It might be tempting to think that Trump, an unprepared amateur, simply froze under pressure. But that’s not what happened. (via MaddowBlog)
.” Donald Trump was finding his presidential schedule to be a bit too burdensome — evidently, serving as the chief executive of the preeminent global superpower was eating into his day — so his staff arranged for him to do more of what he wanted.for many hours over the course of his day, which he preferred to actual work.reportedAs a violent mob overran the Capitol after his rally on Jan. 6, Donald Trump wasn’t sorry or alarmed, the House Jan.
But that’s not what happened. There’s a difference between failing to act and choosing not to act, and as the bipartisan select committee made clear last night, Trump’s passive negligence during the Jan. 6 violence was an example of the latter. A new witness who testified before the committee this week described a conversation between two White House lawyers, Pat Cipollone and Eric Herschmann, surrounding a call that had been arranged with the Pentagon about stopping the attack. Cipollone wound up taking the call because, as Herschmann described it, “the president doesn’t want anything done.”
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