

I guess that's gone too, along with their ethics.

[John Fante]

30. "Trump couldn't pick Tiffany out of a crowd"

Well yeah. Rumor is "Who the fuck are you?" is Trump's nickname for Tiffany.

[mainer]

31. I think it's a shame she's gone. She could have stayed an inside source

and now reporters have one less whispering voice to tell them what's happening.

[shanti]

37. Suuuuure, he couldn't pick Tiffany out of a crowd

SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM, weight issues and all!

[Cha]

39. She sounds smart.

[kskiska]

42. Not to mention Barron.

Wolff's book claims he has very little to do with him.

[hatrack]

44. Westerhout worked for Romney, reportedly wept Election Night 2016 . . . .

If so, then WTF was she doing working for Shtstain in the first place?

Today we have yet another in the endless story of Trump White House dysfunction. President Trump’s personal assistant was abruptly fired, translated into a “separated employee” after Trump learned that she’d blabbed to the press about Trump’s family. For good corporate measure, she was also barred from even entering the White House today. Again, yet more Trump nonsense.

But let me come at this from a different direction. We don’t know just what these family details were. But a personal assistant to the President has access to the President, his family and many of their collective intimacies and legitimately private life. If she really shared truly personal details with the press that is a massive breach and I suspect it would lead to termination under any White House — maybe not quite so jaggedly, with the equivalent of being escorted out of the building. But fired? I’m pretty sure yes.

But there’s another nugget that to me is the real story. Here’s a paragraph from the Times piece yesterday breaking this story.

Ms. Westerhout, a former Republican National Committee aide who also worked for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, reportedly cried on election night because she was upset over Mr. Trump’s victory. As such, the president at first viewed her warily, as a late convert to his cause who could not be trusted.

In the Trump world and with the kind of access journalism it spawns, I never know quite what to believe, quite what to take at face value. But if this is more or less accurate it’s just astounding. In November, Westerhout not only wasn’t a Trump loyalist she was apparently driven to tears when she learned he’d be President. She’d worked for the RNC and the Romney campaign. So she’s a professional Republican. But she holds Trump in such contempt that she still was driven to tears when he, the Republican nominee, won the presidency over Hillary Clinton?

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getting-fired-aint-the-story

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But some of Mr. Trump’s top officials — like John F. Kelly, who has since left as chief of staff — tried to turn Ms. Westerhout into an ally who could help them manage Oval Office traffic. They hoped that she could block individuals from reaching the president on the phone or in person, and that she would report back on the calls and meetings that made it through.

Ms. Westerhout’s power in the White House came almost entirely from proximity. She is not a name-brand White House aide and has never appeared on television, unless it was an accidental shot of her hovering behind her boss. But while she was not a decision maker, she enjoyed unique access to Mr. Trump.

She also often shared snapshots on her private Instagram account of her life in the West Wing, including travel to rallies and Trump properties, and in one post she joked that she had been responsible for printing out a piece of paper that Mr. Trump held up and referred to at a public event.

EDIT/END

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/politics/trump-madeleine-westerhout.html

[smirkymonkey]

47. Hey Madeleine!

Drinks at 11?

I'll bring the tape recorder.

[cannabis_flower]

52. Trump said she was let go because...

she said hurtful things about his kids. They weren't really hurtful things about his kids. They were remarks on his horrible relationship with his kids. She didn't say that Tiffany was overweight, she said that Trump perceived her to be overweight.


Here's a picture of her wearing a white dress


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Honestly I think she's lovely, even if she is the spawn of Satan.

[Mike_DuBois]

65. Agreed. TIiffany is very much better

[calimary]

67. She doesn't look that fat to me.

Good Grief what is the matter with him? She doesn’t look fuckable enough? He very thought her mother did...

[Poiuyt]

62. Most of the headlines about this story are inaccurate

Westerhout didn't trash Tiffany, it was Trump who did. Westerhout merely related what Donald had said.

[RainCaster]

64. You can tweet top secret photos, but talk about DFT's family...

This fucker has a very weird sense of values.

[yellowcanine]

68. Trump projects his obesity on to Tiffany

His Lardbuttness can't see that. Sad!