Discussion: 'Why Are We Doing This?': Trump Aides Don't Understand McCain, Conway Attacks

Trump is nothing without those who are using him. The wealthy Madison Grant/Hitler believers.
His is also nothing without those who love big talk, that sounds manly, but are as cowardly as Trump and they know sucking up to him might bring them riches.

Trump is nothing without the totally unAmerican cowardly Republican Party.

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It says a lot the aides even have to ask that question.

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Dear Rump Aides,

You are doing this because you work for the most classless wonder to ever wander into class. He was born on the two yard line and thinks he was fouled out of a grand slam. He even thinks a dead man should get two minutes for high-sticking while he shoots free throws.

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The dead make for fine straw men.

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The staff can’t see this because they refuse to. If they admitted the truth to themselves, they’d have to admit that they’re just a bunch of clowns* milling around aimlessly.

*No offense to actual hardworking clowns who make people happy.

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“It does not appear to be a great use of our time to talk about George Conway or dead John McCain. … Why are we doing this?” A White House official told Politico.

He’s doing it for the same reason the 25th Amendment should be invoked here: the President of the United States is a total freakin’ loony.

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Predicting or making sense of the behavior of those who are mentally ill is a futile endeavor.

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Dear WH Aides

There is no “We”.

Sincerely,
Reality

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Trump Aides Don’t Understand McCain, Conway Attacks

Yes, and even the Trump aides at Fox are befuddled:

“The problem is he swamped his own message by going after George Conway and in that speech, inexplicably, segue way to going after John McCain,” Kilmeade said. “It makes absolutely no sense.”

Cognitive dissonance.

Maybe it will lead nowhere but, for now, it’s worth savoring.

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Because Donald Trump is a career criminal, who expects employees of the government to protect him from the consequences of his crimes.

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Why is he doing this?

Because Mueller is Coming.

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Alternative question: why are TPM’s stories this morning so frothy and on the GOP’s terms? McCain-Trump feud; Charles Kushner op-ed; Fox-McCain rumbles; GOP senators and McCain; Kraft-Trump-hooker nonstory… Do Democrats even exist? Is there still such a thing as the economy?

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‘Why Are We Doing This?’

You’ve been working for and supporting and shielding this delusional fat-ass lying motherfucker for months on end and you still don’t know why, you complicit pieces of shit?

Don’t even play Russian roulette. Just fill all six chambers. You are too stupid to be allowed to exist. And you’re probably an anti-vaxxer, too.

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Ouch!

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Yes indeed, and he’s undoubtedly getting a daily spray of hints from his people at the DOJ.

That said, what really inspires incredulity is the claim, repeated from Politico by TPM’s Lafond, that high-level insiders have no idea what’s going on.

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Yes, it has been far worse than what we could imagine. At least he hasn’t killed us all yet via nuclear war strikes.

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“Gee willakers, I thought working as a White House aide would be a rewarding experience. I had no idea the president is a mentally ill, narcissistic, frightened bully.”

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I can’t wait until he expressly expands his “distaste” for John McCain to any and all POW and MIA soldiers - while speaking to some branch of the military.

I imagine him pointing to the Not Forgotten flag and saying something like “Just take that disgraceful thing down. We don’t need people who get captured or run away, let me tell you.”

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How do you “reignite” a feud with a dead person, except in your own tiny brain?

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Is this a rhetorical question?

Otherwise, the answer is pretty obvious…

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