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[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

I wonder why 90 days.

Couldn’t be because the midterms are in… 74 days, right? Right?

Apparently communist price controls are fine when you’re trying to get votes. Who knew?

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

President Trump announces that, for the next 90 days, the U.S. will import 300,000 tons of beef and sell it at 25% below current market prices. 🥩

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

On a completely serious note, I hope Harp gets the help she clearly needs.

Yes, this is weird AF, but it’s also not healthy.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The Daily Beast published letters that Trump’s 35-year-old aide Natalie Harp allegedly wrote to him

“You are all that matters to me. I don’t want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life”

https://t.co/fTpcaYYsZa

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

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What in the 1984 is going on here

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Bessent on the latest bad jobs report: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs"

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

It’s absolutely insane.

You can’t — or you sure as hell shouldn’t be able to — just opt out of a personnel security investigation.

This administration is treating national security lessons that we’ve learned in blood like they’re simply a suggestion.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

She “declined?” “Declined”? You can’t just decline to get a security clearance. You either get one or you don’t have a job. So much dysfunction in this White House. When will the GOP have had enough? Why risk the country for this? https://t.co/X0unu3P0FX

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

@Triode_in_situ I understand why you would think this, but as we’ve seen in the Iran war - everyone is susceptible to drone swarms.

We’ve known for decades that swarming attacks were the best way to defeat integrated air defense systems. Drones just lower the cost to play.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

It’s really impressive that anyone could watch the wars in Ukraine and Iran and determine that we… don’t need drone battalions.

What are we even doing here?

[Lara Seligman @laraseligman]

SCOOP: The elimination of a futuristic drone battalion is part of a broader “back-to-basics” approach ordered up by Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the acting chief of staff of the Army who is closely aligned with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The battalion was a signature initiative of LaNeve’s predecessor, Gen. Randy George, whom Hegseth ousted in April. https://t.co/bwjP6L0MNa

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Wiles wanted Jennings from the beginning.

He’ll be a perfect propagandist for the administration. He clearly has no qualms with getting on TV and lying his ass off.

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

NEW w/ @wsteaks: Scott Jennings is making a push to replace Karoline Leavitt as WH press secretary.

After clips of Jennings defending Natalie Harp made their way around the WH — including some he sent to senior staffers himself — he reached out to schedule a private meeting with Susie Wiles over the weekend, a person close to the WH told me.

No decision was made and no offer extended. The process to replace Leavitt remains slow-moving, multiple people familiar tell @playbookdc.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

How much you wanna bet we don’t target Russia, China, or North Korea for helping Iran?

I hope I’m wrong, but this is probably just more bluster.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Well, I guess *that* number isn't classified anymore

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

@MattPPea Of course they haven’t.

I also speak out against Russian aggression on a weekly basis, so not sure where this is coming from

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

The escalation ladder Russia and NATO are on is reaching the dangerous rungs.

US intelligence assesses that Russia is planning another direct provocation on NATO.

NATO is flying their most aggressive ISR route/show of force around Kaliningrad in recent memory.

Easy to see how quickly this could go sideways.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

@Aoisekat What part of my tweet suggested that I preferred NATO to “sit back and do fk all”?

I’m glad they’re standing up to Russia. Doesn’t mean this isn’t a dangerous situation.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

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Hey at least we alienated an ally for a dictator to still tell us to get fucked. Art of the deal, baby.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change anything.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

@zaziana Both stories site “at least two officials familiar” so I’m sure you’re correct about Susie

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

All of these Natalie Harp stories are leaking for one reason:

Someone in the West Wing is sick of Harp’s shit.

Probably just a coincidence that it’s all happening as Leavitt is leaving.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Natalie Harp:

Writes letters to Trump saying things like, “you’re all I care about” and “I want things to always be right between us, with all my heart”

And forces her way into SUV cargo bays to follow him to court.

Totally normal aide-boss relationship. Not creepy at all.

[Kristen Holmes @KristenhCNN]

Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him

“As the motorcade idled outside his Trump Tower residence, staffers confronted a more immediate problem: There wasn’t room for Harp, the hyper-loyal aide whose devotion to Trump had quickly entrenched her within his orbit.
A screaming match in the lobby ensued, with Harp insisting that Trump had personally asked her to attend the court appearance, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Denied a seat but determined not to be left behind, Harp jumped into an SUV trunk, according to the two sources and confirmed by a photo obtained by CNN.” W @adamcancryn

https://t.co/ZKgB46OPUe

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump said we'd grow "like nobody's ever grown before."

Bessent promised 3% growth by the end of 2026.

Instead, growth decelerated from 2.8% under Biden to 1.8% thus far this year.

My @nytopinion Chart:

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

He can say it however many times he wants, the fact remains that Iran is still targeting vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and the situation won’t stabilize until the administration pulls their heads out of their ass.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

President Donald J. Trump has posted a new image to his Truth Social feed declaring the Strait of Hormuz as a "NEW U.S. Territory".

[pokey pup @Whatapityonyou]

I can’t believe we’re wasting water on shit like this.