Trump On Spicer's Phone Check: 'I Would Have Done It Differently'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 28, 2017, 7:57 AM EDT

In an interview that aired Tuesday morning on "Fox and Friends," President Donald Trump said that he was fine with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's decision to look through his staffers' phones, but Trump said he would not have taken the same approach.

"Sean Spicer is a fine human being. He's a fine person. I would have done it differently. I would have gone one-on-one with different people," Trump said when asked about a report that Spicer had communications staffers turn over their devices for a "phone check" in an attempt to find leakers.

Trump also suggested he believes that leaks are not coming from White House staff, but from other parts of the administration.

"We don't have a major leak process here. We have a major leak process in government," Trump said. "But I would have handled it differently than Sean. But Sean handles it his way and I'm OK with it."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-spicer-phones-leaks

[yallerdawg]

1. You want to stop the "leaks"?

Stop lying, stop 'spinning' the truth, be open and transparent!

In other words, the leaks will never stop. Morons!

[mpcamb]

16. #1 first lie in the article: "Sean Spicer is a fine human being..."

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. "We have a major leak process"

Please, Mr Trump, the political cartoonists are already drawing as fast as they can, don't over burden them with too much material to lampoon. Have a heart.

[unblock]

3. i'm constantly reminded how amazing it is that he got people begging to work for him on "apprentice"

he's a case study in horrible management.

virtually everything he does is a violation of some basic management 101 rule.


in this case, the simple rule is: praise publicly, critique privately.


seriously, what organizational upside is there from casually throwing a subordinate under the bus like this?
does he expect loyalty if none is offered in return?
does he expect the leaks and the complaints to stop if he creates an atmosphere of fear?

what a maroon.

[Dave Starsky]

14. He couldn't manage a stuffed animal tea party.

In any sane universe, he wouldn't be promoted to fry basket manager at a Burger Chef. He has absolutely no professional, business, or even the most basic people skills whatsoever. How the hell he ever surfed to where he is on his reputation is just unfathomable to me.

[Botany]

4. Trump has issues ..... why does he always repeat words?

"Sean Spicer is a fine human being. He's a fine person."

[SecularMotion]

5. Because he knows it's a lie and he thinks

if he repeats it enough people will believe it.

[Botany]

6. That is terrific post and you are a terrific person ......

.... and it was the best post of all your best posts.

*******

Not only is he lying but I think it is also a sign that he has some sort
of organic brain disease.

[Demit]

8. I read something a few weeks ago about "Perseveration of speech"

Perseveration of speech is a type of speech disorder that involves repeating words, phrases, or sounds. It’s a type of aphasia (difficulty in processing or expressing words). Perseveration can also mean that a person gets stuck on a certain topic in conversation. It's a common characteristic of a variety of conditions that affect the brain including dementia, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and autism, as well as traumatic brain injuries.

So it's a recognized phenomenon.

[Igel]

21. Yes, it's a phenomenon.

Been recognized for a long time.

But it's like looking up the definition of some mental illness (as a lay person), watching somebody on tv, and then diagnosing him.

We went through a lot of that kind of issue years ago. In the end, when they do it, it's bad; when we do it, it's good.

"I'm not an especially gifted diagnostician and brilliant medical researcher. I just voted for a Democrat."

Suddenly makes staying at a Holiday Inn Express look like actual credentials.

I've seen perseveration, both from brain damage, dementia, and autism. This doesn't sound like it.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. He tends to think, speak, and tweet as stream of consciousness

and I expect that he "repeats" phrases as a (perhaps learned) technique to avoid a completely incoherent run-on sentence if he is about to utter one.

[dalton99a]

13. He is a Big Lie practitioner

[unblock]

15. see the hitler quote above. this is not one of his issues, it's one of his evil traits.

[Javaman]

7. the non-president president.."I would have handled it differently"

okay, mr. "president", do your fucking job and tell spicer to do it differently.

jesus christ on a fucking pogo stick.

if this is how he ran his businesses, no wonder he has declared bankruptcy so many times and has numerous lawsuits.

[demmiblue]

10. Oh, please. He gave Spicer the order/approval to do this, imo.

Now he using Spicer as the scapegoat (and who the hell goes along with that, anyway?).

[yellowcanine]

11. Melissa McCarthy is going to have a field day with Spicer snooping into the staff phones.

Sean Spicer - the gift which keeps on giving.

[CTyankee]

18. Ooh, I can't wait for this! McCarthy is hysterical...

please SNL, have her do another Spicer skit. I laughed so hard I nearly had an "accident"...

[KingCharlemagne]

19. And his name from college days. LOLOL - nt

[rickford66]

12. Spicie narowed the leaks down to those in the room.

But Trump believes the leaks are from outside the WH ?? What a maroon !

[suffragette]

17. Get the feeling they don't even talk to

Each other, unless you count the grunts an burps during Trump's decision making lunches and dinners, which the rest of them then have to interpret as policy.

[Blue_Tires]

20. "I Would Have Done It Differently"

Well to be fair it's not like you're the motherfucking president or anything...