At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a "huge reboot" that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, to counsel Don McGahn and press secretary Sean Spicer, White House sources tell me. Trump is also irritated with several Cabinet members, the sources said.
"He's frustrated, and angry at everyone," said one of the confidants. The conversations intensified this week as the aftermath of the Comey firing pushed the White House from chaos into crisis. Trump's friends are telling him that many of his top aides don't know how to work with him, and point out that his approval ratings aren't rising, but the leaks are. "The advice he's getting is to go big — that he has nothing to lose," the confidant said. "The question now is how big and how bold. I'm not sure he knows the answer to that yet."If Trump follows through, his innermost White House circle would shrink from a loop to a straight line of mid-30s family members with scant governing experience: Jared and Ivanka. So while the fighting and leaking might ease, the problems may not because it's the president, not the staff, calling the shots.
One note of caution: Trump often talks about firing people when things go south and does not follow through on it. So it's possible these conversations are his way of venting, and seeking reassurance. And it all could take a while: Trump heads out on his first international trip at the end of the week. Also, there's an internal argument for minimizing drama by cutting people out of the information flow rather than firing them. So the existing structure may get "one more college try," a trusted adviser said.
Friends say that if Trump goes with a grand shakeup, his implicit message would be: "I get it. I'm moving on. I get that I can do a better job." A top aide added: "He's never going to say he did a bad job."The sources say Trump feels ill-served by not just his staff but also by several of his Cabinet officials. Trump has two complaints about Cabinet members: Either they're tooting their own horns too much, or they're insufficiently effusive in praising him as a brilliant diplomat, etc. Among the cross-currents.
Trump getting rid of multiple aides and family members in the Trump White House is exactly what needs to happen, because it seems like not everyone in the Trump cabinet is on the program of America First. We know now that Jared Kushner is a Soros puppet not telling the President he has a $250 million dollar payday from NAZI collaborator and anti Trump organizer George Soros, and he has a major problem with National Security Adviser McMaster acting like he's the President on foreign affairs.
The Trump cabinet needs to only be people who support Trump's campaign, and of course people who aren't tied to certain individuals through cash and politics...Which Trump does have a lot of on his White House cabinet. If Trump conducts this mass layoff in his Presidential cabinet only one thing needs to happen...If you're not on my America First campaign get the hell out.
"He's frustrated, and angry at everyone," said one of the confidants. The conversations intensified this week as the aftermath of the Comey firing pushed the White House from chaos into crisis. Trump's friends are telling him that many of his top aides don't know how to work with him, and point out that his approval ratings aren't rising, but the leaks are. "The advice he's getting is to go big — that he has nothing to lose," the confidant said. "The question now is how big and how bold. I'm not sure he knows the answer to that yet."If Trump follows through, his innermost White House circle would shrink from a loop to a straight line of mid-30s family members with scant governing experience: Jared and Ivanka. So while the fighting and leaking might ease, the problems may not because it's the president, not the staff, calling the shots.
One note of caution: Trump often talks about firing people when things go south and does not follow through on it. So it's possible these conversations are his way of venting, and seeking reassurance. And it all could take a while: Trump heads out on his first international trip at the end of the week. Also, there's an internal argument for minimizing drama by cutting people out of the information flow rather than firing them. So the existing structure may get "one more college try," a trusted adviser said.
Friends say that if Trump goes with a grand shakeup, his implicit message would be: "I get it. I'm moving on. I get that I can do a better job." A top aide added: "He's never going to say he did a bad job."The sources say Trump feels ill-served by not just his staff but also by several of his Cabinet officials. Trump has two complaints about Cabinet members: Either they're tooting their own horns too much, or they're insufficiently effusive in praising him as a brilliant diplomat, etc. Among the cross-currents.
Trump getting rid of multiple aides and family members in the Trump White House is exactly what needs to happen, because it seems like not everyone in the Trump cabinet is on the program of America First. We know now that Jared Kushner is a Soros puppet not telling the President he has a $250 million dollar payday from NAZI collaborator and anti Trump organizer George Soros, and he has a major problem with National Security Adviser McMaster acting like he's the President on foreign affairs.
The Trump cabinet needs to only be people who support Trump's campaign, and of course people who aren't tied to certain individuals through cash and politics...Which Trump does have a lot of on his White House cabinet. If Trump conducts this mass layoff in his Presidential cabinet only one thing needs to happen...If you're not on my America First campaign get the hell out.