"I can't put on the charm." (Reply #5)

In the discussion thread: Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost [View all]

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 04:00 AM

5. "I can't put on the charm."

Privately, he complained to aides that the media’s fixation on the Mueller probe was hobbling his effort to woo Putin. “I can’t put on the charm,” the president often said, according to one of his advisers. “I’m not able to be president because of this witch hunt.”

Yeah, translated: I can't BS and manipulate.

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost [View all]	TomCADem	Apr 2018	OP
trump is easily manipulated	mercuryblues	Apr 2018	#1
Someone who's easily manipulated....	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#3
All you have to do to get	mercuryblues	Apr 2018	#6
That pretty much sums it up.	SergeStorms	Apr 2018	#9
All someone has to do is promise to make something easy for him...	Orsino	Apr 2018	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	JohnnyRingo	Apr 2018	#2
trump will do anything to get his poll numbers	Cha	Apr 2018	#4
"I can't put on the charm."	no_hypocrisy	Apr 2018	#5
Astonishingly clueless.	Hortensis	Apr 2018	#7
Reluctant? Bullshit.	BlueStater	Apr 2018	#10

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