I heard an Admin Insider on the radio, and he said that Trump’s kids knew Graham was working essentially as a mole, but Trump thought everything had to go through Lindsey G, as Grassley and others had turned over the Senate Leadership to Graham.
Posted on 10/04/2021 1:48:08 PM PDT by RandFan
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham took on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in her new book, writing that the veteran lawmaker “was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow.”
Grisham in her new book “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” set to be released on Tuesday, writes that Graham would use the president to receive free rounds of gold, food and access to celebrities.
“It struck me that he was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow (seems that he still is). He would show up at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster to play free rounds of golf, stuff his face with free food, and hang out with Trump and his celebrity pals,” Grisham writes, according to Insider, which obtained a copy of the book.
Grisham recounts a specific instance when she saw Graham, who she referred to as “Senator Freeloader,” at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club.
She writes that Graham “kicked out a White House staff member so he could take her room,” before recalling a comment he made to her about easy living at the golf club.
“Senator Freeloader was sitting at a table by the pool, a big grin on his face, lapping up the goodies he was getting like some potentate. He said to me, with a creepy little smile, 'Isn't this great? Man, this is the life,’” Grisham writes, according to Insider.
She said she walked away from the encounter thinking “Yes it is, but it's not your life — it's the president's life.”
“There was something so gross and tacky about his behavior during that trip that the image never left me,” Grisham writes.
The scene is just one of a number of revelations included in Grisham’s highly anticipated book, which is scheduled to hit shelves this week.
News organizations have been publishing excerpts from the memoir throughout the past week, documenting episodes involving a number of top figures in the White House, including the former president, Melania and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
Grisham writes that Graham, whom she grouped with other “hangers-on," spent a considerable amount of time at the former president's properties.
“Someone who was almost as frequent a guest at Trump properties as I was Senator Lindsey Graham,” she wrote, according to Insider. “Okay, I'm exaggerating, but not by much. The difference, of course, is that I was there to work.”
She said Graham was "one of the weirder ones” when it came to the “various character and hangers-on in Trump world.”
“And that's saying something. He seemed almost schizophrenic,” Grisham wrote. She cited the senator’s frequent change of opinion when it came to Trump.
“Some days he would be one of Trump's most vigorous defenders; other days he was a harsh critic. People around the president would tell him that he couldn't trust Graham, but Trump seemed to like him whatever reason and I often wondered if he sought Lindsey's approval,” Grisham wrote.
Graham in January, hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, slammed the effort by a number of his Republican colleagues to block the certification of the election results, saying on the Senate floor “count me out.”
“Trump and I, we had a hell of a journey,” Graham said. “I hate it being this way. Oh my god I hate it...but today all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough. I tried to be helpful.”
The next day, he said Trump needs to understand that “his actions were the problem, not the solution,” adding that the president’s legacy was “tarnished by yesterday.”
Months later, however, Graham changed his tune. In May he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity during an interview that the Republican Party can’t move forward without Trump.
The Hill reached out to Graham for comment.
What a duplicitous snake!
Literally no one cares
And hers.....
Not surprised. although what i have heard in the last month does not make me surprised.
Grisham had 2 DUIs in Gilbert, AZ in 2013.
2013-CT-0010915 State of Arizona vs. Stephanie Ann Grisham
2013-CT-0000774 State of Arizona vs. Stephanie Ann Grisham
Flimsey Grahamnesty is one of the worst of the Bush League Republicans.
He has already voted for amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority THREE times and wants to do it again and the stupid people of SC just keep re-electing him.
He has always been a talk “tough” but never really do anything type.
I guess she figured, write a book filled hate for Trump, make a few million bucks. Retire.
A two faced, snot nosed gold digger.
SHOCKING. A politician acts like a politician
“She said she walked away from the encounter thinking “Yes it is, but it’s not your life — it’s the president’s life.””
What a lying can’t understand normal thinking person. She spent her time mooching off the President’s fame and power and is now writing a book airing their dirty laundry to make a buck and become a celebrity herself. I’m sure she’s not taking any money because she wouldn’t want to “mop up the freebies.”...
He’s been using the taxpayers that way for his entire career. It’s all about HIM.
Typical psychopath. No conscience but his acting skills make up for it.
Not uncommon in Congress. My guess is 15-25% of that level of government (and the administrative heads) are psychopaths. 4% of the general population is.
“She said she walked away from the encounter thinking “Yes it is, but it’s not your life — it’s the president’s life.””
What a lying can’t understand normal thinking person. She spent her time mooching off the President’s fame and power and is now writing a book airing their dirty laundry to make a buck and become a celebrity herself. I’m sure she’s not taking any money because she wouldn’t want to “mop up the freebies.”...
I'm going out on a limb and assume that Grisham didn't pay for her room, or her food, or her perks, when she was a Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago. And she certainly didn't do any visible work as Press Secretary. So where's she any different?
She covered all the mirrors in her house...
Every powerful or influential person has their share of Hangers-On. Sometimes they’re family members, other times people who consider themselves indespensible and uniquely qualified to dispense advice.
I'm guessing that should have been free rounds of golf,
If it was gold, then I can't blame him. 😋
OK, where's Doodle, and what have you done with her?
[just teasing, Doodle!]
President Trump treated Stephanie Grisham much better than she deserved. How does she repay his trust? With a self-serving book full of distortions, half truths, and lies. “It’s all about the Benjamins,” and the ungrateful c**t doesn’t care on whom she sh*ts.
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