AP: Trump Couldn’t Understand Why His White House Staffers Weren’t As Thrilled To Watch Riot As He Was

The Associated Press reports:

As staffers watched in shock at what was unfolding down Pennsylvania Avenue on television screens positioned throughout the West Wing, Trump’s attention was so rapt that he hit rewind and watched certain moments again, according to Stephanie Grisham. “Look at all of the people fighting for me,” Trump said. At one point, the president was confused why staffers weren’t as excited as he was watching the unrest unfold.

“Is someone getting to potus? He has to tell protestors to dissipate. Someone is going to get killed,” Alyssa Farrah Griffin, a former White House communications official, texted Ben Williamson, an aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. “I’ve been trying for the last 30 minutes. Literally stormed in outer oval to get him to put out the first one. It’s completely insane,” Williamson wrote back.

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