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MIKE SPLEAN
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thanks. i just got so burnt out on this topic and also been going through some stuff mentally and ended my long term relationship but i’m bsick now
This White House just leaks for the fukk of it these days 
Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach
President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires
Michael C. Bender and
March 23, 2018 7:31 p.m. ET
Just days earlier at the White House, the president assured House Speaker Paul Ryan he would sign the bill. A half-hour after the tweet, Mr. Ryan (R., Wis.) called the president and urged him to keep the promise, a congressional aide said.
“F— that,” Mr. Trump said in rejecting the argument, according to people familiar with the discussion. In the end, he signed the bill in a West Wing ceremony, but complained that it was so long no one had read it and warned Congress he wouldn’t sign another like it in the future.
It was another unscripted moment of political drama in a two-week run that has left the Republican president’s opponents—and some of his allies—off balance. As he settles into the second year of his four-year term, Mr. Trump is showcasing a more unilateral executive style that relies on his own judgment and sense of what the moment requires.
In a rapid-fire series of moves, Mr. Trump has reshaped his senior staff and reconfigured the legal team defending him in the Russia investigation. He agreed in short order to a meeting with the leader of North Korea. He launched a trade offensive against China. And he has taken more direct command of the messages and policy positions coming out of his administration.
Friends and former aides said he is relishing the focus and attention he is receiving with personnel and policy moves that at times have convulsed the capital. And they point to measures like the China trade tariffs and the agreement to talk to North Korea as innovations in U.S. policy that only a disrupter of the status quo could deliver on.
“He’s enjoying this,” said ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “Trump has his sea legs as president.”
Yet the approach carries risks, jeopardizing the White House’s credibility when a presidential tweet or unscripted comment collides with prepared statements crafted by his advisers, such as the long list of favorable talking points on the spending bill that his staff issued Thursday.
“Never been this wild,” said one White House official, summing up the last two weeks in the West Wing.
A top Republican House aide said Friday: “You have to take every statement of administration policy with a grain of salt because we all know it comes down to one man.”
A president who danced to the Frank Sinatra song, “My Way” at his inaugural celebration in 2017, Mr. Trump has never been reluctant to air his views. What aides and advisers said is different now is he is more apt to put his views into practice whether his advisers agree or not—and to do so to the surprise of his staff and at times contrary to previous public statements.
Last week, for instance, the president erupted amid reports that he was ready to fire national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. “Total f— bullshyt,” Mr. Trump told advisers, according to people familiar with the matter.
He ordered White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to dispel reports about Gen. McMaster, and Ms. Sanders tweeted that she had spoken to both men and that there “are no changes” at the National Security Council. On Thursday, Mr. Trump ousted Gen. McMaster hours after speaking to his successor, John Bolton, who himself appeared surprised that the announcement happened so quickly.
Also last week, Mr. Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet without having personally told his top diplomat about his decision in advance, leaving the heads-up to his chief of staff, John Kelly.
He hired Lawrence Kudlow as director of the Council of Economic Advisers without telling his top aides, after Gary Cohn, his former top economic counselor, handed in his resignation earlier this month when Mr. Trump proceeded with steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Cohn opposed.
Mr. Trump handled much of the interview process on his own, and the president’s chief of staff didn’t meet Mr. Kudlow until Thursday—one week after Mr. Trump offered his new economic adviser the job.
And earlier this week, he ignored the advice of his national-security staff and congratulated Vladimir Putin on another term in office as Russia’s president. Mr. Trump has long said he wants warmer relations with Russia in hopes of winning Mr. Putin’s cooperation in other global trouble spots. One White House official said the advisers erred by “telling him you should think and do this,” rather than letting him improvise. “That’s a cardinal mistake with him,” the official said.
“He loves to break eggs, and loves to negotiate,” Mr. Kudlow said. “That’s who you’ve got here.”
One presidential decision that has united his advisers—and was telegraphed well in advance—was the series of trade actions aimed at China, which were signed Thursday.
In the past year, the White House has been divided between those viewed as defending the multilateral global trading system and a more protectionist wing, including Mr. Trump, who believe it has ill-served the U.S.’s interests. The China action was supported by globalist aides—Mr. Cohn and Jared Kushner, a senior adviser and the president’s son-in-law—and those who champion protectionism, including trade adviser Peter Navarro.
To date, Mr. Trump has heeded advice on how to handle reports of his alleged affairs with women in the past, which he previously has denied. Privately, he has discussed with advisers whether he should publicly fight the allegations on Twitter or elsewhere.
His advisers have told him that there is no sign the allegations are hurting him with voters and have warned him that it would look inappropriate for the president to engage in a public spat with, among others, a former porn star. He has remained silent on the allegations, despite extensive coverage on the cable-news channels he watches closely, advisers said.
Mr. Bannon, who was ousted shortly after Mr. Kelly took over as chief of staff, suggested the president should further empower himself by abolishing the position of chief of staff in the White House and instead have a half-dozen or so senior officials report directly to him.
“That would revert to the management style he’s most comfortable with—it’s how he built the Trump Organization and ran the campaign,” said Mr. Bannon, referring to the president’s real-estate business. “It would remove the administrative obstacles and allow him to take direct action.”
On the spending bill, the president’s veto threat wasn’t made in a vacuum, aides said. As Congress negotiated the bill this week, White House aides signed off on crucial decisions, right up to the bill’s passage, according to a GOP congressional aide. Mr. Trump’s public criticism of the bill on Friday bristled many lawmakers, the aide said, because the White House had signed off on it.
But Mr. Trump had privately questioned all week whether he should sign it. Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, had urged him to veto it, saying the proposal didn’t include enough money for border security. By Friday morning, Mr. Trump had heard repeated complaints about the bill from conservative media outlets.
In the West Wing, both Marc Short, the president’s director of legislative affairs, and Mr. Kelly urged him to sign the bill, telling the president that he had promised he would and noting that it included record amounts of military spending. By midmorning Friday, aides weren’t sure which way he would go.
“I have no idea,” one White House official said, “what’s going to happen here.”
Write to Peter Nicholas at peter.nicholas@wsj.com, Michael C. Bender at Mike.Bender@wsj.com and Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com
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Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach
President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires
Michael C. Bender and
March 23, 2018 7:31 p.m. ET
Just days earlier at the White House, the president assured House Speaker Paul Ryan he would sign the bill. A half-hour after the tweet, Mr. Ryan (R., Wis.) called the president and urged him to keep the promise, a congressional aide said.
“F— that,” Mr. Trump said in rejecting the argument, according to people familiar with the discussion. In the end, he signed the bill in a West Wing ceremony, but complained that it was so long no one had read it and warned Congress he wouldn’t sign another like it in the future.
It was another unscripted moment of political drama in a two-week run that has left the Republican president’s opponents—and some of his allies—off balance. As he settles into the second year of his four-year term, Mr. Trump is showcasing a more unilateral executive style that relies on his own judgment and sense of what the moment requires.
In a rapid-fire series of moves, Mr. Trump has reshaped his senior staff and reconfigured the legal team defending him in the Russia investigation. He agreed in short order to a meeting with the leader of North Korea. He launched a trade offensive against China. And he has taken more direct command of the messages and policy positions coming out of his administration.
Friends and former aides said he is relishing the focus and attention he is receiving with personnel and policy moves that at times have convulsed the capital. And they point to measures like the China trade tariffs and the agreement to talk to North Korea as innovations in U.S. policy that only a disrupter of the status quo could deliver on.
“He’s enjoying this,” said ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “Trump has his sea legs as president.”
Yet the approach carries risks, jeopardizing the White House’s credibility when a presidential tweet or unscripted comment collides with prepared statements crafted by his advisers, such as the long list of favorable talking points on the spending bill that his staff issued Thursday.
“Never been this wild,” said one White House official, summing up the last two weeks in the West Wing.
A top Republican House aide said Friday: “You have to take every statement of administration policy with a grain of salt because we all know it comes down to one man.”
A president who danced to the Frank Sinatra song, “My Way” at his inaugural celebration in 2017, Mr. Trump has never been reluctant to air his views. What aides and advisers said is different now is he is more apt to put his views into practice whether his advisers agree or not—and to do so to the surprise of his staff and at times contrary to previous public statements.
Last week, for instance, the president erupted amid reports that he was ready to fire national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. “Total f— bullshyt,” Mr. Trump told advisers, according to people familiar with the matter.
He ordered White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to dispel reports about Gen. McMaster, and Ms. Sanders tweeted that she had spoken to both men and that there “are no changes” at the National Security Council. On Thursday, Mr. Trump ousted Gen. McMaster hours after speaking to his successor, John Bolton, who himself appeared surprised that the announcement happened so quickly.
Also last week, Mr. Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet without having personally told his top diplomat about his decision in advance, leaving the heads-up to his chief of staff, John Kelly.
He hired Lawrence Kudlow as director of the Council of Economic Advisers without telling his top aides, after Gary Cohn, his former top economic counselor, handed in his resignation earlier this month when Mr. Trump proceeded with steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Cohn opposed.
Mr. Trump handled much of the interview process on his own, and the president’s chief of staff didn’t meet Mr. Kudlow until Thursday—one week after Mr. Trump offered his new economic adviser the job.
And earlier this week, he ignored the advice of his national-security staff and congratulated Vladimir Putin on another term in office as Russia’s president. Mr. Trump has long said he wants warmer relations with Russia in hopes of winning Mr. Putin’s cooperation in other global trouble spots. One White House official said the advisers erred by “telling him you should think and do this,” rather than letting him improvise. “That’s a cardinal mistake with him,” the official said.
“He loves to break eggs, and loves to negotiate,” Mr. Kudlow said. “That’s who you’ve got here.”
One presidential decision that has united his advisers—and was telegraphed well in advance—was the series of trade actions aimed at China, which were signed Thursday.
In the past year, the White House has been divided between those viewed as defending the multilateral global trading system and a more protectionist wing, including Mr. Trump, who believe it has ill-served the U.S.’s interests. The China action was supported by globalist aides—Mr. Cohn and Jared Kushner, a senior adviser and the president’s son-in-law—and those who champion protectionism, including trade adviser Peter Navarro.
To date, Mr. Trump has heeded advice on how to handle reports of his alleged affairs with women in the past, which he previously has denied. Privately, he has discussed with advisers whether he should publicly fight the allegations on Twitter or elsewhere.
His advisers have told him that there is no sign the allegations are hurting him with voters and have warned him that it would look inappropriate for the president to engage in a public spat with, among others, a former porn star. He has remained silent on the allegations, despite extensive coverage on the cable-news channels he watches closely, advisers said.
Mr. Bannon, who was ousted shortly after Mr. Kelly took over as chief of staff, suggested the president should further empower himself by abolishing the position of chief of staff in the White House and instead have a half-dozen or so senior officials report directly to him.
“That would revert to the management style he’s most comfortable with—it’s how he built the Trump Organization and ran the campaign,” said Mr. Bannon, referring to the president’s real-estate business. “It would remove the administrative obstacles and allow him to take direct action.”
On the spending bill, the president’s veto threat wasn’t made in a vacuum, aides said. As Congress negotiated the bill this week, White House aides signed off on crucial decisions, right up to the bill’s passage, according to a GOP congressional aide. Mr. Trump’s public criticism of the bill on Friday bristled many lawmakers, the aide said, because the White House had signed off on it.
But Mr. Trump had privately questioned all week whether he should sign it. Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, had urged him to veto it, saying the proposal didn’t include enough money for border security. By Friday morning, Mr. Trump had heard repeated complaints about the bill from conservative media outlets.
In the West Wing, both Marc Short, the president’s director of legislative affairs, and Mr. Kelly urged him to sign the bill, telling the president that he had promised he would and noting that it included record amounts of military spending. By midmorning Friday, aides weren’t sure which way he would go.
“I have no idea,” one White House official said, “what’s going to happen here.”
Write to Peter Nicholas at peter.nicholas@wsj.com, Michael C. Bender at Mike.Bender@wsj.com and Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com
@DonKnock @dza @88m3 @wire28 @smitty22 @fact @Hood Critic @ExodusNirvana @Blessed Is the Man @dtownreppin214 @JKFrazier @BigMoneyGrip @Soymuscle Mike @.r. @Dorian Breh @Dameon Farrow @TheNig @VR Tripper @re'up @Blackfyre_Berserker @Cali_livin
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
Soo much fukkery in one day I don't even know what to address...
Cat piss martini
Veteran
thanks. i just got so burnt out on this topic and also been going through some stuff mentally and ended my long term relationship but i’m bsick now
never leave the fukkery.
let us be brain fukked together.
welcome back woman.
So that’s really happening? I thought lawsuits were preventing thatI forgot we got Stormy burgers Sunday night.
THE MACHINE
night owl
I'ma need to see more pissed off conservatives reacting to the omnibus
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
Yes, that's a go. 60 minutes greenlit that with the quickness.
LeVraiPapi
Redemption is Coming
This weekend will go down in history. Trump will go to Mar Largo and play golf while his staff will be left trying to figure out how to defend him. Can't wait for Stormy Sunday. Trump and his team should have called her and made a deal with her. Instead, they tried to ignite Shawn Michael Avenatti and call him out.
The debate he had with Cohen's friend should tell you all you need to know. That lawyer is a psycho himself. Dude dishing out ether and stay calm, but don't interrupt him. Then, he posted a pic of a DVD. Dude is a street guy for sure
The debate he had with Cohen's friend should tell you all you need to know. That lawyer is a psycho himself. Dude dishing out ether and stay calm, but don't interrupt him. Then, he posted a pic of a DVD. Dude is a street guy for sure
Yea man. They've been constantly promoting it during the NCAA games. I expect yuge ratings
During ncaa games?
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
He's going to do something WILD this weekend or next week...
His own demented filth turned against him today for signing that bill...
Stormy Sunday going to be the final straw that broke the orangutans back...
His own demented filth turned against him today for signing that bill...
Stormy Sunday going to be the final straw that broke the orangutans back...