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Washington PostThere was no scheduler, either, nor a press aide. Only one person staffed Trump at the gathering with antisemites that drew days of denunciations: Walt Nauta, a cook and military valet in the Trump White House who is now employed as an all-purpose gofer for the former president and who ushered the group to the table before leaving them alone to talk. Nauta has continued to serve Trump loyally at Mar-a-Lago, even as he has emerged as a key witness in the Justice Departments investigation of whether Trump purposely hid classified documents stored at the club from authorities.
The Nov. 22 dinner, described by three people familiar with the event, neatly encapsulates Trumps post-presidential life a reminder of how a former president who worked steadily to dismantle the government guardrails imposed by his elected office is now almost entirely without restraint.
From almost the instant it became clear he had lost the 2020 election, Trump refused to accept the results, creating a disorganized transition process during which he rebuffed efforts to prepare for his post-presidency.
Happy Hoosier
(7,336 posts)... ad it surprises me not a bit. The main is so vainglorious he can't imagine that the "real" Americans don;t love him. And he's carefully controlled access to himself, so he only ever gets people telling him how great he is.
agingdem
(7,850 posts)assume the Oval Office was his for life..that he was crowned not elected?..
the MSM has got to quit Trump..cold turkey/intervention/rehab take your pick..no more covering his every vomitus verbal farts as breaking news..no more Maggie Haberman and her inside Trump's brain screeds..no more Trump is flailing pieces like this one..Biden is the president and a damn good one in case you haven't noticed...he doesn't lie, insult our allies, surround himself with "acting" Cabinet scum, cage babies, diss NATO, personally profit off taxpayers, ignore science, plot a coup, incite an insurrection, steal government documents...he's not a racist/antisemite/xenophobe...he's older, wiser, experienced, incredibly empathetic, and politically astute...no salacious headlines, no profanity strewn whine and revenge rallies, no digital cartoon trading cards...
so how about it Joe/Mika/Chuck (schmuck!)/CNN/NYT/WP?...it's way past time to let go of that toxic bloviating vessel of hate and give us a fucking break!
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)Most pathetic scumbag loser, ever:
Like he did as president, Trump has looked for ways to turn a profit with his new arrangement: Trumps staff tried, unsuccessfully, to get the General Services Administration to pay rent at Mar-a-Lago potentially for his lifetime for the office space he has created for himself above the clubs ballroom.
A longtime Trump confidant termed his Mar-a-Lago existence, where he has tried to re-create the trappings of the presidency, as sad. Comparing it to life at the White House, this person added, Its like a Barbie Dream House miniature.
Emphases mine.
BTW, I had a Barbie Dream House. When I was something like ten. I outgrew that kind of cheezy pretend nonsense not long after.