White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
Natalie Harp (35) has taken to working out of President Donald Trump's private dining room near the Oval Office to run her "human printer" operation ahead of next week's highly consequential midterm elections, according to White House insiders.
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The president (80) has reportedly been consuming vast amounts of video clips and "AI slop" ahead of the midterms, put in front of him by aides.
Insiders described the mood in the White House lately as "grim" and the president "unpredictable" as the administration grapples with fears that Republicans could lose control of the House and Senate next week in the midterm elections.
Staffers are reportedly on edge as unfavorable polls and negative stories set Trump "into a dark mood" amid his midterms blitz of the country. Trump has been on tour, headlining rallies to galvanize his supporters despite not being on the ballot, but some GOP candidates have distanced themselves from the president.
Harp, who reportedly posts on Truth Social on the president's behalf, has been pictured at Trump's side on the campaign trail and is one of the small group the president has been "increasingly cloistered with" lately, according to the Times.
Trump reportedly dictated his furious 1,300-word rant about Bill Maher to Harp aboard Air Force One after watching Karoline Leavitt on the comedian's show last week. The president was seething after Maher, who recently dined at the White House, referenced Trump's "lowest approval rating of any midterm candidate ever" in his opening monologue.
"Bill Maher lied, but he lies about everything," Trump fumed, labeling him a "COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER." The tirade was posted on Truth Social on Sunday.
Another aide who has the ear of the president is Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Pulte has been making posters for Trump—including one of Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted, whose rear has been admired by the president.
One administration official compared Pulte to a "court jester" to the Times, as he is often in and out of Trump's Air Force One cabin to show him memes and posters he has made for him, according to the newspaper.
Several current and former officials likened the atmosphere in the White House to Trump's turbulent first term, characterized by infighting and a revolving door of staffers.
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RE: White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
Yahoo?!*
I will believe this if you can link one article written by Yahoo during Trump’s 6 years as President that I would consider a fair and positive representation of any of Trump’s positive accomplishments.
RE: White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
Git is like my SIL, she will not watch/read anything that will put a Republican in a good light. He only chooses LeftWing BS stories and expects us to believe what they wrote. To him everything Trump does is BADDDDD. He's a sick puppy.
RE: White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
(10-30-2026 09:46 AM)olliebaba Wrote: Git is like my SIL, she will not watch/read anything that will put a Republican in a good light. He only chooses LeftWing BS stories and expects us to believe what they wrote. To him everything Trump does is BADDDDD. He's a sick puppy.
Have you ever considered cutting her out of your life?
She sounds like an insufferable person to be around.
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RE: White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
Trump privately predicting worst-case scenario
A desperate Trump, 80, completed his tour of America to win back alienated MAGA supporters with an appearance at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday. He bizarrely talked up his landscaping work on the botched project, just hours away from the critical election.
The senior president toured 20 states in 32 days, although polls have predicted Republicans are struggling in key states that could impact the future of the Senate for the rest of Trump’s presidency.
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On Monday, CNN’s Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes revealed what sources told her Trump was saying privately about tomorrow's elections.
“He’s seen the polling, which obviously does not look good for Republicans,” Holmes told Burnett. “He’s seen the field of candidates. He’s seen the landscape... Privately, to some allies and advisers, he has predicted the worst-case scenario, which is that Democrats win both chambers of Congress, and in that has talked about what exactly it would look like in terms of governing, or investigations, or potential impeachment hearings.”
.... During his speech on Monday, Trump said, “For some reason the sitting president doesn’t win the midterms. But we gave this a very strong shot.”
Holmes remarked that Trump’s comment “sounds like almost a concession before actually seeing the results.”
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MS Now reporter and former CNN star Paula Reid... shared what she had been told by sources inside the Trump administration.
“Across the board there is a sense that absolutely we’re gonna face losses,” Reid said, stating some advisers told her, “Maybe we deserve this based on the policies we have and have not put forth.”
Reid added that the people she has spoken to “are focused on themselves and their next moves” ahead of the election result, and said she expected some “high-profile departures” from the administration.
.... https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/arti...53728.html
RE: White House insiders: mood “grim”, Trump “unpredictable”
(11-03-2026 07:55 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote: [quote='BartlettTigerFan' pid='20833915' dateline='1793409605']
This should make their mood less grim. It always does mine.