Leaking back in high gear

“Holy shit,” a source who advised Trump said, “plenty of people in the West Wing hate him right now. You hear them say things like, I’m serving the country. That’s code for, I hate the fucker.” On the campaign, the former adviser said, “We all thought he was a moron. He’s by no means a stupid guy, but he was such a pain in the ass and stubborn.”

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In the earliest days of the new presidency, palace intrigue focused on the war in the West Wing between the RNC alums — Priebus brought with him a total of 46 — and the outsider nationalists represented by Steve Bannon. But as the summer saw the removal of Priebus and Spicer, as well as Bannon himself, ideological differences between the Washington insiders and the outsiders became a less obvious explanation for the White House dysfunction.

Still, sources say that how staffers personally feel about the president is just as much a problem today as it was a year ago — and that dynamic is especially prevalent in the White House press office.

  New York Magazine

Gee, I wonder why.

Just over a year into the Trump administration, there have already been two press secretaries and three communications directors. “It’s because it’s filled with people who loathe the president or simply lack the competence needed to present a coherent strategy.”

Or that whatever they say, he may contradict it within minutes on Twitter.