Trump, Demands Staffer Be Fired for Making Senator Mitch McConnell Look Old
President Donald Trump has demanded the firing of a “Never Trumper” aide who helped Mitch McConnell during an awkward Senate flap.
Robert Karem, who worked under Trump during his first term, was seen whispering to McConnell, 84, as he tried to wrap up a hearing with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth early.
“Thank you all for being here,” the former majority leader said, fixing to leave the floor before Karem swooped, telling him that Wisconsin Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin, New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, and Republican John Kennedy all still had questions.
This apparently rankled the president, 79, who accused Karem of making on-again, off-again ally McConnell look “foolish and completely out of it.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-79-demands-staffer-fired-101818393.html
Talk about lacking self-awareness.
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