Trump White House falling apart. Sad

Upon entering Spicer’s office for what one person briefed on the gathering described as “an emergency meeting,” staffers were told to dump their phones on a table for a “phone check," to prove they had nothing to hide.

Spicer, who consulted with White House counsel Don McGahn before calling the meeting, was accompanied by White House lawyers in the room, according to multiple sources.

Spicer also warned the group of more problems if news of the phone checks and the meeting about leaks was leaked to the media

That's what you get when the former President is actively working to undermine you at every turn. What the white house needs is a McCarthyist purge of all the Obama loyalists and Clintonists.

Now, remember these are not career bureaucrats; these are all people hired by Trump to work in his White House.

Seems you missed this bit:

These people are/were supposedly Trump loyalists. The President can't make "legacy" appointments (i.e. appointments who his successor cannot simply choose to remove) to the White House staff.

Sure, there are ordinary career civil servants who carry on, but these aren't Obama appointees. Many if not most of them will predate Obama. They also generally aren't invited to meetings like this.

No it's not.

No it's not.

No it's not.

That's what you get when the former President is actively working to undermine you at every turn. What the white house needs is a McCarthyist purge of all the Obama loyalists and Clintonists.

Well said. Within the executive branch as a whole, something like the top 3,000 staff are political appointees (around 97% do not require senate approval). And in the West Wing particularly, everyone is a political appointee; the only people who aren't are the cleaners and domestic staff.

The idea that there is some Obama-led deep state leaking this shows how, even when conservatives control the WH and both houses of congress, their capacity for wallowing in false victimhood remains undiminished.

Another day, another Trump pick who met with Russians. And in this instance, Sessions said he had never under oath during his confirmation.

So I suspect another Trump pick to have to leave. Definitely crumbling.

It would be great if we could get along with Russia, like he said

Why?

Because your muppet in chief thinks this is good suddenly it is good? Where was everyone saying this before?

Because I'd rather live in a world where the US and Russia are friends and aren't constantly at odds. I think the mini Cold War has gone on long enough

It would be great if we could get along with Russia, like he said

It would be great if we could get along with Russia, like he said

I think he's having teething problems. He's getting better, especially for someone who is still learning the ropes.

It would be great if we could get along with Russia, like he said

Learning the ropes? He is the ****ing President of the United States, not an office intern. He is expected to be competent from his first day in office.

It would be great if we could get along with Russia, like he said