Knives Out

'Chaos' in the White House as Trump has 'knives out' for everyone: report

President Trump is on the warpath, furiously lashing out at advisers, allies, and Senate Republicans alike as his second term spirals downward in a cascade of self-inflicted defeats and political miscalculations.

According to Politico reporting based on interviews with Trump allies, GOP Senate aides, and people close to the White House, the president has become "increasingly frustrated with everyone, from his own team to the Senate."

"He's p---ed, and people are not recognizing the level of p---ed that he is," a MAGA operative close to the White House told Politico's Playbook. The operative pointed to specific grievances fueling Trump's resentment: Senate Republicans' opposition to his "$1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund," resistance to White House ballroom funding, and the refusal to fire the Senate parliamentarian.

"He does not like being put in a box," the operative said. "When you put him in a box, then Trump's going to blow the box up."

One senior GOP staffer characterized Trump's recent moves as "a middle finger to Congress"—a description that captures the president's increasingly erratic approach to governance.

Trump's fury intensified after his first major electoral defeat of the season: Rep. Randy Feenstra's loss in Iowa's gubernatorial primary despite Trump's endorsement. The president has been relentlessly blaming advisers and consultants for pushing him to make the doomed endorsement, according to the report.

"He's really angry about this Iowa endorsement — like really, really angry," a White House ally said. "He's really angry that his consultants and people pushed him to do that."

The chaos is metastasizing inside the White House, according to the report.

Trump is increasingly relying on a small cadre of direct loyalists while the broader operation becomes more understaffed and isolated, according to those close to the president.

"Knives are out in some capacity. I mean, people are stabbing people. Like, it's chaos. The chaos is like creeping back," one ally told Politico, describing an administration fracturing under the weight of Trump's volcanic temperament and mounting political losses.

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Sleepy Don

Yeah, OK, it's AI slop. But it's not inaccurate.

Aaron Parnas

Robert Arnold

Sometimes, you have to stop and consider a full blown purge.

Capitalism Redifined

Always More Shit

I think Trump is really beginning to realize how unpopular he is. And it seems he's having a lot more trouble getting the rubes to rally loudly enough for him to compensate.

So the more he feels that disapproval, the more churlish he's likely to get, and the more punishment he's likely to dole out.

Erika

The bad guy never identifies himself as the bad guy.

Angela

I doubt seriously that Graham Platner is anything close to the perfect guy for Mainers to put in a US Senate seat.

And I doubt he's somebody I'd trust absolutely to do - or to have done - exactly the right thing. Past, present, or future.

He's a politician, so grains of salt are in order.

But he seems not to be trying to hide from anything. He's fucked up on occasion, he seems to be honest about acknowledging it all, he looks you in the eye when he speaks - without that over-practiced phony shit-eatin' smiley smirky attitude that people like Collins always bring - and he's made adjustments. He's worked on himself.

So when Corporate Media Lords line up against somebody who genuinely wants to make some real changes that just might help regular normal people, it pays to be very skeptical of what their Press Poodles are trying to tell us.

Rich

There's more to those numbers than meets the eye.