Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Trump has stayed in touch with Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who stepped down after allegations that he had abused his two former wives came to light, according to three people familiar with the conversations, and has told some advisers he hopes Mr. Porter returns to work in the West Wing.
The president’s calls with Mr. Porter have increased in the past few weeks, as the number of people he is close to in the White House has dwindled because of the large number of staff departures, the people familiar with the calls said.
In Mr. Trump’s orbit, few people are ever permanently exiled. He often sees aides who are subject to public criticism as extensions of himself, coming under fire because critics want to attack him, and he has described the Porter situation in those terms to some people, those briefed on the discussions said.
The president has told the advisers he has talked with that he knows he probably cannot bring Mr. Porter back. But he has made clear that he misses the staff structure that Mr. Porter had helped build and implement, a White House official said, speaking on background because advisers were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Mr. Porter also served as a de facto deputy chief of staff for policy, playing a key role on issues like tariffs, and Mr. Trump spent as much as two hours a day with him.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/us/politics/trump-rob-porter.html
Tweety just mentioned this. Wonder if he thinks this would bring Hope Hicks back.
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But also, who ARE these “people familiar with the calls”?? I mean, why do I seem to know every single large or small activity that goes on in that WH?!
Rob frickin Porter, ffs 
and staff and whatnot going in and out the West Wing. It wouldn't surprise me that since Drumpf seems to spend quite a bit of time on the golf course or on the campaign trail, there is plenty of time for those unnamed staff to gather rumors and contact he media!
to ditch their electronics as they come into work AND, more notably, that the WH has been thoroughly scrubbed of “Obama’s leftovers” so that leaks like this wouldn’t happen every seven minutes!! OY!!
“Shit be cray” - TheFerret
gawd this guy is sickening 
