"Good job, Mike! I'll feed that to the Times and the Post!"
Posted on 05/30/2017 4:23:02 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
A Leaker?
https://www.axios.com/scoop-trumps-comms-director-leaving-white-house-2426616450.html
Mike Dubke, President Trump’s communications director, is leaving the White House — the start of a wave of changes as the West Wing struggles to cope with burgeoning scandals and a stalled agenda.
Dubke served for just three months before tendering his resignation May 18. He offered to stay through the overseas trip, and Trump accepted. He has been trying to help restructure the press and communications operation, and is parting on good terms, a senior administration official said.
Insiders say Dubke came in with few patrons, and never gelled with the originals. His departure is a reminder of how hard it is for newcomers to thrive in Trumpland.
Dubke is still coming in to work, and his last day hasn’t been set. His job is likely to remain open for a bit.
Keep reading 366 words
Bring in the killers ... Trump is considering much broader changes, including the possibility of bringing in David Urban, a prominent GOP lobbyist who was a senior adviser on the campaign, as chief of staff.
Friends say Urban, 53, who’s credited with helping Trump win his crucial upset in Pennsylvania, brings seasoned political judgment and no personal agenda. He’s a West Point graduate, has a master’s in government administration from Penn, and a law degree from Temple. Urban was on Trump’s plane and in his green rooms during frequent campaign stops in the Keystone State, and the two became cellphone buddies.
Trump met yesterday with two top officials from his campaign, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, about joining the crisis-communications war room he’s setting up, perhaps as part of an outside-inside duet.
Jonathan Swan points out that all these moves are part of a hardening or toughening of the operation:
“These are not polished characters being brought in (though Urban at least has Hill connections.) They are killers. And Lewandowski in particular makes conventional folks in the White House very very nervous. ... Experience suggests he will not only indulge Trump’s most combative instincts, but goad them.”
“Trump loves the word ‘killers.’ ... From early childhood, [Harry Hurt III wrote in his Trump biography, ‘Lost Tycoon’], Fred used to tell his boys ‘you are a killer … you are a king … you are a killer … you are a king.’”
Immediate changes are planned for White House messaging, including:
Sean Spicer will stay as press secretary, but will do fewer on-camera briefings (although he’s on-camera today at 2 p.m.)
More briefings will be on-record but off-camera.
Trump is likely to travel more — at least once a week, some top officials hope.
Trump may take a few questions from the press when he’s on the road, and will take more questions when he’s appearing at photo ops with foreign leaders.
An official explained why Trump will do more of the talking for the White House: “He says things exactly the way he wants them to be said.”
Translation: When he says it, he can’t second-guess his staff.
Looks like CNN got it wrong. Resigned May 18th.
Just like Mark McKinnon was W's Communication, a DEMOCRAT, was AWFUL at his job also!! Was Dubke a DEMOCRAT??
Scandals my butt. Media created BS.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/21/meet-trump-communications-director-mike-dubke/
Looks like a Never Trumper to me.
Connected to Karl rove...a few of us mentioned this connection when he was hired indicating connection was problematic
So yes..he could have been giving Gope..Rove..info
OMG!! the BIGGEST mistake Trump has made was NOT CLEANING HOUSE!!! Get rid of ALL DEMOCRATS and NEVER TRUMPERS!!!
Do we presume he is one of the leakers? If not, he sure picked a bad time to leave.
Given his close connection to Rove and thus being a likely Never Trumper I have little doubt he is one of the leakers.
These are the second and third sentences in the posted article:
"Dubke served for just three months before tendering his resignation May 18.
He offered to stay through the overseas trip, and Trump accepted."
I posted the article. It seems to be the first (Primary) source of the info. I probably should have highlighted the second and third sentence. Thanks for pointing it out for everyone. You should be my editor... ;-)
All you have to know is that this snake is linked closely to the one and only Karl Rove. Karl is nothing more than a bitter, old loser. His opinions and suggestions have been diametrically opposed to the Trump movement.
Just clarifying a little, FRiend.
Laura!
No scandals, just BS and fake news from the DBM....
Who is Jonathan Swan?
I like the idea of WH press briefings being off camera. GEt these prima donnas back to being respectful. In fact, why is he obliged to do any press conferences with these people?
I don’t think they should have them at all..but that is probably too much of a stretch.......so at least do them off camera for your reason.
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