Report: Trump Views Reince Priebus Like ‘Neglected Puppy’
In light of the current White House civil war between new comms director Anthony Scaramucci and chief of staff Reince Priebus, President Donald Trump reportedly has sympathy for Priebus — whose “current state reminds him of the neglected puppies in the viral Sarah McLachlan videos,” according to Axios.
Scaramucci fired the first shot in the now very public feud between the two senior White House staffers, tweeting Wednesday night that someone had leaked his financial disclosure information, while mentioning Priebus.
Then on Thursday, Scaramucci called into CNN’s New Day to deliver a bonkers 30-minute interview in which he said his relationship with the chief of staff may not be repairable, comparing it to that between Cain and Abel (according to scripture, Cain ended up murdering Abel by impaling him in the head with a blunt object).
And in the wake of this broadside, Axios points out that “nobody important in the Trump administration has come out publicly in Reince Priebus’ defense.”
But contrary to speculation that the president wants Priebus out, a source close to him told Axios that Trump “feels nothing but sympathy at this point for Reince, whose current state reminds him of the neglected puppies in the viral Sarah McLachlan videos for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.”
Here’s an example of one such video:
Axios also notes that their Reince-friendly sources are hoping Scaramucci’s Thursday grandstanding backfires, and actually prompts Trump to take up Priebus’s defense.
So far, no comment from the president.
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