Trump Berated Mulvaney During Dem Meeting: ‘You F*cked It All Up, Mick’

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 02: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (R) takes notes as U.S. President Donald Trump leads a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House January 02, 2019 in Wa... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 02: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (R) takes notes as U.S. President Donald Trump leads a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House January 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. A partial federal government shutdown entered its 12th day as Trump and House Democrats are at an impasse over funding for border security, including the president’s demand for $5 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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During a negotiations meeting with Democrats in early January, President Trump upbraided his top aide, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney because he was unhappy with his negotiating style, Axios reported.

“You fucked it all up, Mick,” Trump reportedly told Mulvaney, cutting him off while he spoke of finding a “middle ground” with Democrats who seemed to be unflinching in their opposition to providing $5.7 billion for Trump’s border wall.

“As a negotiator, Trump was resetting,” a source in the room told Axios. “Mick was not reading the room or the President.”

A White House official who spoke to Axios did not deny Trump’s language, but said the exchange was not heated.

“The President and Mulvaney joked about it afterwards,” the official told Axios.

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  1. Avatar for docd docd says:

    I was going to ask what kind of a leader humiliates his spokesperson in the middle of a negotiation, but then I remembered who the “leader” was. So that brings up another question. What kind of a person jokes about being humiliated with the person who humiliated him?

  2. Talk about fucking it up, this is an advanced case of projection. Anyone with any self-respect would have resigned after the meeting was over – no regrets, just fuck you asshole.

  3. Avatar for docb docb says:

    Never old dotards fault…but what chump jokes about being berated by a damn old slobbering sniffing fool ?

  4. Avatar for eglot eglot says:

    If you have not read “Everything Trump Touches Dies” by Rick Wilson, do so today. He’s a Republican, but he has plenty to say about this administration and how it eats people alive.

  5. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    Trump Staff and Cabinet members.

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