Is being an asshole in his genes too?
The Trump administration saw yet another high-profile departure Wednesday, with Navy Secretary John Phelan heading to the exits. Senate Republicans are bracing for even more.
President Donald Trump’s recent administration shakeup — the sacking of Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi as well as this week’s departure of Lori Chavez-DeRemer — has created openings for a slew of potential confirmations, and GOP senators are contemplating who might be next and how quickly Trump should make any further changes.
No Republicans are publicly urging any particular oustings. But privately GOP senators believe Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel could be at risk of leaving — voluntarily or not.
“He’s in a bad mood,” one GOP senator said about Trump. “He’s preparing to really let a lot of them go.”
So, situation normal.
Norm Eisen, former White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform, as well as former and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), is exactly the kind of American Donald Trump hates: someone with ethics. Especially since Eisen served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for Trump’s first impeachment.
Trump went after Eisen on Truth Social Wednesday night.
He IS in a mood, isn’t he? I’d missed this (Newsweek):
President Donald Trump has called for Fox News host Jessica Tarlov to be taken off the air, calling her “one of the least attractive and talented people” on television.
Writing on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said: “Her voice is so grating and terrible, I had to ‘turn her off!’”
Yes, but does Trump run out of the room when he hears her voice like my spouse does with his?
Tarlov, a former Democratic Party strategist and co-host of Fox News’ The Five, said on Thursday that Trump now had a “35 percent approval rating in most polls,” adding that “no Americans wanted the tariffs, they didn’t want the war in Iran, and they don’t want the ballroom.”
That explains his dumping on Tarlov. Eisen told Jennifer Rubin the Department of Justice should be renamed the Department of Trump.