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LOL at this dummy of a president.

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly frequently lost his temper and told colleagues that he thought the president was “unhinged,” Woodward writes. In one small group meeting, Kelly said of Trump: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

I've never been in one staff meeting, and I know he's an idiot. I've been saying it here for 18 months.

 

We've been saying it in New York for four decades.

 

"I paid this many dollars in taxes. Ask me how!"

 

And here's a transcript of Woodward and Trump on the phone.

Analysis | Transcript: Phone call between President Trump and journalist Bob Woodward

 

Reading those book excerpts... Wow, you guys are so fucked.

 

I know it was when the manuscript was complete that this call took place. Couldn’t Woodward have said do you have time this week to talk to me? I’ll meet anywhere.

 

MSNBC execs need to change their underwear.

Just reading those excerpts of Woodward's book confirms my thoughts about Reagan and Trump: Both men were/are stupid, but Reagan at least had some self-awareness about it. And he was a professional actor who knew how to look like the U.S. President. Trump falls short in both areas.

 

This book would have been precisely scheduled. Also, this is one of those cases where you might say... What's the point? Trump's just going to say the things he said in that phone call. He won't answer your questions. He can't be trusted. He's a write around if there ever was one.

 

Trump confuses self awareness with literally looking in the mirror

 

I would think that trump on tape for an extended period of time, without an audience, is a stop the press situation.

 

This has Randy Rainbow all over it.

 

He always has an audience. He'd have gathered Ivanka, Kellyanne and various other advisers to sit in during the interview.