Trump friend says Priebus is in way over his head

[riversedge]

Source: washington post






By Philip Rucker February 12 at 1:57 PM



https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=480
President Trump signs an executive order on Jan. 23 as White House chief of staff Reince Priebus looks on. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)



One of President Trump’s longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.

“A lot of people have been saying, ‘Look, Donald has some problems,’ and I think he realizes that he’s got to make some changes going forward,” Ruddy said in an interview with The Washington Post.

Ruddy went on to detail his critique of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus: “It’s my view that Reince is the problem. I think on paper Reince looked good as the chief of staff — and Donald trusted him — but it’s pretty clear the guy is in way over his head. He’s not knowledgeable of how federal agencies work, how the communications operations work. He botched this whole immigration rollout. This should’ve been a win for Donald, not two or three weeks of negative publicity.”.......................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/12/trump-friend-says-priebus-is-in-way-over-his-head/?utm_term=.192963178a99

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I doubt this will ever

[ailsagirl]

1. So are they all

[starshine00]

2. oh sure, it's that guy that's the problem.

yep. Trump is a brilliant public servant undermined by incompetent staff.

[adigal]

29. Let's take a good look at this...Priebus is one of the few establishment people in the WH

He is one of the FEW who actually does know how DC works. So there is another reason they are going to dump him. It is BECAUSE he is one of the few establishment types. A voice of partial sanity? Which Bannon and Miller, after seeing him today, would never want. They want to blow it all up. Literally. Like, I'm betting they are pushing Donny to defy the judiciary, like his hero Andrew Jackson did.

Get rid of Priebus, the only party sane one would be Kuschner, who is not only inexperienced in Govt and DC, but also doesn't seem to be all that smart or crafty. Bannon and Miller would run circles around him.

Getting rid of any voices of opposition they can get rid of, defanging Kuschner, keeping Tillerson and Kelly in the dark as they have been doing equals complete control of the man who is more interested in a months-old feud with Mark Cuban than in North Korea shooting missiles, a man who is a narcissist and perhaps has Alzheimers also.

See? Bannon/Miller = complete control of the US government while Trump tweets away and worries about crowd size and SNL. What I find interesting is that there were rumors of Priebus wanting to quit right away and his good pal Paul Ryan convinced him to stay. If they get rid of Priebus, what will Ryan do?

[TimeToGo]

36. Yea

Without him, every I get would be perfect.

[trc]

3. Notice how all the problems 45 is having are caused by those around him

but never him? New spin on Truman: "The buck STARTS here." 45 will take no responsibility, ever, for anything that goes wrong...and it is all going horribly wrong.

[Kennah]

4. Forget It, Donny

[Aviation Pro]

14. Goes almost without saying....

...shut the fuck up, Donnie.

[Solly Mack]

5. So they're deciding to blame Priebus?

They can blame each other into extinction for all I care, but I don't think it a coincidence that they are choosing to blame the one "establishment" (former RNC chairman) guy in the group.

[sofa king]

6. When all you've had to say for half a decade is, "no..."

...It's probably not easy being a yes-man.

[SeattleVet]

7. Priebus isn't the root of the problem...

it's his boss that needs to be fired.

[cstanleytech]

15. They "all" need to be fired and by that I mean all the Repugnants in office as

there isnt a single one that I would trust.

[moonscape]

28. And if that can't be done right away, Bannon - the originalist of this chaos n/t

[guillaumeb]

8. All the more reason to retain Priebus.

He fits in well with the crew of incompetents.

[Botany]

9. Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

ATTN GOP Rinse Pinus is not the problem nor is it the press guy's fault.

If you spread bullshit on toast it will neverr be "country style abble butter."

[rurallib]

10. "This shouldve been a win for Donald"

what bullshit.

Seems to me the common element in all of the popular vote loser's problems is the popular vote loser himself.

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Ruddy spent years trying to prove Clinton killed Vince Foster

Preibus spent years at the RNC and also in Wisc politics. He's probably one of the few around Trump who has a clue how gov't works.

Ruddy, otoh, spent years working for Scaife's Pgh Tribune-Review trying to prove Bill Clinton had Vince Foster killed. But maybe Ruddy will get Donald to have Sessions re-open the investigation.

[vlyons]

12. He could have made Santa Claus his Chief of Staff

and the Moslem ban would still have gotten weeks of negative press and protests. Trump can play musical chairs with his crew all he wants, but his policies will still stink.

[napi21]

13. The Con needs to realize that "friends" don/t make the best people for the job! In most cases

they are very incapable of doing it! I have to believe when he hires people for his business, he doesn't just hire a buddy! He desperately needs people who are VERY EXPERIENCED in gov't ops AND working inside the Washington bubble. People with the ability to work with Congress and get them on board with the Prez's plans. He also hase to trust them enough to listesn when they say "You're wrong on this one!"

With the right people surrounding him, his own ineptitude could stay hidden.

Of course, anyone with an ego as BIG as the Con's cannot do any of that.

[lisa58]

16. The Donald doesn't drink

[dalton99a]

19. Yep. Big clue right there.

[safeinOhio]

17. He can file bankruptcy and

start over.

[dchill]

33. Hey, maybe the whole country can!

[Vinca]

18. Trump is in way over his head.

Priebus, on the other hand, has sacrificed every iota of self-respect he ever had being Chief of Staff.

[blue neen]

20. So, this is going to be the meme. It's all Priebus' fault.

Things ought to be interesting, because every single one of them is a part of the Trump adminstration's disaster. That includes Priebus, but it also includes the rest of these arrogant and mendacious malcontents.

[adigal]

30. And Priebus is friends with Paul Ryan. I gamed this above in the thread

What will Ryan do if Trump gets rid of, and blames, his buddy?

[blue neen]

38. What will Ryan do?

What he always does----a big, fat nothing. Ryan is spineless.

[Leith]

21. Not That I Have Any Regard for ReiNCe PRieBuS

But right now, he's the only person in the West Wing who does have a clue.

The rest of them have gone much further than the Peter Principle predicted.

[JudyM]

22. Really, having anyone on staff who understands the Constitution would be helpful.

[BaronChocula]

23. Last week the Muslim Ban was being blamed on Bannon

because He was the one who rushed it through. Circular finger pointing.

[Squinch]

24. We want Bannon to go first. Let's avert armageddon first, and THEN go after the weaselly guy.

[Mc Mike]

25. Team dRumpf trying to squeeze out RNC 'adult' supervision.

Sure, Weasel Reince is as twisted, evil, and incompetent as the rest of the repugs. But he's head & shoulders above anyone dRumpf brought on board.

Wonder what kind of blowback dRumpf will face from Congressional repugs if he cans Priebus. He's there for the non-dRumpf aligned economic interests in the repug party.

And we get to hear from 'a friend of drump'? Don't know this Ruddy, but the dozen high profile 'friends' I can think of are all super mutants. He's so abnormal, every 'friend' is a self-contained freakshow.

[Kablooie]

26. The buck stops over there.

[kwassa]

27. All of them are in over their head! They are drowning in incompetence, starting with Trump.

[JHB]

31. The CEO of NewsMax? TTHAT Christopher Ruddy?

Vince Foster murder-truther (what the rest of us call fantasist) Christopher Ruddy?

Built a RW media foam cannon Christopher Ruddy?

THAT Christopher Ruddy thinks the establishment Republican in Trump's inner circle is the problem?

Pardon me, I have to,pause to bring Clause Rains his winnings.

[democratisphere]

32. Get that revolving door installed in the West Wing.

There are going to be many coming and going as drumpf blames everyone else for his own f'ck ups, screw ups, messes, shortcomings and failures.

[DallasNE]

34. Sounds Like Scapegoating To Me

It is the President's lawyer that wrote the seriously flawed Executive Order, not Priebus. Now, Priebus could well have rolled it out improperly as well but the chief problem looks to belong to the President's lawyer.

[joet67]

35. While the article did raise some valid points, they're just looking for a scapegoat.

The problem wasn't Preibus' handling of anything. The problem was the disastrous and unconstitutional policy. Nothing is ever The Donald's fault, though.

[MedusaX]

37. RP's lucky day?????

This could actually be the best thing for Priebus.
Not that I care, but at least as the official scapegoat
He would not only have the opportunity to immediately GTFO of this Trumpian Nightmare on Pennsylvania Ave....
but he would have a slim (better than none) chance that he could possibly regain a bit of credibility once the administration implodes...