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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/white-house-insiders-say-jared-kushner-urged-trump-to-counterattack-over-special-counsel/
Trump, who was looking through papers, reacted calmly but defiantly at first, according to two people familiar with the events, saying he wanted to fight back,' The Times reported.
Trump then brought the staff together, including press secretary Sean Spicer along with Reince Priebus, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner. Most of the staffers counseled Trump to respond in a level headed way with a conciliatory stance.
Kushner wanted to see Trump go another route and launch a counterattack. Kushner was also the aide responsible for urging Trump to fire former FBI director James Comey. The majority wanted a calm rational response and Trump agreed. The staff gathered around a computer outside of the Oval Office and drafted the statement that was ultimately released.
By the end of the night, Trump was collected and ready to move on to talk about policy and his legislative agenda. New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush cited staffers who said Trump was uncharacteristically noncombative.
Freethinker65
(10,124 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)malaise
(269,518 posts)from his father's prison sentence
Raster
(20,998 posts)...and if you do get caught, throw someone else to the wolves so you can make your escape.
dalton99a
(81,747 posts)Pretty obvious
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)He would be one hell of a mole/catalyst to have if trying to speed up 45's pace of self-incriminating acts and subsequent arrival at Impeachment Land.
Just look at the sequence of events which were made possible by Comey's firing...
Which was apparently an act Jared recommended.
Someone once said that
Coincidence takes a lot of planning...
Seems to me, a well placed catalyst could be quite valuable to ensure that those plans proceed according to schedule...
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)All those leaks...and the timing...
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