Trump White House is a horror movie with hordes of leakers and … – Daily Kos

The schisms within the Trump regime are so obvious that even the most supportive sources level the blame for his problems at people within the walls.

SABOTAGE, read the subject line of emails sent out by President Donald Trumps re-election campaign and the Republican Party, which pointed to people within our own unelected bureaucracy that want to sabotage President Trump and our entire America First movement. Trump tweeted Thursday that hes facing the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!

Trump still hasnt filled hundreds of roles in the administration simply because he cant find enough names he trusts. The State Department lies fallow because Trump fears that some people working there might have fond memories of Hillary Clinton. As the pressure ramps up, the staff faces constant rumors of shifting power within the few people close to Trump and of turnover, reassignment, and removal of those who fall from favor.

Some of them think it will pass, some are frustrated because they look like amateurs in responding to all of this, and some are freaked out because there is an actual investigation now, said one GOP operative in touch with White House officials. Its leaks and tweets and frenzy. They wake up every day and are continually slapped in the face and it doesnt look like it will stop. Theyre demoralized.

Trumps allies say the president has failed to get a handle on the rolling crises, which have taken their toll on staff, according to interviews with about a dozen people in the White House or with close ties to the administration.

Its a situation that certainly encourages those on the outside to apply even more pressure. Because this egg is showing plenty of cracks.

A sense of fatigue and despondence has set in as White House officials wait for new balls to drop. Again and again, they have tried to push forward with their agenda, only to see news reports dominated by near-daily leaks.

Wait. Those footsteps around the corner. The shadowy figure moving down the hall. Can the person next to you be trusted? That whispered conversation is someone talking to the Washington Post.

Yes. Yes, they are.

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