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Mon Jul 30, 2018, 11:13 PM Jul 2018

Trump is mad being president 'isn't as fun as it should be' [View all]

Donald Trump has been increasingly frustrated by the lack of “fun” he has as president — and with the people who work for him that are unable to sell his policies.

Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman revealed that not only was Trump warned privately that his family separation policy would be political suicide, but that the failure of his hardline political stance turned the president’s mood foul.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) both privately told the president that he would “go down big” on the policy (his family separation policy), a Republican briefed on the conversations told Sherman. As backlash against the family separations reached a fever pitch, Trump blinked and signed an executive order reversing it — but not without grumbling about it to those around him.

“He was very unhappy,” a Republican who spoke with Trump said. “He was perturbed the immigration issue had gotten out of hand. He’s feeling that being president isn’t as fun as it should be. He thinks he’s not getting the credit he deserves about the economy and North Korea. He said, ‘These people around me don’t know how to sell.’”

His frustration with the fallout from the policy and the North Korea summit are “why he’s going bananas on Twitter,” the Republican told Vanity Fair.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trump-mad-president-isnt-fun-hes-going-bananas-online/

The Vanity Fair article:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/inside-the-trump-2020-campaigns-disorganized-attempt-to-keep-america-great

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Womp womp. CentralMass Jul 2018 #1
Thought so, from the get go. elleng Jul 2018 #2
Fake Presidents Need A Lot Of Help To Sell Bullshit... Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #3
Hey Donny! If you want to have some fun, instead of being president... LuckyCharms Jul 2018 #4
As the Talking Heads once sang... edbermac Jul 2018 #5
Yes.. Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #12
Where Did He Get the Idea That Being President Was Fun? Leith Jul 2018 #6
Answers to your questions ProudLib72 Jul 2018 #13
Nice Post ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #18
In regards to item 3 NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #38
That might be number four. 3 and 4 kind of go together ProudLib72 Jul 2018 #39
He thought being President was like being King. Dave Starsky Jul 2018 #25
I feel his pain SCantiGOP Jul 2018 #7
I'm not having fun with him as president, either n/t Blaukraut Jul 2018 #8
Poor little Donnie DesertRat Jul 2018 #9
and he's become a pariah. He loves being around Hollywood types underpants Jul 2018 #32
Poor little buttercup. sheshe2 Jul 2018 #10
Next time he goes golfing (like any day now) C_U_L8R Jul 2018 #11
it's not knowing how to sell, it's knowing how to deliver nt msongs Jul 2018 #14
Con artists only sell, though. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #35
You're free to resign and go back to your tacky tower at any time, you whiny little prick. n/t BlueStater Jul 2018 #15
BUT, tRump was right today! Totally Tunsie Jul 2018 #16
It's not fun for us either OKNancy Jul 2018 #17
Whiney republican Draft-dodger-in-chief needs to shut his pie hole Achilleaze Jul 2018 #19
...so this time, it's NOT Obama or HRC's fault??? Really??? lindysalsagal Jul 2018 #20
The bastard just wanted to have fun kidnapping Hispanic children from their parents workinclasszero Jul 2018 #21
Should the subject of North Korea arise, Trump needs to bury his head oasis Jul 2018 #22
Foxnews: North Korea possibly constructing new intercontinental ballistic missiles Roland99 Jul 2018 #23
Donald Trump is fake. Orsino Jul 2018 #24
He should play more golf then Dirty Socialist Jul 2018 #26
Isn't resigning an option? DeminPennswoods Jul 2018 #27
He's getting so much attention that one would think he's loving it MrScorpio Jul 2018 #28
It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.. whathehell Jul 2018 #29
Typical sales manager mentality. Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #30
Thank you for posting the Vanity Fair article that Raw Story plagiarized oberliner Jul 2018 #31
Then RESIGN spanone Jul 2018 #33
'T Rump Blubbers.' Mc Mike Jul 2018 #34
Trump never considered this life lesson meow2u3 Jul 2018 #36
Boo Hoo Gothmog Jul 2018 #37
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