As Donald Trump dives head first into his plan to ignite a full-blown tariffs war with our bordering neighbors and China, all while his jockey Elon Musk and his uneelected Department of Government Efficiancy (DOGE) effectively dismantle the United States federal government from the inside out, sending countless employees packing with unceremonious pink slips, fighting to cut crucial, congressional-approved funding, and leaving Republican congresspeople struggling to answer to their constituents, it seems even some of Trump’s own closest, top advisors are beginning to panick that the president has gone too far now.
New information comes out of a report from Axios founders Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, in which they note that Donald Trump’s second presidential term is turning out to be “Trump on steroids” and causing even Trump’s own insiders to fear that the 47th president is pushing his luck in a severe kind of way.
The report came on the heels of Donald’s controversial and highly abrasive 99-minute-long State of the Union speech to Congress, in which it became crystal clear that Trump is taking a more “extreme” approach to forcing his policies and demands through, as Trump White House staffers are left to ignore the complaints flooding in from GOP congresspeople who are left holding the bag with their voters.
“So far, Trump’s White House shrugs at concerns and complaints. If anything, aides’ collective confidence is on steroids, too. They admit few mistakes, express zero regrets, and believe wholeheartedly they’re right and critics are wrong,” the report explains before going on to add that not everyone inside Trump Camp is actually on board with Donald’s no-prisoners approach to pushing through his policies.
One Trump advisor admitted to Axios’ Marc Caputo, “Of course I’m worried.”
“We’re still in the honeymoon phase here. But the stock market and that data and the noise from Elon [Musk] aren’t great,” the anonymous top Trump advisor said. “He was so confident and at ease that I started to believe I shouldn’t be bedwetting.”
You can read the full report from Axios here.
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