POTUS calls WH leakers 'traitors'

"Behold my fickle finger of fate"

President Trump blasted White House leakers as "traitors" and vowed to hunt them down like dogs.

The leak in question (this time) was something that was said by an aide regarding the nomination of a CIA director, Gina Haspel. According to the source(s), White House aide Kelly Sadler responded to the announcement that John McCain will vote 'nay' on Haspel's nomination by saying, "It doesn't matter, he's dying anyway."

Rather than having Sadler apologize, or do the job himself, Trump tweeted: 

"The so-called leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible. With that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards, and we will find out who they are!"

Yes, it's a good point about leakers being traitors to the president, but Sadler privately apologized to Meghan McCain, which tells me that she said those words. The fact that President Trump is calling it fake news dilutes the narrative when news is, indeed, fake. And the fact that nobody has issued a public apology troubles me.

If I were Trump, I would grill every person in that room when those words were said and fire anyone remotely suspected of leaking them. 

This has to stop.

But if I were Trump, I would also issue a sincere apology. I don't agree with almost all of McCain's political actions but nobody who is dying of cancer and may have only a few more months to live, deserves to be spoken about that way.

Oh, and I would fire Sadler in a heartbeat--John McCain's heartbeat.


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WH aide reportedly said of McCain: 'He's dying anyway'

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On Thursday the Creepy News Network (CNN) may have gotten the story correct for a change. They reported that a "White House official" Kelly Sadler [no relation to Barry Sadler of "Green Beret" song fame], joked about Senator John McCain (R-AZ) over his refusal to support President Trump's CIA nominee, Gina Haspel. "He's dying anyway," she allegedly said.

Sadler later called Meghan McCain to apologize, so it seems pretty clear that she actually said those mean-spirited, stupid and thoughtless words.

The White House responded: "We respect Senator McCain's service to our nation, and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time."

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a friend of Sen. McCain, slashed Sadler: "Ms. Sadler, may I remind you that John McCain has a lot of friends in the United States Senate on both sides of the aisle. Nobody is laughing in the Senate.

Such a cruel comment by Sadler isn't too surprising when you consider that even President Trump has said his share of cruel things about McCain publicly, like when he said in the 2016 campaign that McCain wasn't a war hero because he likes soldiers who don't get captured.

And while Trump's policies are very popular among the GOP, and he is clearly making good policy choices, in my humble opinion, there appears to be a serious problem of morality starting at the top and filtering down to the staff. 

It isn't surprising that Sadler felt okay with her words when she said them. And it's even less surprising that someone leaked to the one cable network that openly hates this president. If Trump cured cancer, CNN would lament over how he put oncologists out of work. 

But people of good character would not tolerate jokes about a senator who is suffering from a terminal illness.

Kelly Sadler has since apologized and if Trump fires her, it would only blow back in his face when the media makes the case over his behavior and his comments being no better than hers.



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