Trump got himself on the receiving end of many conservatives’ ire after he went on a rant against his former White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, for sharing a poll that he didn’t like.
“Kayleigh ‘Milktoast’ McEnany just gave out the wrong poll numbers on FoxNews,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.“I am 34 points up on DeSanctimonious, not 25 up. While 25 is great, it’s not 34.”
The word Trump appears to have been trying to use is milquetoast. While Manhattan Beach kollel yungerleit insist that milquetoast is a Shavuos delicacy, most assert that it is a term describing a timid or feeble person.
“She knew the number was corrected upwards by the group that did the poll,” Trump continued ranting. “The RINOS & Globalists can have her. FoxNews should only use REAL Stars!!!”
Trump was responding to McEnany saying on Fox News, “The DeSantis team would say, you know, ‘We just had polling come out that shows we closed the gap by 9 points since we announced in Iowa.’ Still, Trump’s hugely ahead, but they say they’re closing the gap. That’s their argument… If you look at the polling now, it was Trump 34 in Iowa, it’s now Trump 25.”
That was too much for the self-described stable genius former president.
“This is pathetic. I don’t care who you are. This is unacceptable and unhinged,” said Blaze TV host Chad Prather. “[McEnany] took bullets for this man. We have a guy in the White House destroying the country and you go after her?!?!? It’s becoming an absolute joke.”
Trump’s 2020 communication director, Matt Wolking, called Trump’s post “a disgrace.”
“I will simply leave this here for when people ask why I and *many* others didn’t return for 2024,” wrote former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis.
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Trump, I and many others voted for you in the past and your policies as president were great, but as our favorite Uncle Moishe says “now it’s time to say shalom, Uncle Donald is going home”. Your lack of midos is going to make your reelection almost impossible. I’m afraid some people would even choose giggles Kamala over you at this point. Maybe learning up some mussar seforim that deal with ענוה and גאוה could help you.
She was so loyal to Trump and for no good reason he turned on her.
Trump is acting like a little immature child.
Pence DeSantis 2024
What Yid would
adore such a fool?
Neither Trump nor YWN knows how to spell. It’s not milk toast or milktoast. It’s milquetoast.
The more interesting question is why does the media keep breathlessly reporting these insane rants from a clearly troubled individual. When news anchors at One America News, NewsMax and other right wing media outlets acknowledge that Trump has become unhinged, perhaps its time to stop reporting on his meshugah rants.
This man did a good job as president but can we comfortably vote for him in 2024? Do we need this? Is he the best we could find? I think not. This bad-mouthing of everyone and his cousin is not acceptable.
I apologize for my earlier comment regarding the YWN misspelling. I should have read the entire article before commenting.
He bad mouthed his cousin?
I hope this man becomes president again, love the drama.
Love Republicans bashing one another. None of the far right can blame this on President Biden.
That’s Trump. Still better than anyone else
Nothing more enjoyable in the morning than a mug of Covfefe with a zeftig slice of milktoast.
Love Republicans bashing one another. None of the far right can blame this on President Biden.
100% Always the Rebublicans themself tearing themself apart
YWN Yellow “Journalism” headline: “Unhinged…”
Article following that headline: “…That was too much for the self-described stable genius former president.”
This is pathetic.
If you want to write an opinion piece bashing President Trump, then please label your headlines as such (e.g., “Opinion: “). But please don’t pretend that (silly, as it happens) opinion is a “news” story.
His rant was not “unhinged”; it was actually quite logical and, as you quoted him, “stable”.
Obviously, the closer the race is between him and Gov. DeSantis, the more people might choose Gov. DeSantis over him. Therefore, it is in his best interests for his advantage in the polls to be reported as much in his favor as those numbers are.
Therefore, he criticized his former secretary for being too meek by under-reporting his polling advantage.
So, an accurate headline would have been “Trump Rants Against Former Press Secretary Who Went To War For Him”.
On another note, you and others are criticizing President Trump for calling out his former Press Secretary by implying that he should have more gratitude to her due to his service in his administration.
So, for consistency, you should also be grateful to President Trump for all that he did for this country including your own frum community. (And the Zionists should be absolutely in love with him for moving our embassy there to Jerusalem and for the Abraham Accords, etc.)
Please do better in the future.
McEnany got from Trump exactly what everybody who ever did him a favor got: a big nice kick in the backside.
Orthodox American Jews, take heed!
To gadolhadorah: Trump is a declared candidate for US president. His rants are therefore newsworthy.
I don’t see anything Unhinged.
This is the way He gets his message out.
It’s all Show Biz!