Weve never seen anything like Trumps rough treatment of his White House staff
When writing about President Trump, there's a tendency toward exaggeration. This thing he did is UNPRECEDENTED! This thing he said has NEVER been said before in the history of the English language!!
Some of that is because of Trump's own penchant for exaggeration. Some of it is because of the nature of the Internet; the best or worst of something is more interesting — and clickable — than something that is just sort of interesting. And some of it is due to the fact that Trump does, more than occasionally, say or do something that is truly unprecedented. As in, there is no historical precedent for it. There's no map for the places he's going.
The way that Trump treats his senior staff is one of those places where he is totally and completely off the charts.
Most presidents do everything they can to show public support for the men and women in their inner circle. If a president has an issue with someone in a senior spot in their administration, that person is usually discreetly given a tap on the shoulder and a nod. Almost always, they resign — citing a need to spend more time with their family or pursue some lifelong dream/once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In short: It's handled privately. Only in the absolute worst situations does any sort of ugliness emerge in public.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/13/weve-never-seen-anything-like-donald-trumps-treatment-of-his-white-house-staff/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.38b908215457
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Wants a power struggle between his top staff so they vie for his attention. In his case, it doesn't quite work like Eisenhower's set-up.
