Trump Allies Think Daily Briefings Are Hurting Him

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Trump Allies Think Daily Briefings Are Hurting Him

April 9, 2020 at 8:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 165 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/09/trump-allies-think-daily-briefings-are-hurting-him/

"SNIP......

New York Times: “As unemployment soars and the death toll skyrockets, and new polls show support for the president’s handling of the crisis sagging, White House allies and Republican lawmakers increasingly believe the briefings are hurting the president more than helping him. Many view the sessions as a kind of original sin from which all of his missteps flow, once he gets through his prepared script and turns to his preferred style of extemporaneous bluster and invective.”

“With only intermittent attempts to adapt to a moment of crisis, Mr. Trump is effectively wagering that he can win re-election in the midst of a national emergency on a platform of polarization.”

“In interviews, Republican lawmakers, administration officials and members of his re-election campaign said they wanted Mr. Trump to limit his error-filled appearances at the West Wing briefings and move more aggressively to prepare for the looming recession. Some even suggested he summon a broader range of the country’s leaders, including former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, in an all-hands-on-deck moment to respond to the national emergency.”

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[SheltieLover]

1. Good! Then STFU!

Ya think?

[underpants]

2. Never happen and we all know it

If he stopped showing up it would look like a retreat and he knows it.

He chose more rope AND a bigger shovel.

[SheltieLover]

3. Yup

But hope springs eternal! 👍

[DBoon]

4. and he will never listen to W's advisors

He will never listen to anyone.

[lunatica]

5. Well, well, they're finally getting a clue

It was always obvious he would never make it in front of intelligent people. He did his MAGAT rallies so much that he forgot most people are smarter than he is.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Oh, let him go!!!!

He needs to show the country how great a leader he really is. It must be working - his ratings keep going up and up (in his mind!).

Besides, he'll just keep giving the Dems more material for the ads showing what a horse's ass he really is!

[Baclava]

16. Exactly, the more he babbles his monkey gibberish the more soundbites for the fall ads

[HarlanPepper]

7. Fuck

I was hoping we'd get another week or two of them before they caught on.

[Skittles]

8. not as much as they are hurting America

fuck that fascist dictator-wannabe

[Blue_true]

9. I keep trying to point out to a few here on DU that insist that

the briefings are helping Trump, that they are not, the briefings are hurting his reelection changes and as chaos grows, that situation will get worse for him.

[uponit7771]

10. They are hurting him, people can see how much of an idiot he is

[MFGsunny]

11. No sh*t in one hand. Sherlock in my other hand.

And now I'm

[Renew Deal]

12. Get Obama there to stand next to him

I'd pay to see that happen.

[Chellee]

13. I would love to see the explosion

when someone even suggests to him that he should call President Obama for help.

Frankly, he wouldn't even call Bush, because it implies that he needs help, and he doesn't think he does. He doesn't see Americans dying as a crisis. He doesn't even see businesses failing as a crisis, unless they're his.

[thucythucy]

14. FDR was always very careful to limit the number of his "fireside chats"

so they wouldn't lose their status as important events everyone would want to hear.

Of course, FDR was a brilliant and eloquent leader who first and foremost had the nation's best interests at heart.

When people would ask him to do more of the chats, since they were so popular, he'd explain the value of their novelty. Plus, he would add, he was generally too busy being president to set aside too much time for media events.

Obviously not a problem with Dolt 45.

[thenelm1]

15. What a shocker!!

The thing thinks he's gawd's gift. While, on the one hand, I want him to shut it, keep playing the fool a-hole. Every time he opens his trap, I suspect he's spitting out some of his voters, much like Covid-19 being dispersed by virus particles expelled from the mouth.