“Should we still keep her?” Trump publicly blamed Caroline Leavitt, his loyal White House press secretary, for his dismal approval ratings!
Yesterday, during a rambling outburst in the Oval Office filled with complaints about “negative news,” Trump publicly humiliated his press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, creating an extremely awkward scene.
As usual, Trump complained that negative media coverage of him exceeded 90%, then suddenly turned on Leavitt: “Maybe Caroline is doing a terrible job—I don’t know… You’re doing horribly. Should we still keep her? I guess we’ll keep her.”
Wow! This is so typical of Trump—someone who once made wildly inappropriate remarks like “those lips, how they move”—and who relies on her daily to spin lies for him—now casually threatening to ditch her like trash if he feels she’s not selling his falsehoods well enough.
Leavitt has been one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, tirelessly smoothing over all his failures. But whenever Trump wants a scapegoat for his poor public image, he instantly thrusts her into the spotlight as a shield, making it painfully obvious to everyone watching.
This is how Trump treats those around him: intimate and close when useful, but ready to humiliate and abandon them without hesitation once they lose their value.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861308321181707/
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