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Title: White House official on Scaramucci’s profane interview: I’m concerned for my safety in the office tomorrow
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HotAir
URL Source: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/07/ ... cerned-safety-office-tomorrow/
Published: Jul 27, 2017
Author: Allahpundit
Post Date: 2017-07-27 20:31:19 by Tooconservative
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Views: 2169
Comments: 10
I don’t see Reince as cause for concern, but Scaramucci versus Bannon? Yeah, chairs will be thrown at a minimum. A knife fight isn’t out of the question. To add insult to injury for Team Trump, the outlet reporting this is … Fox News. “This is getting out of hand. I am honestly getting concerned for my safety in the office tomorrow. This type of behavior is unbelievable. Working in the White House and something like that is said, it is a disgrace,” the official said. Politico’s also sensing unusual fear in the corridors of power: — Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) July 27, 2017 Ryan Lizza, the reporter who conducted the New Yorker interview with Mooch, recorded the whole thing, which explains why the White House isn’t screaming “FAKE NEWS!” tonight. Scaramucci promised to refrain from “colorful language” in the future but I think the problem is less the profanity than the fact that the White House communications director is calling the White House chief of staff a “paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac” in on-the-record interviews. One nonviolent possibility that occurs to me is Priebus and Bannon confronting Trump jointly and issuing a “he goes or we go” ultimatum vis-a-vis Mooch, but it sounds like that’s basically what happened last week when Scaramucci was hired and it didn’t work out well for them. As embarrassing and inappropriate as Scaramucci’s tirade was, Trump’s not going to admit error by canning him a week after bringing him on. Besides, the president being who he is, he probably thought the interview was just super. — Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 27, 2017 On the other hand: — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 27, 2017 Right. Trump might be content to have Scaramucci tormenting Priebus for his amusement in his twisted “Team of Mortal Enemies” version of “Team of Rivals,” but he’d take endless heat if he pushed Priebus out now and effectively rewarded Scaramucci for the interview by eliminating his nemesis. Trump’s not big on firing people anyway, as Jeff Sessions could tell you. He prefers to knife deputies who’ve fallen into disfavor day after day until they decide they can take no more and quit. Reince is obviously on his way out sooner or later, though, as continued employment alongside Scaramucci is unthinkable, so what does he have to lose by leaking dirt on him to humiliate him? We’re headed for a vicious mud fight in the media between the two of them. At least we finally have a solution, though, to the mystery last week of why Sean Spicer was so eager to get out of the White House once he knew Scaramucci was coming in. Spicer and Priebus must have known from painful experience after their time at the RNC that Mooch is a loose cannon bordering on completely unhinged. And now the public knows too. It’s hard to believe anyone likes it on either the populist or establishment side of the party’s divide. Except the president, of course. The GOP nominated a circus and it got one. Send in the clowns. Update: Breitbart is unhappy with Scaramucci after his attack on Bannon and knows which button of Trump’s to push to make Trump unhappy with him too: “Move over President Donald Trump. You are yesterday’s news. It seems like this is now The Anthony Scaramucci Show. And Trump better get used to it.” It’s amazing that Mooch went after both the establishment guy and the populist guy in Trump’s inner circle. If he had chosen one or the other and concentrated his fire, he would have gotten some “enemy of my enemy is my friend” support from one wing of the party. Instead he went after both. That’s either proof that he’s unhinged or proof that he’s alien enough to the right in his own politics that he doesn’t know where the fault lines within the GOP lie. Update: One last point. If reports are to be believed, there are a lot of unhappy campers in Trump’s cabinet right now: Sessions is upset for obvious reasons, Mattis is upset at how Trump handled the transgender ban, McMaster is upset at being frozen out on some big decisions, and Tillerson is upset at his Department being decimated and at Sessions’s humiliation. This could be the last straw for any of them. It’s one thing to work in an “unorthodox” environment for the good of the country but who wants to be part of a freak show when you’re that accomplished and respected? Poster Comment: But the comments have spooked some of his co-workers. Speaking to Fox News, one White House official expressed concern. Just asked a dependably unflappable admin official about @RyanLizza–@Scaramucci situation. The response: "Whole WH is freaking out." Source close to Bannon and Scaramucci, to me: "It’s not a problem for [Mooch] because the president doesn't give a shit." One Priebus detracted/Trump supporter calls and says, "Anthony just bought Reince four more months." 
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#6. To: Tooconservative (#0)
Well, if you want to drain a swamp, you have to dynamite a few levies!
So a hedge fund guy who used to say nasty stuff about Trump is the right guy? And his idea of a smart move is to call up a known hostile press outlet like The New Yorker (or New Republic or Slate or The Atlantic or MSNBC) and say a bunch of stupid vulgar things is the way to get things done? Can you tell me why Mooch ever thought this was a good idea? What was he hoping for, that The New Yorker would swiftly spin on a dime and support Trump as loyally as Fox News? Mooch was a fool to call up an enemy press outlet and say anything to them. Especially a vulgar tirade against other WH principals which just calls Trump's judgment into question altogether. Beyond that, he was revealed as a liar, accusing Priebus of leaking his financial info when the press got it through a request to the Ex-Im Bank where Mooch submitted it. Then Mooch ends the call by saying he had to tweet something out to drive Priebus crazy, then hung up, then made his accusatory tweet two minutes later, then when it all collapsed, Mooch says he was tweeting at Priebus to show their enemies that they were all on a team. It's ridiculous, the entire thing. Mooch really is the clown in Trump's Punch and Judy show.
Sure. He wanted them in there. Fox News would have edited them out. "accusing Priebus of leaking his financial info when the press got it through a request to the Ex-Im Bank where Mooch submitted it." Who told you that? Oh, the press.
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#7. To: Pinguinite (#6)
#8. To: Tooconservative (#7)
And his idea of a smart move is to call up a known hostile press outlet like The New Yorker (or New Republic or Slate or The Atlantic or MSNBC) and say a bunch of stupid vulgar things is the way to get things done?
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