Trump Weighs In On Scott Pruitt: ‘I Hope He’s Going To Be Great’

President Donald Trump holds a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: President Donald Trump holds a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump finally weighed in, albeit vaguely, on the controversy surrounding embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday.

“I hope he’s going to be great,” Trump said to reporters in an abbreviated press conference accompanying his meeting with leaders from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. He did not make any additional comments as reporters were ushered out of the room by his staff.

This comment comes on the heels of Trump’s call to Pruitt on Monday, when he gave him a pep talk. Trump assured Pruitt that the White House has “got your back.” But the President’s more ambiguous message on Tuesday may indicate a waning in his support.

 

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  1. I suspect Pruitt will weather this storm. He is the most devious and corrupt of the Trump Cabinet and the most important tool in the Koch’s arsenal right now (except maybe Pence as the insurance policy).

    Trump will not fire Pruitt over this, at least that is my prediction. He’s too important to the Kochs.

  2. Wow, I now have hope that Pruitt may soon have to hide in his Cone of Silence to avoid being fired… nah, I shouldn’t be that optimistic…

  3. The problem with your analysis is that there is probably more and worse news coming.
    Pruitt is not just corrupt—he’s also crazy and paranoid.

  4. Avatar for marby marby says:

    Scott Pruitt may disappear as an issue - listen to what Trump is saying at the WH right now. He just credited himself (in the third person) with rescuing NATO; slammed “crooked Hillary” in an international meeting, is ranting about Amazon and appears to me to be unraveling. If one of his staffers doesn’t step in soon to end this, there will be headlines for days. (and just once, I want one of the foreign leaders to say, “I’m not going to play this game with this idiot.”

  5. “I hope he’s going to be great,” Trump said, according to a White House pool report.

    What does THAT mean?

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