i don t think the timing of the tweet is coincidental. he tweets this as the broader picture of his financial dealings with russia, his indebtedness to russia and his motive is coming into sharper focus. remember back to friday morning where the president had that series of tweets attacking the investigation, and lo and behold, that afternoon. shan wu, in terms of the pred s reaction to all this, beyond this long-term campaign to undermine the credibility of the mueller investigation, which is having some effect with his supporters, is a sort of general winging it mentality, and the washington post said this about the president s team. you would expect a war room to be assembled here. they said the following. rart than building a war room to manage the intersecting crises as past administrations have done, the trump white house is understaffed, stuck in a bunker mentality, and largely resigned to a plan to wing it. will that be enough to defend this president? no, it won t.
speak truth to the president s inner circle through the washington post. it is quite a moment to have bannon on the outside giving that kind of advice. what a turn of events. you see this white house bracing for 2019, working with the great phil rucker on this story. we call all around the white house. the president s inner circle. trying to get a sense of what s happening. you really had this white house that is leaving the john kelly era and trying to figure out what s next but rudy giuliani on the outside helping the president navigate mueller. emmitt flood and the white house counsels on the inside. but politically they don t have a lodestar. they are trying to figure out how to get this white house and the whole republican party pulling together as things only get worse as the subpoenas fly. you guys write that rather than building a war room to manage the intersecting crises as past administrations have done, the trump white house is understaffed, stuck in a bunker mentalit