{"id":177277,"date":"2019-11-04T20:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/11\/04\/i-did-not-know-that-he-could-lose-his-sh-even-more\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T20:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:46:00","slug":"i-did-not-know-that-he-could-lose-his-sh-even-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/11\/04\/i-did-not-know-that-he-could-lose-his-sh-even-more\/","title":{"rendered":"I Did Not Know That He Could Lose His Sh%$ Even More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump, who on a good day is melting down, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/11\/03\/trumps-impeachment-inbox-065058\">having an epic meltdown<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">President Trump doesn\u2019t think House Democrats\u2019 impeachment inquiry should get any media coverage.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Meanwhile, he\u2019s ravenously consuming news about the subject \u2014 primarily through a friendly lens. From the Oval Office to the White House residence to Air Force One, he\u2019s closely tracking how Republican members of Congress are digesting the latest revelations on his handling of Ukraine, and monitoring their statements for any sign of hesitation or perceived disloyalty.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cWe\u2019re getting f%$#ing killed,\u201d Trump often gripes \u2014 a complaint about media coverage that is escalating in volume and frequency amid the impeachment probe, according to a Republican close to the White House. \u201cHe does make that comment literally every day.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Trump is especially frustrated that the depositions by current and former officials \u2014 which have taken place behind closed doors, but nonetheless have leaked in some detail to reporters \u2014 \u201chave to be covered at all,\u201d according to a senior White House official.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cWe should have no speculative coverage of what\u2019s going on inside these private briefings, according to the very people who keep it private,\u201d said another White House official. \u201cEither let everybody see what\u2019s happening as it happens or keep your mouth shut.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Trump tells White House aides in private that he sees no need for leaks from the depositions because everyone can read the transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine, which he has repeatedly called \u201cperfect.\u201d He also is critical of witnesses he accuses of \u201cpretending they know what he meant\u201d on the call. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seriously, I&#8217;m thinking that Mike Pence is aching to invoke the 25<sup>th<\/sup> amendment, and he&#8217;s just waiting for the right time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump, who on a good day is melting down, is having an epic meltdown: President Trump doesn\u2019t think House Democrats\u2019 impeachment inquiry should get any media coverage.Meanwhile, he\u2019s ravenously consuming news about the subject \u2014 primarily through a friendly lens. From the Oval Office to the White House residence to Air Force One, he\u2019s closely &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[573,560,589],"class_list":["post-177277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-donald-trump","tag-impeach","tag-insane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}