Its too expensive I may leave

[webfact]

Trump under pressure from Melania to fire top aide

By Mark Hosenball, Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton

 

White House Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel (R) appears with U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives to participate in the Diwali ceremonial lighting of the Diya at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was under pressure from his wife, Melania, on Tuesday to fire his deputy national security adviser over what two sources close to the White House said was the way Mrs Trump's trip to Africa was handled.

 

Two presidential aides said Trump was considering forcing out deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel, but as of Tuesday afternoon, the adviser remained in her West Wing office.

 

Melania Trump's office took the extraordinary step of issuing a statement saying that Ricardel should be ousted. While first ladies historically have been known to pressure their husbands over official business, they do not typically issue statements about it.

 

"It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honour of serving in this White House," Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's spokeswoman, said in a terse statement.

 

She gave no reason for why the first lady wanted Ricardel out but several officials said it was related to Mrs. Trump's trip to Africa in October.

 

The first lady had complained to the president that she was unhappy with how she was treated by Ricardel, a former Boeing Co <BA.N> executive who worked on the Trump presidential campaign and was picked by National Security Adviser John Bolton to be his deputy earlier this year, two other sources familiar with the White House intrigue told Reuters.

 

The sources said that Melania Trump explicitly asked the president to oust Ricardel after their dealings over the Africa trip "didn't go well." One source said that Melania Trump felt that Ricardel tried to short-change the first lady when it came to government resources allocated to support her Africa tour.

 

The sources did not elaborate.

 

The National Security Council (NSC) had no immediate comment. Ricardel could not be reached for comment.

 

A smiling Ricardel had a prominent spot at the front of the room at a White House celebration marking Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, on Tuesday.

 

Grisham's statement was issued shortly after that event ended. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders had no immediate reaction to the first lady's statement.

 

A source familiar with Ricardel's White House performance said Ricardel has run afoul of much of the NSC staff and "sort of alienated everyone" except for Bolton, who is currently travelling in Asia with Vice President Mike Pence.

 

Ricardel was also believed to have had a dislike of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, current and former officials have told Reuters.

 

One of the sources familiar with the mood at the White House said tensions began building to a crisis point about a month ago and serious efforts were made to defuse the dispute.

 

(Reporting by Mark Hosenball, Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton in Washington; Editing by Mary Milliken and Sonya Hepinstall)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-14

[Somtamnication]

What a horrible place to work. 

[Samui Bodoh]

Me-ow!

 

Cat fight! Cat fight! Cat fight!

 

I LOVE a good cat fight...

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2018 by Samui Bodoh

[colinneil]

59 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

Me-ow!

 

Cat fight! Cat fight! Cat fight!

 

I LOVE a good cat fight...

 

 

 

Keep calm ole lad, not good for the ole ticker for you to get excited like that.

[mtls2005]

Sounds like maybe Melania caught hubby in flagrante with Ms. Ricardel?

 

What a zoo. 

 

Kelly and Nielsen sound like they're gone.

 

This explains why Rupert Murdoch made a sneaky visit to the WH. Hannity for Chief of Staff, Lou Dobbs for Department of Homeland Security and Jeanine Pierro for AG.

 

 

[Emster23]

Maybe offender turned her back on Queen M when she left the room? Do need to study royal protocols and all that.

[NanLaew]

First Lady Melania Trump has taken the extraordinary step of publicly demanding one of the president's senior national security officials be sacked. 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/13/melania-trump-demands-sacking-senior-national-security-official/?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=li-recommendation-widget

 

Extraordinary and unprecedented springs to mind. Although political advice from that realm is not unknown, when the 'Office of the First Lady' publicly gets it's oar in these waters... Remember the Presidential couple that between them, royally wrecked Argentina's social and economic structure? The Néstor and Cristina show wasn't it?

[helpisgood]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Melania Trump's office took the extraordinary step of issuing a statement saying that Ricardel should be ousted. While first ladies historically have been known to pressure their husbands over official business, they do not typically issue statements about it.

 

An "extraordinary step" for an extraordinary couple.  

 

I wonder if the First Lady first voiced her opinion more discreetly, but did not get the desired response.  One would then think that POTUS had a pragmatic reason to say that he could not do that (well, a non-Trumpian president might), and then FLOTUS would then abide as a courtesy and for the optics.

 

But, these are the Trumps.  It would make for a great reality TV show.  The tiffs, or more, between the two would make for great TV.  

Edited November 14, 2018 by helpisgood
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[Langsuan Man]

I just wonder if she expressed her displeasure in English ????

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honour of serving in this White House,"

I think she is deluded about the "honor" part in serving at this White House.

 

[mtls2005]

8 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

I just wonder if she expressed her displeasure in English ????

 

Does anyone understand a word she says when she speaks English? I don't.

 

Natasha Fatale I can understand.

 

#BeBest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2018 by mtls2005

[melvinmelvin]

2 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

What a horrible place to work. 

hardly,

stuff happening every day  --  never a boring day at the job ????

 

[IAMHERE]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

One source said that Melania Trump felt that Ricardel tried to short-change the first lady when it came to government resources allocated to support her Africa tour.

That could be just about anything. Hope it is more than just having a nice enough airplane to ride around in or the correct toilet paper on hand. 

[Becker]

44 minutes ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Trump would never have taken Castro emptying its Prisons into Miami, that Obama appease everyone chap would.

Huh??

[mtls2005]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

One source said that Melania Trump felt that Ricardel tried to short-change the first lady when it came to government resources allocated to support her Africa tour.

 

Perhaps Ms. Ricardel leaked the details for this article...the search for the Lost Ark can be expensive, hopefully, they're careful opening it once they get it home.

 

 

Melania Trump Racked Up a $95,000 Hotel Bill After Spending Just 6 Hours in Cairo

 

Travel doesn’t come cheap for First Lady Melania Trump.

 

Federal spending records indicate that during Trump’s trip to Cairo earlier this month, the U.S. State Department paid $95,050 to the Semiramis Intercontinental Cairo hotel for the first lady’s visit — but according to her spokesperson, she didn’t even stay the night!

 

 

https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-95000-hotel-bill-6-hours-cairo/

 

 

[vinegarbase]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

What a zoo.

Good thing the Trump's are working hard to round up all the swamp animals. Let's get those globalists back in their cages. 

[Tug]

What a bunch of nasty people the lot of them yeiks 

[bendejo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

"It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honour of serving in this White House,"

I was cooking when I heard that and had to put down what I was doing until I stopped laughing.

 

Ok, time for me to own up.  I was the one who thought Melania would emerge as the mensch, the one person in the cabal who would present human decency into this infamy.  No one agreed with me then, and now, rightly so.  Boy am I a pollyanna!

 

be best, y'all

 

 

[mtls2005]

7 minutes ago, bendejo said:

who thought Melania would emerge as the mensch, the one person in the cabal who would present human decency into this infamy

 

She bought into the "birther" movement full-tilt, so expecting anything from her, other than assembling the best team of divorce lawyers, was a fantasy.

 

The battles amongst Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany and Melania for the estate will be worth the price, maybe. The pot to be divvied up may end up being a lot less than we were led to believe?

[bendejo]

1 minute ago, mtls2005 said:

The battles amongst Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany and Melania for the estate will be worth the price, maybe. The pot to be divvied up may end up being a lot less than we were led to believe?

Now that he's president the estate is growing by the day.

 

Tiff is the smart one, she opted out of being part of this, much to El Naranjo's chagrin.  My guess is that being raised by her mama with little contact with him makes her immune to his bs.  And with mama being a golddigger that bested DT I would suspect that she's cautioned her on what to expect.

 

Barron, watch and take notes -- you will be the one that writes the history.

 

 

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Pictured: A mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicized as treacherous and merciless. An ancient reminder of a bygone civilization that ultimately got buried in its own hubris. The other one's called the Sphinx.

[Destiny1990]

She felt Short changed? after she spend 95,900 Dollars tax payers money on a hotel room in a third world Africa..

How sick is that pampering yourself while local folks around the corner sleeping on a piece of carton in the streets. 

[Scott]

Off-topic posts and replies removed.  

[geriatrickid]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Sounds like maybe Melania caught hubby in flagrante with Ms. Ricardel?

What a zoo. 

Kelly and Nielsen sound like they're gone.

This explains why Rupert Murdoch made a sneaky visit to the WH. Hannity for Chief of Staff, Lou Dobbs for Department of Homeland Security and Jeanine Pierro for AG.

 

How do you expect to be taken seriously when you make an idiotic claim of an extramarital fling between Ricardel and Trump?  Look at her. Sheesh.

Trump has a certain type.

 

As for Kelly, he was supposed to have been gone long ago. It might be a good thing if he leaves too as he hasn't  been stellar in his position. Don Regan was able to manage the  hyena Nancy during the Ronald Reagan period, and Nancy was much more difficult than Melania.

 

34 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Barron, watch and take notes -- you will be the one that writes the history.

I don't know if that poor kid can write yet, so your expectation of taking notes and writing history may be asking too much.

[lannarebirth]

54 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Now that he's president the estate is growing by the day.

 

Tiff is the smart one, she opted out of being part of this, much to El Naranjo's chagrin.  My guess is that being raised by her mama with little contact with him makes her immune to his bs.  And with mama being a golddigger that bested DT I would suspect that she's cautioned her on what to expect.

 

Barron, watch and take notes -- you will be the one that writes the history.

 

 

 

I remember reading this:

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-31/trump-s-net-worth-slides-to-2-8-billion-lowest-since-campaign

 

Don't know if it reflects current networth.

[mikebike]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

She bought into the "birther" movement full-tilt, so expecting anything from her, other than assembling the best team of divorce lawyers, was a fantasy.

Yes, this is the woman who knowingly married a filandering man with no social grace for... money. Why was anyone expecting better?

[Srikcir]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

fire his deputy national security adviser over what two sources close to the White House said was the way Mrs Trump's trip to Africa was handled

I'd like to hear more about "the way Mrs Trump's trip to Africa was handled."

 

The Deputy National Security Advisor often serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as chairman of the NSC Deputies Committee.

The role changes according to the organizational philosophy and staffing of each White House and there are often multiple deputies to the National Security Advisor charged with various areas of focus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)

What the he*l is Mira doing even being involved in Melania's trip?

Isn't it the Secret Service's duty to "handle" Melania's overseas trips.

The President's Cabinet doesn't serve nor answer to the FLOTUS. In fact Melania has her own White House Staff.

 

[Morch]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Does anyone understand a word she says when she speaks English? I don't.

 

Natasha Fatale I can understand.

 

#BeBest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So maybe she did ask him personally, but ran into a communication problem:

 

Trump Repeatedly Claims Not to Understand Certain Accents

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/trump-news-conference-accents/575251/

 

Mind, I can see some posters with wives/gfs, even those on the anti-Trump camp thinking - "well played there, Mr. President.".

 

[worgeordie]

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

She felt Short changed? after she spend 95,900 Dollars tax payers money on a hotel room in a third world Africa..

How sick is that pampering yourself while local folks around the corner sleeping on a piece of carton in the streets. 

You do mean local folks in the U.S.A. sleeping on a piece of cardboard on the streets.

regards worgeordie

[Ulic]

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

She felt Short changed? after she spend 95,900 Dollars tax payers money on a hotel room in a third world Africa..

How sick is that pampering yourself while local folks around the corner sleeping on a piece of carton in the streets. 

The problem with this story that leaves me shaking my head is I am sure she had absolutely nothing to do with the planning and booking of the trip. I would expect that she says she wants to go to Africa to see this. this, and that. From there staff do what staff do in regards to planning and booking.  My guess is they booked rooms for the entourage including security in case they had to spend the night. This may be part of the security protocol. Book a whole floor for security reasons not because she wants or needs it.