Friday, May 26, 2017

Shakeup the White House

Trump is actively discussing major changes in the White House, including a shakeup of his senior team, after spending much of his free time during his overseas trip weighing the Russia investigation and the political crisis it poses for him, according to several senior administration officials and outside advisers.

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[R]evisions on the table include a new filter of the president’s social-media habit and fewer scheduled press briefings, officials and allies said.

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One major change under consideration would vet the president’s social media posts through a team of lawyers, who would decide if any needed to be adjusted or curtailed. The idea, said one of Mr. Trump’s advisers, is to create a system so that tweets “don’t go from the president’s mind out to the universe.”

  WSJ
Filter the Rooster? It'll never happen.
Trump aides have long attempted to rein in his tweeting, and some saw any type of legal vetting as difficult to implement. “I would be shocked if he would agree to that,” said Barry Bennett, a former Trump campaign aide.
We all would be.
Other changes under discussion include removing communications director Mike Dubke and installing Sarah Sanders as the main spokesman instead of Mr. Spicer. Another consideration is scaling back on daily press briefings.
Those changes wouldn't surprise me one bit.
One White House official said that Mr. Spicer, parodied by comedian Melissa McCarthy on “Saturday Night Live,” has taken on an unwanted celebrity status that threatens to undercut his effectiveness as a spokesman.
No, it threatens to make him more of a celebrity than his boss. That won't do.

Is all this just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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