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Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct
Huffington Post ^ | Feb. 8, 2017 | S. V. Date

Posted on 02/08/2017 3:20:15 PM PST by Rennes Templar

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one?

So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or even to an old friend from his days in real estate. Instead, he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident.

Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence but not in macroeconomics. And he told Trump he didn’t know, that it wasn’t his area of expertise, that, perhaps, Trump should ask an economist instead.

Trump was not thrilled with that response ― but that may have been a function of the time of day. Trump had placed the call at 3 a.m., according to one of Flynn’s retellings ― although neither the White House nor Flynn’s office responded to requests for confirmation about that detail.

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But to Cohen, who now teaches at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, the problem is not the leakers. It’s the president. Because Trump has shown no true affection or respect for anyone outside his immediate family, Cohen said, he cannot expect that of his staff. “This is what happens when you have a narcissist as president.”

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KEYWORDS: bs; fakenews; garbage
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To: MarMema; Rennes Templar
I don’t think we need them and I don’t understand why people post this stuff here.

Lots of us enjoy them. They're good entertainment.

If you don't like them, then don't click on them.

21 posted on 02/08/2017 3:29:17 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: Rennes Templar

Another “Hitler in the bunker” story.


22 posted on 02/08/2017 3:29:17 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Rennes Templar

Actually this isn’t even news.

Not even fake news.

Never was news.

Not even a dream.

Maybe another drug addled hallucination* in a gay hot tub.

*Thanks to Safetgiver


23 posted on 02/08/2017 3:30:25 PM PST by Grampa Dave (When Trump is through destroying the press, Trump will MPGA (Make the Press Great Again)!!!)
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To: Rennes Templar

This is total crap and lies.


24 posted on 02/08/2017 3:30:26 PM PST by dforest
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To: Rennes Templar

How stupid do they think people are?


25 posted on 02/08/2017 3:31:10 PM PST by tiki
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To: tiki
They are not writing this crap for you and me.

They are writing it for their brain-dead leftist minions.

26 posted on 02/08/2017 3:34:05 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Love Trumping Hate" sure involves a lot more assault and arson than I expected.)
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To: Rennes Templar
“This is what happens when you have a narcissist as president.”

Just WOW! Follows the meme that the left accuses you of their shortcomings.

Narcissism: Not giving a speech without referring to yourself every 30 seconds.

Obama wrote the book on narcissism.

27 posted on 02/08/2017 3:34:48 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: Rennes Templar

With Thanks To FReeper: Grampa Dave


28 posted on 02/08/2017 3:35:44 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: tiki

Quote:

“How stupid do they think people are?”

They’re liberals.


29 posted on 02/08/2017 3:36:28 PM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Rennes Templar

lolwhutevs!


30 posted on 02/08/2017 3:36:57 PM PST by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: tiki

They think their Dim readers are very stupid.


31 posted on 02/08/2017 3:37:49 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: IronJack

Your anonymous source is passing fake news. Obama wouldn’t be interested in looking up women’s skirts. But would probably try to grab a look at a man’s azz from underneath.


32 posted on 02/08/2017 3:38:45 PM PST by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: Rennes Templar

I have no doubt that Obama and Hillary could not articulate the pros and cons of a high or a low dollar being traded on the currency market without some egghead telling them two imbeciles what to say.


33 posted on 02/08/2017 3:38:49 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: butlerweave

hey have no interest in “news” or “fairness”, only in making up stuff that will drive people to their website. They know it’s going to be 8 years of famine so they’re grabbing whhatever they can.


34 posted on 02/08/2017 3:39:13 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: the_Watchman

Exactly. Serious projection.


35 posted on 02/08/2017 3:39:13 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: Professional
make me a sammich and drop dead..

Right after you give me a Lewinski.

36 posted on 02/08/2017 3:40:04 PM PST by HotLZ
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To: Rennes Templar

Roger Stone seems to believe there is a leaker. He said Trump has hired people who ran against him. Sounded like he was saying you can’t trust them.


37 posted on 02/08/2017 3:41:17 PM PST by Terry Mross (Now I understand how dictators gain power. Eventually people want some relief from the idiots.)
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To: Rennes Templar

FAKE NEWS


38 posted on 02/08/2017 3:41:28 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Yeah, a guy who has built Billions in wealth after going close to bankrupt doesn’t understand the economy. I believe that and that pigs will fly.


39 posted on 02/08/2017 3:41:41 PM PST by bobsunshine
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To: MarMema
I don’t think we need them and I don’t understand why people post this stuff here.

I agree. I don't understand it either.

40 posted on 02/08/2017 3:41:47 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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