Part of President Donald Trump’s rebuttal to a report by a Washington Post journalist about chaos in his administration amid the lingering government shutdown was to note that “there’s almost nobody in the White House but me.”
He was apparently responding to comments by Post White House bureau chief Philip Rucker on the “Today” show” that the Trump administration lacks a strategy to end the shutdown.
But the president’s point that everything is fine because he’s essentially home alone was an odd and troubling rejoinder to reassure the public, especially for those troubled by his isolation and those who recall Richard Nixon’s final days as president. The increasingly isolated, off-the-rails Nixon wandered the halls of the White House at night, talking to the portraits of past presidents on the walls, according to the book “The Final Days” by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the White House is “chaotic, there does not seem to be a strategy for this Shutdown. There is no plan.” The Fakes always like talking Chaos, there is NONE. In fact, there’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me, and...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Democrats could solve the Shutdown in 15 minutes! Call your Dem Senator or Congresswoman/man. Tell them to get it done! Humanitarian Crisis.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
So, no, Twitter was not reassured.
Ok, the fact that you are alone in the White House IS the chaos, homefry. The fact that nobody is there talking strategy with you means there is no plan. What part of this is hard to understand?
— Anonymous White House Official (@dvorakoelling) January 12, 2019
Do we think he is wandering the halls, talking to the portrait of Nixon?
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 12, 2019
Just reading the ten Tweets that he made this morning anyone can tell that the White House is in chaos.
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 12, 2019
Anyone who doesn't believe that the White House is in total chaos right now, is delusional. You literally have fired most of your "best people".
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 12, 2019
Everyone left you, that’s why it’s just you in the White House. Hence the chaos.
— Barack Obama🇺🇸 ‘s head (@ThePresObama) January 12, 2019
This tweet proves the reporter’s point.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) January 12, 2019
There's no one in the White house House except you? That in itself should tell everyone the state of the government.
— Shelley Rath (@ShelleyRath) January 12, 2019
LOL "everything is fine, I'm the only one left" lololol
— Avi Bueno (@AviAhvee) January 12, 2019
— Jana Ⓜ️🍑 the 🍊👑 of 🐂💩 (@ProvaxShill) January 12, 2019
— malicefent (@christinasax9) January 12, 2019
We probably should be warned that Trump is alone inthe WH😳🙏🤪
— Marilyn Alequin (@Mari_Aleq) January 13, 2019
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