Robert Schlesinger is a veteran Washington journalist and commentator and cohost of the Bipodisan podcast. He is the author of “White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.”
Posted on 02/09/2020 5:26:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
It didn’t take long to find out what an unleashed Donald Trump looks like — and I’m not referring to his petulant, un-Christian comments at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning or even his toxic, stream-of-subconsciousness victory lap in the East Room of the White House early that afternoon, during which the leader of the free world introduced “top scum” and “bullshit” to the public presidential lexicon.
Sure, both performances offered disturbing glimpses into Trump’s very scary emotional state, as if his Twitter feed weren’t enough. But even as he debuted the latest iteration of his angry-victim performance art, he and his allies also started settling scores in a startlingly open way.
And it may be a long while before we know the true depths of his political depravities because on the same day that Trump was acquitted, Attorney General Barr issued new guidance that he must personally approve any politically-sensitive investigations. Barr, who has dispensed with his office’s traditional independence from the president, has been a vocal critic of Mueller’s investigation, even though it produced dozens of indictments, seven guilty pleas (many from top Trump aides) and five prison sentences. And now he has insulated Trump from any fears of being held accountable in the run-up to the November elections.
Though a number of Senate Republicans have suggested that Trump had learned a lesson from his impeachment, early indications are that he intends to teach a number of people some very hard lessons — including about believing people when they show you who they are — instead.
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Robert Schlesinger is a veteran Washington journalist and commentator and cohost of the Bipodisan podcast. He is the author of “White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.”
What is he supposed to learn from it?
No worries. He definitely learned. That’s why he’s purging all of those backstabbers.
Trump learned plenty from impeachment.
It’s not just what a hard left who will see many of their agents and leaders go to jail would have wanted him to learn.
Same old BS.
They’ll never change.
Trump is kicking ass and taking names, just exactly what we hired him to do.
schlesinger you lousy sob, loser-man, wimp. Trump hs every right to fire those who are rowing the wrong direction and seeking to sink the canoe.
Another Schlesinger - the previous ones were enough thanks,
He learned that the swamp includes a large number of Republicans and military.
MSM brands firing those who would undermine and destroy the administration as “vindictive “. I call it common sense.
You do not maintain a den of vipers. You clean out the nest
So the liberals think that Trump should have disloyal people working for him? I am sure they would want the same for Obama, Clinton, or even themselves.
Trump has learned his lesson, and that’s why he’s getting rid of these people.
Now he needs to tell Kelly Ann Conway to either divorce her slug husband or quit.
These people are not just disloyal to Trump. They are disloyal to their agencies and their country.
Should have followed Obama’s example and done it day one.
He did learn. That is why he is beginning to clear out known traitors. Schlesinger is an idiot.
He learned who needed to be purged.
You F’ed up the headline pencil neck, I’ll fix it.
“Trump’s purging everyone he KNOWS is disloyal to him and a vast majority of Americans”
President Trump has a long way to go.......the majority of the establishment are disloyal to the republic.
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