Report: Trump Aides Organized A Twitter ‘Intervention’ To Push For Tweet Restraint

President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for the $8 billion project, Friday, March 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
FILE - In a Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Trump on Sunda... FILE - In a Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Trump on Sunday, March 26, attacked conservative lawmakers for the failure of the Republican bill to replace Barack Obama's health care law as his aides pledged to court moderate Democrats on upcoming initiatives from health care to tax cuts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump’s aides organized an “intervention” to urge the tweet-happy President to exercise restraint in posting, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Aides warned the President that certain posts on Twitter could “paint him into a corner” in legal and political terms, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unnamed official.

In November 2016, the New York Times reported that aides mounted a similar effort to moderate Trump’s posting habits, and “wrested away” his Twitter account in a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate the candidate’s image.

While Trump has been notably quiet on Twitter in the past week, his administration has already suffered several self-inflicted wounds in 140 characters or fewer.

In March, he claimed — without offering any evidence to support the allegation — that President Barack Obama was “wire tapping” his phones at Trump Tower ahead of the November election. Two months later, Trump abruptly ended an interview when asked about the still-unsubstantiated allegation.

And most recently, Trump suggested that he recorded conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.

“James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” the President tweeted, sparking calls for the White House to turn over any recordings.

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  1. Take away Donnie’s most valuable comedy tool? Say it ain’t so…

  2. Avatar for pine pine says:

    FYI

    This Special Counsel Won’t Stop Trump
    The order creating the special prosecutor lets him probe only into Russia. Was it drawn so narrowly as to sink the inquiry and let Trump skate away?

    David Cay Johnston
    05.20.17 12:00 AM ET

  3. These happy individuals wouldn’t by any chance be ramping up somebody’s blood pressure by denying him his only outlet, would they? Pressure builds up, and up, and
    A hyuuuuuuge explosion. Fat severance packages, book deals…
    Sad.

    Nah.

  4. Good article, but it does reference that Rosenstein can expand the scope if the situation warrants. Given the Drumpfbus tire tracks on his back, I don’t think Rosenstein is going to do Donnie any more favors.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    So comforting to know that the leader of my country needs an “intervention”.

    Sometimes I have to remind myself, this is really not normal.

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