Aides Including Mulvaney Goaded Trump To Ground Pelosi’s Flight In Retaliation

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, attends U.S. President Donald Trump’s 'The Pledge To America's Workers' event in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 2018  (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Some of President Donald Trump’s staffers—including acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney—had a thirst for revenge after reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) State of the Union letter.

According to a Thursday New York Time report, Mulvaney and the other disgruntled aides goaded Trump to knock her down a peg especially after her proclamation about the legislature being a coequal branch of the government.

The team thought that grounding her was the easiest way to get revenge, and were reportedly gleeful when Trump acted on their suggestions.

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  1. Smart move ! Good job ! Donald will be grateful… (and Speaker Pelosi will thank you, when it is appropiate ).

  2. She’s smarter and tougher and meaner than you, and maybe you wouldn’t like her when she’s angry, but sure, carry on. See what it gets you.

  3. Trump finally has the right chief of staff, someone as self-destructively vindictive as he is. I’m sure it will all work out swimmingly.

  4. Hmmmmm…wonder if the jubilation continued after the Davos trip was canned?

    ETA: fivethirtyeight.com has Spankee (conservatively) below 40% approval with disapproval 56-57%.

    This clear display of childishness is not a winning strategy. Heads will fly soon.

  5. Would anyone expect anything less from Drumf’s immature circle jerk sausage party of advisers?
    I can imagine them all giggling like Beavis & Butthead over how clever they were at sticking it to the b*tch Pelosi. So pathetic.

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