I read this article earlier and was considering posting it for the same reasons you did. Yes, it seems his staff is trying to undermine him and is not being honest. They are scheming to find a way to keep the deal. This goes back to a point I make over and over and FR. It’s one made by Bannon and Gorka as they left. Trump has people on his staff who fundamentally don’t agree with what he ran on and who are advocating for a different agenda, thus leaving Trump to battle his own staff when they should be a team. Trump ran as anti-establishment, and Tillerson (recommended by Jeb!, Condi, and Bob Gates), McMaster (purged the NSC of Trump supporters), and Kelly (has restricted Trump’s news and access and overseen a loss of pro-Trump staff) are the establishment and would fit in in a Jeb! White House (so would Mattis if we’re being honest, although I like him). That’s why you have Corker attacking Trump over the rumors of Tillerson leaving and saying that these people are “containing” Trump and keeping him “middle of the road.” Corker chairs the Senate Foreign Relations committee. He advocates an establishment foreign policy, and Trump’s staff are his vehicle to get it, but Trump didn’t run as establishment, he didn’t win as establishment, so of course he doesn’t want to govern that way.
The worst part is his staff continues to leak as these articles always claim to have multiple sources, sometimes ones that are backed up by people like Mike Cernovich and Roger Stone. People in these meetings are leaking, and people leaking to establishment papers are doing it to hurt Trump. I think some want to portray him as crazy (see article title) to try to get the 25th Amendment and get Pence. With some staff not loyal to Trump, it is a concern - one raised by Bannon (per anonymous sources to Vanity Fair).
Gorka still maintains a staff cleaning before Christmas. Let’s hope.
Thanks for the response.
I don’t trust the media.
I also find it difficult to understand why so many in the Washington establishment are so strongly in favor of this fraudulent and illegal “Iran deal” and completely unconcerned that Iran is violating the agreement.
I also don’t understand why they are undermining President Trump.