– while aides cringe at constant hyperbolic lies, meme-level messaging – and fear being fired for speaking out
Multiple White House officials, including two still employed there, just spilled to journalist Jake Traylor on Morning Joe about the growing internal chaos and frustration over Trump’s handling of the Iran war.
One official said Trump’s messaging has become increasingly “hyperbolic” and that the president has “essentially grown bored with the war in Iran and is looking to round things up” while shifting focus back to domestic issues and his narcissistic building projects.
Another described Trump’s long-time strategy of “essentially lying to the American people” and slowly getting them on board, but admitted it’s “not hitting the same way” this time, with a war spiraling out of control and the economy and entire world order shuddering ready to explode.
Officials also expressed deep frustration with the White House social media team for its meme-style videos and compilations of attacks – including ones that have killed Americans and innocent civilians the Middle East – treating the war like entertainment.
One staffer said he was “upset to be working at the White House right now” and called the videos “cringe, disrespectful, and gross.”
Yet they are all too afraid to voice any disagreement inside the White House because they know that speaking out could mean losing their jobs.
This paints a picture of a chaotic, dysfunctional administration: a bored president winging a war, cringe propaganda memes, and terrified staff too scared to push back.