How Trump Grew Agitated After the Inauguration

[RandySF]

That has left the new White House feeling besieged from Day 1, fueling the president’s grievances and, in the view of some of his aides, necessitating an aggressive strategy to defend his legitimacy. “The point is not the crowd size,” Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, said on “Fox News Sunday” before the mood began to soften. “The point is that the attacks and the attempts to delegitimize this president in one day — and we’re not going to sit around and take it.”

Mr. Trump grew increasingly angry on Inauguration Day after reading a series of Twitter messages pointing out that the size of his inaugural crowd did not rival that of Mr. Obama’s in 2009. But he spent his Friday night in a whirlwind of celebration and affirmation. When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.

He became even more agitated after learning of a pool report by a Time magazine reporter incorrectly reporting that a bust of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office. (The reporter, Zeke Miller, did not see the bust and, after realizing the error, quickly issued a correction and apology.)

While Mr. Trump was eager to counterattack, several senior advisers urged him to move on and focus on the responsibilities of office during his first full day as president. That included a high-stakes trip to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he had been coached to demonstrate support of the agency and criticize Senate Democrats for delaying confirmation of his nominee to lead it, Mike Pompeo. The advisers left thinking he agreed.


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[C_U_L8R]

1. Apparently Trump had the smallest balls

of any new Presidency.

[iluvtennis]

22. OK, LMBO at the innuendo. nt

[C_U_L8R]

30. Tiny. Sad.

[dalton99a]

2. It was Spicer who "advocated an opening-day declaration of war"

[leftynyc]

25. Him and bannon

They're leading that degenerate into a very dark place.

[liberal N proud]

3. They want to play victim from the highest office in the land

How utterly sad.

[PatSeg]

37. Especially being that

Trump's entire campaign was based on mean-spirited, dishonest attacks on pretty much everyone. They sure can dish it out, but obviously can't take the slightest criticism.

[Bengus81]

4. Trump was so MAD about the incorrect story of the MLK bust...

missing in the Oval Office that he rushed to the WH web page and deleted the button that translates the page into Spanish.

[bdamomma]

16. this guy is not mentally well

instead of turning the other cheek, he takes revenge that I what I am worried about.

[whathehell]

24. Correct -- Not just a question of "character", but of mental disorder

and that is what worries me most. I only hope this is realized, and soon, so they can invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.

[maddiemom]

26. You're JUST NOW worrying about his mental health?

[bdamomma]

46. I work in Mental Health Institution

I knew about his dangerous mental health issue while he was campaigning.

[Ilsa]

44. Mike Jo Scarborough actually hit the nail on the head this

Morning but didn't realize it or the implications. They spoke of the vindictive irrational trump and the nice sweet guy they love, and blamed his handlers on not helping him be good.

Jesus christ on a pogo stick! He's the president, and if he doesn't know how to be good in public by age 70, if they see him moving from one emotional extreme to the other, they need to get him a mental exam!

[manicraven]

53. They can try to blame "the handlers," but it was Trump who couldn't handle Bill Maher's joke and

filed a lawsuit, Trump who sent a Vanity Fair editor who criticized his tiny hands a photo of his hands for 25 years afterwards, his petty attacks on Rosie O'Donnell that have gone on for years, etc., etc. His childish vindictiveness has apparently been a lifelong trait. He's no "sweet guy."

[Ilsa]

65. He's emotionally unstable, big mood swings from

Irrational, maybe hypo-manic, to that nice guy act he puts on. His emotional instability is a red flag that his family, his handlers, Mika Jo, and followers don't appear to comprehend.

[Brother Buzz]

49. Trump was so MAD about the incorrect story of the MLK bust...

missing from the Oval Office that he rushed down to the White House basement and retrieved it.


"There are three four kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, statistics, and alternative facts." - Mark Twain

[NCjack]

61. I believe Mark Twain would approve of your tweak.

[Brother Buzz]

64. Can you imagine placing Samuel Clemens and Will Rogers in the same room with a Twitter account?

Hell, even Andy Borowitz would be awed by those two sages.

[spanone]

5. fuck you priebus. your people 'delegitimized' President Obama for eight years.

[narnian60]

18. +1

[iluvtennis]

21. +1000 nt

[workinclasszero]

51. No shit +1000

The fucker is in attack mode because the tactic worked real well on President Obama.

Get ready to take your own medicine Rinse Penis!!

[manicraven]

54. +1,000,000

They dish it out but never can take their own medicine.

[Cha]

6. Yeah, he blew it all.. anybody remember that uglier look on

his face at the WH breakfast or lunch? Both he had melania were sitting there like they just had a big falling out.

We wondered what pissed him off so much?

She looked pissed too.. thought it maybe was this..

"side-by-side of inauguration arrivals at Whitehouse 2009 versus 2017"

Link to tweet

pkduhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8514462

[mopinko]

20. if he was pissed, she was scared.

dont ask me how i know, just trust me, i know.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. Me too. If he's explosive in public, what do you think he's like

Behind closed doors?

I guarantee, she's trapped in domestic violence.

And she's got a lot of other pressures and hatred now that she'll have to deal with, all the while pretending that everything's FINE and she's not isolated with an abusive, raging, fake-husband, misogynist. She's got no one.


I read a powerful article by Laura Penny (hope I have the name right.). It changed my perspective entirely.

[WhiteTara]

35. Probably why she really doesn't want to live

in the WH. Others would know how he treats her. Shame is a trait of abused people.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

68. Yes, true! n/t

[Moosepoop]

41. Laurie Penny

I just read the article, and it has changed my perspective as well.

Here's the link: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/12/we-should-be-kind-americas-first-victim-melania-trump

[BlancheSplanchnik]

69. Thanks!

She's brilliant!

[manicraven]

56. I agree as well. Was once married to a full-blown narcissist and see many similarities between

tRump and my ex (thankfully, I got out fairly quickly).

[BlancheSplanchnik]

70. They're not fun. Glad you got out quick.

None of the Cluster B personality disorders are fun.

[cyclonefence]

33. Ivana could testify

and did testify to his violence against his spouse when things didn't go the way he thought they should. He's a dangerous man in every way.

[PatSeg]

38. Melania appears to just be an accessory

in that video clip.

[manicraven]

58. Especially after seeing him spring out of the car to greet the Obamas at the White House, leaving

Melania to trail behind... He's a self-centered jerk, and I bet her life is not so great.

[PatSeg]

60. Brings to mind

the way Ted Cruz treated his wife on several occasions.

[Hestia]

62. And the graciousness of the Obama's to wait for her and welcome her in. That

speaks volumes. It takes very little to upstage him on his own optics.

[MissB]

7. The short lesson and big take away is that he is vulnerable to

Twitter attacks.

How easy is that?

[skylucy]

8. God, this is so scary.

[progressoid]

28. They voted for an eight year old with temper tantrums.

Scary indeed.

[manicraven]

59. +1

[Mc Mike]

9. I just hope he doesn't become so furiously boilingly agitated that it adversely affects his health.

[rzemanfl]

12. Yes, we wouldn't want the fucker to fall ill.

[Mc Mike]

13. No tag needed, nt.

[rzemanfl]

14. Abundance of caution. Never know when Agent Mike will visit.

Although I suspect he quit in disgust.

[Mc Mike]

15. I think he got ousted when whackjob Flynn noticed Mike's loyalties to Putin were questionable. nt.

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[bdamomma]

17. well just looking at him

he looks like shit.

[PatSeg]

40. He put on a lot of weight

in the past couple of months. He really does look "like shit".

[Mc Mike]

66. Sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover. Nt

[PatSeg]

67. Yes, that seems to be the case a lot lately

What you see is what you get!

[ismnotwasm]

10. They're gonna have to leash him

And they're gonna find out a leash isn't enough, because that man is going to do what he wants to do.

We told them so.

[NastyRiffraff]

48. they need a muzzle

Like they put on dangerous dogs.

[manicraven]

57. and have a taser ready, too, or a tranquilizer gun.

The more they work around him, and the more he knows them and lets down his guard, the worse it will become, too.

[Hestia]

63. I told my DH I wondered if he will be in a coma like the Israeli PM until the end of his term

or "Dave".

[SticksnStones]

11. The bully doesn't like getting bullied.

He's about to find out just how powerful the presidency isn't ~

[meow2u3]

52. NO bully likes to be stood up to

He's about to find out the hard way that the Presidency is not an all-powerful empire and he's not God-emperor.

[justiceischeap]

19. What amazes me the most about his supporters

Is their thinking that he has the ability to change. He is the same man today (if not worse) than he was 30 years ago.

The more his aides try and force him to change the more he "improvises" and goes off-script.

Since he's a Twitter addict, there should be a sustained campaign on Twitter to challenge his legitimacy. If this is done constantly and consistently, his entire term will be eaten up with trying to prove he's just as, if not more, popular than President Obama. Because ultimately, deep down inside he wants to be Barry instead of Donny.

[Blue Idaho]

23. Fuck Them!

I am prepared for four years of organized resistance on my part - they better suit up and show up or go home!

[retrowire]

29. Hey priebus

Remember when Obama flipped his shit at all the protests about his legitimacy and birth certificates and what not?

Oh he didn't. He was a grown up who ignored that and did his fucking job.

Only difference is we have audio/video proof of Trump's lies so our protests have quite a bit more ground.

[no_hypocrisy]

31. Trump can remedy that agitation problem.

All he has to do is to accept the reality that he is not suited for or prepared for the great burden of the presidency. He is unqualified. The denial is eating him up.

[nolabear]

32. Keep the pressure on! He lives for adulation and that rage can take him down.

[yallerdawg]

34. "When he awoke Saturday morning..."

[DK504]

36. " I gotta bust of Churchill"

"who doesn't like Churchill"

Howsa about using his honorifics as everyone should, especially the Piss Poor pres.

[malchickiwick]

39. So, he's officially now the "Snowflake in Chief."

Odd that one so jowly, doughy, pocked, and blemished would still have paper-thin skin.

[DallasNE]

42. Trump Is Playing The Media Like A Fiddle

The sparring with the media has dominated Trump’s first weekend in office, eclipsing debate over policy and Cabinet appointments. So, once again, the media is following the wrong story. They should be focused on policy and Trump's cabinet. Where is the analysis on the impact of all of the Executive Orders Trump has issued. Instead they fell for the "alternate truth" phrase that was put out there to deflect away from following the actual news on policy, etc. What ever happened to that old saying about "fool me once"?

[dalton99a]

43. Yep. He is overwhelming the media with distractions, just like during the campaign.

[More_Cowbell]

45. Media must stop saying "false claims"

"Trump lied." "Spicer lied." That's what they need to say.

[Gothmog]

47. Boo Hoo

[workinclasszero]

50. IOW

The man baby-in-charge had a sad...awww

[FSogol]

55. Handlers equals Babysitters. n/t