President Trump supposedly began testing the idea of replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney well before his aide’s messy attempt to clean up his quid pro quo admission of withholding aid to Ukraine last week.
Obviously, Mulvaney is aware that Trump has put out feelers regarding his replacement, and knows his time as CoS is numbered and probably doesn’t care. So, seems totally conceivable that Mulvaney looked to screw with Trump at the Thurs presser. And again on Sunday.
I don’t think Mulvaney is that willing to undercut his future in conservative circles…destroying Trump may eventually be a mark of good in the conservative world, but for now it would kick him out of the cushy conservative sphere where they can make money on the rubes. I think Mulvaney is just an arrogant jerk who figures he can get away with whatever he wants, and he’s not self aware enough to avoid appearing that way publicly. I am going to get a lot of good feelings when he has his downfall, very few people in DC deserve it more than him.
Many people are saying (believe me!) that Mick Mulvaney only retains the acting job because nobody will touch that shit with a ten centimeter mushroom.
Bloomberg reports that about a month ago, Trump told Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in front of other White House staffers: You have such great ideas, why don’t you be my chief?
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Trump has also made similar remarks about White House Deputy Chief of Staff Chris Liddell and has asked advisers whether his counselor Kellyanne Conway would be a good fit for the role.
However, Bloomberg noted that some White House “aides” (the edit is mine) said that Trump regularly “tests” (the edit is mine) out similar “ideas” (the edit is mine) in “conversation” (the edit is mine) — sometimes to “flatter” (the edit is mine) his “aides” (the edit is mine) or to just keep others guessing.
I agree: Mulvaney is an arrogant jerk, who, like Spankee, thinks he’s smarter than everyone else. I am sure he was absolutely convinced he was going to be the hero of the day and save Spankee’s bacon.
Instead, he fried Spankee like bacon. Extra crispy.