webfact Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 White House hit with staff upheavals - again By Steve Holland and Mark Hosenball FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after an event with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another round of upheaval engulfed President Donald Trump's White House on Tuesday, with the future of several senior aides in doubt just a week after U.S. congressional elections. Three Trump cabinet members - Chief of Staff John Kelly, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke - could soon be gone, said sources familiar with internal discussions in the Republican administration. Turnover among White House personnel paused during the run-up to last week's elections after senior Republicans asked Trump to refrain from firing staff, hoping to minimize perceptions of disorder. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out by Trump last week just hours after the results came in from the Nov. 6 elections, which handed majority control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. Trump's first 22 months in office have seen frequent shakeups. A study this year by the Brookings Institution, a think tank, found Trump's White House has had the highest turnover of senior-level staff of the past five presidents. In an unusual move, sources said, Trump was also ready to dismiss Mira Ricardel, deputy national security advisor, at the request of his wife, Melania Trump, after a clash between the two over the first lady's recent trip to Africa. Melania Trump's office acknowledged the acrimony. Trump was expected to remove Nielsen, a source close to the White House said. Nielsen took the job after Trump made Kelly his chief of staff. But now the president is considering getting rid of both them, the source said. Zinke has been under investigation for several ethics controversies including travel and a business deal in his home state of Montana, casting doubt on how long he would remain at the helm of the agency. A final decision on his future could be postponed beyond this week. He is scheduled to travel to California on Wednesday and Thursday to visit communities hit by deadly wildfires, the Interior Department said on Tuesday. Trump last week said Zinke was doing an “excellent job” but left open the possibility of replacing him. "We're looking at that, and I do want to study whatever is being said," Trump told reporters last week. Adding to the sense of upheaval at the White House, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was planning to file more indictments in his 18-month investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, sources said. (Reporting by Steve Holland and Mark Hosenball; Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Ginger Gibson; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Cynthia Osterman) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post LomSak27 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Our Flipping Clown Posse President So mentally unstable even right wing nutters can't work with him. My God You can only laugh. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 No one wants to work at the WH, for a variety of reasons, and the people working there now can't get any other jobs. The Trump Stain - no detergent can remove both the stain and the stench so the clothes must be burned. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Langsuan Man Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: Our Flipping Clown Posse President So mentally unstable even right wing nutters can't work with him. My God You can only laugh. I cry 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LomSak27 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Just now, Langsuan Man said: Just now, LomSak27 said: Our Flipping Clown Posse President So mentally unstable even right wing nutters can't work with him. My God You can only laugh. I cry I cried for a year and then .... I figure he is going to gut the country like he did with his casinos in Atlantic beach, Bankrupt hulks. Truth is, its his supporters that for the most part will be hung out to dry. I'd feel sorry about it, but not much sympathy these days. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Staff anger spills over at White House Bottled-up hostility in President Donald Trump’s administration flowed to the surface Tuesday during a remarkable 12-hour period following an awkward midterm détente and tense trip to Paris over which the president is still seething. “It’s like an episode of ‘Maury,’” one former Trump aide observed to POLITICO as the spectacle unfolded. “The only thing that’s missing is a paternity test.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/13/trump-staffers-white-house-989243 "The only thing that’s missing is a paternity test." Jason Miller, please pick up the white courtesy phone. The barbarians, for once, are clamoring from the inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DM07 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Enter Lou Dobbs, Sean Hanity, Alex Jones and some other upright citizens! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mfd101 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 And with every upheaval, every scandal, every display of incompetence, Usofa loses more and more of its worldwide influence & capability to look after its own interests, let alone solve global problems. I can remember when Usofa really was an example to the world (or at least, it appeared to be seen from outside) & its real power was the soft variety. But that's some decades back now. I guess the rot started with the Veetnaaam War and there have been multiple fits & starts since then. Now it's mostly just startling fiddles ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomacht8 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 What do you get when you cross a puppet theater, a kindergarten, a zoo and a hospice for dementia patients?Currently: The white house. 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 YOU'RE FIRED ! Next ........... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebike Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 It is worth having a look at this list... I knew there was unprecedented turnover but this list is rediculous... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, neeray said: YOU'RE FIRED ! Next ........... Will John Kelly be forced to fire himself? Asking for a friend. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Trump's Incredible Vanishing Staff! When is his disappearing act? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Coming up to Christmas. This saga would become the best Pantomime show in town. "You know who" would make a great Widow Twanky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, mikebike said: It is worth having a look at this list... I knew there was unprecedented turnover but this list is rediculous... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations It seemed never ending.... so I stopped reading and scrolled down instead... then counted them at 180 (some moved sideways to other positions, like sanders and pompous.)... either way.... bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Let’s hope for all our sake Donald is next!! Im surprised Donald I sent insisting they commit hari Kari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post quandow Posted November 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2018 I'm taking bets on how many minutes after Trump is out of office Melania tells HIM "You're fired!" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, quandow said: I'm taking bets on how many minutes after Trump is out of office Melania tells HIM "You're fired!" You stole my thought. Good on you. (I often wonder what his father-in law and mother-in law might talk about over dinner) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, neeray said: (I often wonder what his father-in law and mother-in law might talk about over dinner) I'd imagine "Chain Migration" finds its way into the pre-meal prayers? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 32 minutes ago, neeray said: You stole my thought. Like minds travel in the same gutter. ???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 21 hours ago, mtls2005 said: Will John Kelly be forced to fire himself? Asking for a friend. Well I sure hope he takes himself down to the Situation Room to do it so there will be no recording Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Scene in the WH: All staffers lined up, Trump says, "OK, everyone who thinks they still have a job here take one step forward". "Not so fast Gen Kelly". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy 4680 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 US suckers put Trump in the White House, so only bigger suckers would want to work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Trump says he hires the best people. Best people don't leave jobs that quick, unless you are working for the worse boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Pretty scary stuff... “INSANITY,” “FURIOUS,” “ON HIS OWN”: TRUMP’S POST-MIDTERMS BLUES ARE VEXING HIS STAFF AND ROILING THE WHITE HOUSE As Donald Trump’s West Wing careens through one of the most turbulent weeks of his presidency, White House officials are struggling to understand the source of the fury fueling the president’s eruptions. “This is a level of insanity I’ve never seen before,” one former West Wing staffer told me. One Republican briefed on the internal discussions said the real reason Trump did not want to go was because there would be no tent to stand under. “He was worried his hair was going to get messed up in the rain,” the source said. A former administration official said Trump hates being outside in wet conditions. “What I honestly think? He woke up and said, ‘It’s pouring rain. This is a joke and I’m not doing this.’” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/trumps-post-midterms-blues-roil-the-white-house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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