Donald Trump Jr. lamented on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday that the number of White House aides his father trusts is “much smaller” in the wake of allegations that some inside the Trump administration have sought to subvert portions of the president’s agenda.
“I think there are people in there that he can trust, it’s just — it’s a much smaller group than I would like it to be,” Trump Jr. said during the ABC interview.
“It would be easier to get things done if you’re able to fully trust everyone around you,” Trump Jr. added. “I think that’s a shame.”
The Trump administration has worked over the past week to push back against the latest wave of damaging reports to emerge from the White House, including a New York Times op-ed penned by an anonymous senior administration official and an incendiary book by veteran Washington journalist Bob Woodward. Both paint a picture of President Donald Trump as impetuous, impulsive and petty, detailing how some inside the administration have endeavored to stop him from taking certain actions.
In his interview, Trump Jr. called the Times op-ed “pretty disgusting” and “sad.”
Trump’s eldest son also echoed his father’s call for the Department of Justice to investigate the author of the op-ed — someone he said he believes is a “low-level person,” despite the Times identifying the author as a senior official. When asked whether any laws were broken, Trump Jr. said the op-ed’s author had “subvert[ed] the will of the people.”
“I mean, to try to control the presidency while not the president. You have millions and millions of Americans who voted for this,” Trump Jr. said.
Trump last week demanded on Twitter that the “Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!”
Trump Jr. has been campaigning for Republicans over the summer and has started a fall fundraising drive along with former Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle. The pair will reportedly make stops in Ohio, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Montana, Louisiana and Texas.
The president’s son, who along with his brother Eric Trump operates the Trump Organization, anticipated that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation will continue to play a role in the midterms and beyond — even into 2020 — predicting that “there will never be a conclusive end” to the investigation. But he’s not concerned about his own culpability.
“I’m not, because I know what I did and I’m not worried about it,” Trump Jr. said on ABC.
Additionally, Trump Jr. noted that, based on historic voting patterns, the odds are stacked against Republicans this election cycle, but he said that if Trump voters show up to vote they could “break history.” He added that if Trump is impeached, it would be the fault of Republican voters who didn’t show up to vote in November.
source: politico.com
And hurricane Florence will not come ashore.
Would not put it past the NYT employees to create this op-ed piece themselves. God help if Democrats win in this next election. They are so full of hate and division. Obama should be proud. That is his legacy.
Well, first of all, banish any and all recording devices in the oval office and any other place that meets as a group. Second, start running extensive background checks. Lie detectors are iffy at best. Wouldn’t trust them. There is definitely a person or persons trying to destroy THE pRESIDENT FROM WITHIN.
Nancy Pelosi needs to shut her mouth and go
Heaven forbid she ever get elected. She is washed up and out of touch. One less person who will be forgotten soon.
If every Republican ponders on the mess we came out of from the Soetoro(Obama) Clinton mess they should most assuredly turn out in great numbers to Secure Our Great Gains Continuing. Keep Common Sense expanding while the other parties continue their shrinkage.
Dear Don Jr.
I just read your article, and I totally agree with you. I admire your father, gosh you have to love him putting up with all the bull shit, the lying, the crooks, lunatic lib snowflakes, etc. He has done so much for us, they try to knock him down, but he can’t fall, quite a man he is. People do not realize how we almost lost our beloved United States. We conservatives love him, things were so bad here in my neighborhood, only 2 of us had TRUMP/PENCE signs out, mine ended up getting stolen, towards the end of the campaign. You know if President Trump would ask us to donate money for the wall, we all would, BUILD that wall, stop illegals, get rid of sanctuary cities, love everything he does, libs are reaching down to the empty barrel bottom, so pathetic. Karma certainly is hitting quite a few thieves, trouble makers, got rid of a big one, McCain, did any of us care, “NO”, how the Rhinos can look at themselves is beyond me, God Bless your father, we could be Socialists today if ole Hill got in, They all make a mockery of our Government, I want to see them all in their orange jump suits in a cell.
the mole is probably in the demented mind at the trash Washington post
The government has to change to listen to the people after an election of a president. All regardless of party are supposed to get behind the president and help to achieve goals god for the country. we have to put a stop to those who think that they are above the law. Who do they think they are that they can delegate authority to others to help remove the president from office. They do not belong in office or in America. I am sick of all the back stabbing that they have done since the election. I hope that after the mid term election controlled by Republicans many of the left will be looking at long term jail time. GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP..
I think Palosi has about the same chance of becoming speaker of the house as a snow ball in hell would have of not melting.
Pelosi will not be Speaker because Dems will not take control
The American people have spoken. We don’t need to spend a lot of money to win because we speak the truth.
Anyone who doesn’t vote should not complain about how things are done. the word democrat means against the people remember that when you vote. VOTE REPUBLICIAN and you are voting for the PEOPLE justice, law, order (something we had about 40-45 yrs ago, now we want it back…as it was the democrats that destroyed it-and made their own rules to suit themselves_ ) STAND UP AMERICIAN’S VOTE!!! VOTE REPUBLICIAN LETS GET OUR COUNTRY BACK LETS MAKE AMERICA GREATER THEN IT HAS BEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. STAND UP AND HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP……..
I agree with Donald Trump Jr. , every Republican voter needs and should get out to vote to help with keeping the Republicans in the House Senate. If we don’t support every Republican that is in office, then,
YES!, we will lose and we can only blame ourselves for that.
The individual that wrote this unproven op-ed, should be held accountable for his or her actions. This individual was not elected into the White House to act as the President of the United States of America. I don’t know what this person is trying to prove, however, this person sounds like they are more dangerous to every American citizen, and they sound more dangerous to the whole United States of America.
The quicker President Trump and his administration can find-out this person is, and who they actually work for , THAT WILL THE BEST and QUICKEST ANSWER, and then get rid of them and whoever they are working for.
It is not so.it is a cia,nsa,fbi., the red plague propaganda to have avribodi looking for the idiot that is not in the bag.khazaian mafia that never sleeps the criminal elements in the federal reserve system,central banking and irs.all a bag of crucks.