He reprimanded the housekeeping staff for picking up his shirt from the floor: “If my shirt is on the floor, it’s because I want it on the floor.” Then he imposed a set of new rules: nobody touch anything, especially not his toothbrush. (He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s—nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade.) Also, he would let housekeeping know when he wanted his sheets done, and he would strip his own bed.Also:
Trump found the White House, an old building with only sporadic upkeep and piecemeal renovations—as well as a famous roach and rodent problem—to be vexing and even a little scary. Friends who admired his skills as a hotelier wondered why he just didn’t remake the place, but he seemed cowed by the weight of the watchful eyes on him.So... he could "remake" the whole building, presumably. Just: ta da! What would it take to turn it into the equivalent of a Trump hotel? "Friends" don't know, because they're the kind of people who just "wonder[] why."
He doesn't "remake" the White House," but he does, if not make his own bed, strip his own bed. Who knows why he doesn't rely on servants as much as (I guess) the Obamas or Bushes or Clintons? He doesn't want these people in his room, putting things in order?
The author (parenthetically) imagines that his fears of poisoning have something to do with it, but what would that have to do with somebody else picking up the shirt from the floor or stripping the bed? Maybe he — the hotel man — likes his room not treated like a hotel room. Maybe, like a man who eats cheeseburgers at McDonald's, he doesn't like the ministrations of servants.
I don't know him, and I don't think Michael Wolff knows him. I don't know if the details Wolff provides are true, but if I take Wolff's details as true, I find myself speculating about Trump's psyche in ways that don't seem to be the point of view of this book. So I will credit the book for giving me some concrete details and not being too heavy handed in slathering anti-Trump interpretations all over everything.
As for the "famous roach and rodent problem"... it's hard to get famous as a roach...
Easier as a rodent, but it can be done.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 231 of 231I’m guessing Trump can’t get his big fat legs up that high to put his feet on the desk.
Quite frankly, when Inga wrote "other presidents" I thought it was clear she meant President Chester Arthur.
Obviously.
“Autopsy report, Inga
Not Newsweek
Kitchy koo
John Henry”
So post it then, “kitchy koo”.
I don't know about Trump, but I certainly wouldn't want to live in a building with a roach and rodent problem, no matter how historic it was. And I would be eating out a lot too, since if there is a roach and rodent problem I'm not going to want to eat food from the kitchen. Also, not wanting someone you don't know to touch your toothbrush is perfectly rational. For that matter, not wanting to touch a toothbrush that someone else has used is also very rational.
Darkisland: "Autopsy report, Inga. Not Newsweek"
Lol!
Inga deferring to a fake news Newsweek article instead of an autopsy report!
I am surprised there wasn't a hentai octopus porn angle included!
The Alt-data re fees is interesting to me. I often wonder what normal media folks make. It semis like the ballers can make north of ten million a year. But, what about the rest? Trying to live in NY.
Anywho, everything with DJT originates with his little button. So where’s my five grand?
P.S. The blogging roach was awesome. IMHO.
"For that matter, not wanting to touch a toothbrush that someone else has used is also very rational."
Toothbrushes are literally white supremacy and tools of the patriarchy.
Clearly.
"Anywho, everything with DJT originates with his little button. So where’s my five grand?"
Next to the dossier in Hillarys guest bedroom in Chappaqua.......oh.
Sorry.
The autopsy report has not been made public, but the cause of death has.
“Heather Heyer’s cause of death was blunt force injury to the chest, according to the Central District Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond.
Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal who was protesting the white nationalist Unite the Right rally in downtown Charlottesville on Aug. 12, died after a car rammed a crowd of pedestrians gathered at the intersection of Fourth and Water streets. Dozens more were injured.
The manner of Heyer’s death is still pending, a representative with the office said Monday.”
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/heather-heyer-s-cause-of-death-ruled-as-blunt-force/article_cf362edc-b2c6-11e7-bfa4-8749ed76aae2.html
Inga thread. See ya.
Inga: "I’m guessing Trump can’t get his big fat legs up that high to put his feet on the desk."
And yet Trump knows that saying "other presidents" does not automatically mean just obama.
Huh.
Strange that, eh?
I cant begin to tell you how pleased I am that Trump succeeded President 'Other Presidents'.
We really dodged a bullet there.
Unfortunately, given the insanity of the left not all republicans were able to avoid all the democrat bullets.
Inga, does Hillary still require assistance simply climbing into vehicles?
“Inga, does Hillary still require assistance simply climbing into vehicles?”
Drago, does Trump still get lost walking to his limo that’s right in front of his nose?
"I will write only what damned well pleases me and any effort to push me to do something or portray me as obligated is going to make whatever it is feel a lot less pleasing."
1/5/18, 1:12 PM
Thank you Althouse. Commenters that try to shame, or direct, or cajole you into writing what they want to see are tiresome.
Inga,
Former President Obama is a footnote in history, he is no longer relevant and cannot shape the future. That's the nature and irony of the office, a former President has little impact on the future, for as his own party moves forward on a changing tide, it will trim into the prevailing political winds.
Do you really think the Dems wouldn't shove Obama down the memory hole if it better suited their return to/hold on power?
Fake News Inga: "Drago, does Trump still get lost walking to his limo that’s right in front of his nose?"
He wasnt lost.
He had just landed at Andrews AFB and expected to board Marine One to return to the White House as he always did before.
This was the first time he was supposed to be transported by limo instead.
Trump was walking towards Marine One when directed to take the limo.
If Inga stopped lying she wouldnt have anything to post.
Surrrre Drago, sure.
Next up Inga will be telling us about plastic turkeys in Iraq, modern grocery scanner ignorance, and Bush knew about 9-11 before it happened.
The lefties are good at creating fake news.
Inga: "Surrrre Drago, sure."
Thats about what I expected from you.
We could check with staffers from President "other presidents" to see if they agree.
Lol
Next up for Inga, Trump rallies were sparsely attended so there was no reason to show puctures of the crowds...
Lol
@Darkisland: There are somthing like 600 MPs in commons but only something like 400 seats. Not enough seats in Lords either if everyone shows up at once.
According to Churchill (The Second World War) this was a deliberate choice. One reason, there's rarely a time when it's full. Another reason, when it IS full it's usually because of some kind of crisis and the room being overcrowded gives a sort of sense of energy and drama to whatever it is. And so they decided, after it had been destroyed in the bombing, to rebuild it too small instead of expanding it to accommodate the larger numbers of MPs.
Are u guys honestly arguing feet up on the president’s desk vs Monica up on the oresident’s dedk?
Bwaaaaaaaaaa
No contest.
Or anyone from the JFK era?
Roflmao
Bing it, Inga
John Henry
He reprimanded the housekeeping staff for picking up his shirt from the floor: “If my shirt is on the floor, it’s because I want it on the floor.”
Jesus. What a bitch.
Then he imposed a set of new rules: nobody touch anything, especially not his toothbrush. (He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s—nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely premade.)
And people wonder why he would fit right in with the Russians.
Only the Russians actually have a decent cuisine. Fucking McDonalds. The filthy fucker has no class or taste at all.
I'd require you to blow me, Inga,
but I don't think anything about you could
cause me to blow my wad.
Ah, I see "congenital haemorrhoid abuse"
has arrived to give us it's received wisdom.
Wisdom. Geddit?
Please go whine where you are appreciated.
Pedro, just crawl away and..
die
wake up
be normal
BE A NUN.
Just go away.
And stay away.
dipshit.
Is Inga in estrus? Things rapidly turned chimp-like.
Anyway.
Trump!
Carry on.
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