US President said to be struggling to attract experienced staff amid talk of White House reshuffle
Donald Trump is struggling to find new staff to work for him because everyone thinks he is “crazy”, a senior member of the US President's Republican Party has said.
Michael Steele said potential White House employees were put off by an environment in which aides are “flying by the seat of their pants”.
“The talent pool is shrinking, because who wants to sign up for crazy?” added Mr Steele, who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee between 2009 and 2011.
“Nobody wants to step into a situation where you’re flying by the seat of your pants and don’t know whether what you just said will hold up from one news cycle to the next," he told The Hill. "Nobody is going to be lining up for positions with that much uncertainty.”
Mr Steele has previously said that he does not believe Mr Trump will make it to the end of his four-year term in office and that current Vice President Mike Pence will be Commander in Chief by 2020.
His latest comments come as Mr Trump is rumoured to be mulling a shake-up of White House staff after the resignation of his communications director, Mike Dubke.
Mr Dubke had been in post for less than three months when he handed in his resignation in mid-May. But he agreed to stay on until after Mr Trump’s trip to the Middle East and Europe.
The US President’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, is also reported to be at risk of being replaced, having been blamed for many of the problems dogging the administration.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer is also thought to be under threat amid ongoing criticism of his briefings to media, although some reports have suggested that he could keep his job but give fewer briefings.
#1: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#0)
Oh? He ran a multi-billion business without any problems. Gosh. Maybe it's no not Trump who is crazy, huh?
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 09:29:16 Reply Private Reply
#2: Willie Green To: misterwhite (#1)
Bull manure... He declared bankruptcy at least 6 times so he could stiff his creditors...
He's a deadbeat "billionaire" who probably got bailed out by Russian money laundering...
Willie Green posted on 2017-06-01 10:30:24 Reply Private Reply
#3: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#2)
There is so much wrong with that ignorant, misleading and biased statement I don't know where to begin.
Over a span of decades, 6 out of Trump's 515 investments filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. All shareholders, including Trump, suffered a loss.
Those businesses remained open during that Chapter 11 reorganization process. Trump, personally, has never declared any kind of bankruptcy.
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 11:00:42 Reply Private Reply
#4: Willie Green To: misterwhite (#3)
Nobody knows... the fast-talking fraud won't release his tax returns for people to check... For all we know, he may only be a millionaire in hock up to his neck...
Willie Green posted on 2017-06-01 11:53:51 Reply Private Reply
#5: rlk To: Willie Green (#0)
That's why he ends up with with an unstable administration of third raters. Sessions is the only good man in there.
rlk posted on 2017-06-01 12:01:21 Reply Private Reply
#6: rlk To: misterwhite (#1)
There's a difference between huckstering real estate to susceptable affluent yokeks and running a country or occupying a position as a world leader.
rlk posted on 2017-06-01 12:09:36 Reply Private Reply
#7: misterwhite To: rlk (#6)
Does that difference involve crazy?
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 12:19:51 Reply Private Reply
#8: misterwhite To: rlk (#6)
Wow. You make it sound easy to become a multi-billionaire!
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 12:20:55 Reply Private Reply
#9: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#4)
Sure. And the sound of hooves outside may be zebras.
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 12:24:06 Reply Private Reply
#10: rlk To: misterwhite (#7)
Being a liitle enthusiastically nuts helps in sales. It generates an atmosphere of excitement. It won't help in dealing with Jihadists, with characters like Merkel, or with people on dedicated missions like Obama and Hillary.
rlk posted on 2017-06-01 13:43:41 Reply Private Reply
#11: misterwhite To: rlk (#10)
I'm in sales. Enthusiasm is important. Nuts ... no.
misterwhite posted on 2017-06-01 14:13:46 Reply Private Reply
#12: Hank Rearden To: Willie Green (#0)
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-06-01 14:23:21 Reply Private Reply
#13: Willie Green To: misterwhite (#8)
Trump got his money the same way Kushner got his... Inheritance from his daddy...
Willie Green posted on 2017-06-01 14:38:53 Reply Private Reply
#14: Willie Green To: Hank Rearden (#12)
Yeah... Pootin hacked the election...
Willie Green posted on 2017-06-01 14:40:50 Reply Private Reply
#15: Hank Rearden To: Willie Green (#13)
Well, all but about $9.8 Billion of it came from Daddy.
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-06-01 15:16:38 Reply Private Reply
#16: Willie Green To: Hank Rearden (#15)
Nobody has seen his tax returns, so that could be $9.7 Billion of bullcrap...
Willie Green posted on 2017-06-01 18:29:51 Reply Private Reply