White House aides are following a new playbook when it comes to President Donald Trump’s frequently offensive and incendiary tweets: don’t comment and wait for the next big story to break.
According to a Thursday Politico report, it has become clear that attempts to control or guide Trump are futile since he considers himself the best spokesperson he could have.
With Trump’s most recent tirade when he falsely claimed the the death toll from Hurricane Maria was inflated by Democrats, aides are just waiting for the storm to pass, banking on real life storm Hurricane Florence to push Trump’s latest scandal out of the limelight.
