A major U.S. news outlet is out this morning with the following headline: "Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet." That's from Axios, and it's not a joke. In it's morning e-newsletter, the headline becomes "Trump's toilet dump." And that's not a joke either. The story originates in a forthcoming book by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and reveals that staff believed Trump flushed so many presidential papers that at least one White House crapper routinely backed up. From Axios:
While President Trump was in office, staff in the White House residence periodically discovered wads of printed paper clogging a toilet — and believed the president had flushed pieces of paper, Maggie Haberman scoops in her forthcoming book, "Confidence Man."
The revelation by Haberman, whose coverage as a New York Times White House correspondent was followed obsessively by Trump, adds a vivid new dimension to his lapses in preserving government documents. Axios was provided an exclusive first look at some of her reporting.
Haberman reports Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — whose "love letters," as Trump once called them, were among documents the National Archives retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.
The news of White House toilet-flushing comes as the National Archives has reportedly asked the Biden Justice Department to examine Trump's handling of White House records, amid the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
This story might sound like something out of The Onion, but it has serious, even criminal, implications. Reports Axios:
The Washington Post reports that National Archives officials "suspected Trump had possibly violated laws concerning the handling of government documents." The National Archives later retrieved 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago, The Post reported.
Archives officials found possible classified material in the returned boxes, The New York Times learned.
While in office, the former president blithely flouted the Presidential Records Act, which required him to preserve written communications concerning his official duties.
Trump routinely tore up documents and after leaving office brought substantial written materials back to Mar-a-Lago.
A Trump spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment about the plumbing matter.
Will Haberman's book be a best-seller? You probably can count on it:
Haberman’s Confidence Man — subtitled The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America — will be published Oct. 4 by Penguin Press.
The publisher says it traces Trump's early life in New York and "his decades of interactions with prosecutors" — then follows him through four years in the White House, and on to his post-presidential life in Palm Beach.
This is the book Trump fears most. Among Trump aides, Haberman's book has been the most discussed of the bookshelf of books from reporters who covered Trump's campaigns and White House.
Several advisers were unhappy about his decision to talk to her as part of his marathon conversations with book authors at Mar-a-Lago. But they concluded he couldn’t help himself and couldn't be stopped.
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I didn't think Trump could become a bigger embarrassment than he already was. Guess I was wrong.
This must be what you call a Trump dump.
The hashtag #toiletgate already is making the rounds on Twitter. Probably will be trending shortly.
The most crass public figure in American history just got crasser.
Can't wait to see what Fallon, Colbert, and Kimmel do with this.
It's like a gift from heaven for the late-night hosts. The current guys are good, but must admit I wish Johnny Carson was still around for this.
I hereby pronounce this "The Crapper Caper." Film at 11.
I thought Trump was supposed to be a "stable genius." Shouldn't he know a few basics about plumbing -- like tossing wadded paper into the bowl is likely to clog the crapper. Sheesh, the guy's even dumber than I thought.
Worst job in America = White House plumber during the Trump years.
I can't get the image of Trump sitting on the throne out of my head. I may be scarred for life!
Big question: Did a University of Alabama education prepare Kaitlan Collins for covering this story?
Didn't Richard Nixon keep the "White House Plumbers" busy? Sounds like Trump did, too.
All this time I was thinking the Toilet Troubles were because someone was full of shit!
Sadly, no.
Hell, Trump is no better than a drug dealer flushing meth down the commode when he hears cops at the door.
Pretty sure John Lewis would have classified these types of toilet backups as "Bad Trouble".
Gee, ya think this guy had something to hide?
We just got a release from Kaitlan Collins' publicity team . . .
Quote: "I didn't sign up to cover this sh*t."
So TFG was bitching to his wife about the toilets always overflowing on his shoes and bunny slippers after six to 10 flushes and Melanoma went out and bought the "I REALLY DONT CARE DO U?" jacket as a statement of some sort?
White House Plumber: I'd rather retrieve his paperwork from the crapper than retrieve it after it's been in his pants pockets!
Too bad Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn't have to try and spin this.
Or Shawn Spicer.
For sure Addison Mitchell McConnell III needs to be asked for comment.
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Just got another release from Kaitlan Collins' publicity team . . .
Quote: "Where do I go to get my dignity back? Asking for a friend."
Pretty sure the toilets in Leavenworth have some special features.
Perhaps Merrick Garland can book him for a stay and he can check them out in person?
CRAPPERGATE!
Here's a quote that should live forever:
“Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team ‘were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.’ Not fit!” —Donald J Trump, July 6 2016
More quotes to remember:
As [Aios' Mike] Allen says, this revelation “adds a vivid new dimension to [Trump’s] lapses in preserving government documents.” It also clears up the mystery around Trump’s obsession with low-flow toilets.
So think of it this way: “You could be outraged about Trump tearing up presidential documents But it’s more appalling he doesn’t seem to know you can’t flush regular paper in a toilet,” tweets Rick Newman.
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‘Mar-a-Cloggo’: Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump for flushing documents in 'toilet water-gate'
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https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656628348/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSXSIQWQChs
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