Worst week for Trump since Charlottesville comments. Pathetic.
Trump is a Russian stooge and pathological liar. He is totally incompetent.
Inside Trump’s tumultuous “Walk Back Week.” Behind-the-scenes with a WH staff trying to manage, cajole, and placate an angry president. by @AshleyRParker, @PhilipRucker, @jdawsey1, and @CarolLeonnig, w/ an assist from me. https://t.co/nJtCMcspDU
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 21, 2018
Fmr. W.H. official: "You have a lot of people who are just a bunch of small-timers and clowns, so when they fuck up a response, you almost can’t blame them because you knew what you were getting, you know?" https://t.co/WSYjxdbZXH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 21, 2018
Trump digs into a familiar playbook of digging in. @katierogers and me https://t.co/YlqJ9izSlA
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 19, 2018
Trump complained about the coverage being “so negative.” But by late morning today, he knew he needed to course-correct, and Stephen Miller drafted a statement was repeatedly revised. W @MarkLandler https://t.co/9HF3upE9Pc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 18, 2018
“By the time he arrived home, the parade of critical statements had become a stampede, leaving Trump the most isolated he'd been in the White House since last year's controversy over white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville” https://t.co/ofyibI8c3P
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 21, 2018