White House insiders say Jared Kushner urged Trump to "counterattack" over special counsel

[Miles Archer]

White House insiders say Jared Kushner urged Trump to ‘counterattack’ over special counsel

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/white-house-insiders-say-jared-kushner-urged-trump-to-counterattack-over-special-counsel/

“Trump, who was looking through papers, reacted calmly but defiantly at first, according to two people familiar with the events, saying he wanted to ‘fight back,'” The Times reported.

Trump then brought the staff together, including press secretary Sean Spicer along with Reince Priebus, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner. Most of the staffers counseled Trump to respond in a level headed way “with a conciliatory stance.”

Kushner wanted to see Trump go another route and launch a counterattack. Kushner was also the aide responsible for urging Trump to fire former FBI director James Comey. The majority wanted a calm rational response and Trump agreed. The staff gathered around a computer outside of the Oval Office and drafted the statement that was ultimately released.

By the end of the night, Trump was collected and ready to move on to talk about policy and his legislative agenda. New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush cited staffers who said Trump was “uncharacteristically noncombative.”

[Freethinker65]

1. Go Jared Go

[Raster]

4. Ah, son-in-law Jared... philosopher, soothsayer, superman in a suit...

...and into the Russia thing up to his shit-brown eyes. He's not urging father-in-law dearest to fight back for honor or principle or anything as trite... No, Jared hopes the wolves will be satisfied ripping tRump* apart and leave him alone.

[malaise]

2. I get the impression that Jared learned nothing

from his father's prison sentence

[Raster]

5. He learned: do ANYTHING you can not to get caught...

...and if you do get caught, throw someone else to the wolves so you can make your escape.

[dalton99a]

3. "Kushner himself is a bad actor, performing the same abuses of power by proxy"

Pretty obvious

[MedusaX]

6. Devil's Advocate POV: what if Jared with or W/o czarina has flipped on 45?

He would be one hell of a mole/catalyst to have if trying to speed up 45's pace of self-incriminating acts and subsequent arrival at Impeachment Land.


Just look at the sequence of events which were made possible by Comey's firing...

Which was apparently an act Jared recommended.


Someone once said that
Coincidence takes a lot of planning...

Seems to me, a well placed catalyst could be quite valuable to ensure that those plans proceed according to schedule...

[Blue_Roses]

7. I've wondered about this

All those leaks...and the timing...