that develops around it. and that can be very damaging, it can be very supportive. took a long time for lbj to lose walter cronkite over vietnam. i don t know what s going to happen, but when shep smith over at fox started saying bad things about the president s story and calling him lies, that s not a good thing if you re over at the white house. you know, don, if i may, one point that frank just made, part of the strategy here might just be chaos. i would point viewers to a piece that the new yorker s television critic emily nussbaum just wrote in the new yorker about donald trump s showmanship, the way he s brought the reality television into the business of being president of the united states. many of the decisions that are being made have to do with sort of keeping people on their toes, have to do with the entertainment value. putting scaramucci in that position, a guy with zero experience in politics, zero experience in running a communication shop, a lot of that has to do wit
to be in the ashley parker business after that. do you have the feeling it s all in the comshop or is his purview a little bit broaderer to encome fas west wing? he has a broad purview. one of the things that was striking is this white house can be divided into the family and the help. and the family is president trump and his actual family, his daughter, ivanka, jared kushner, and continue family who are these aides who ve been with him since the campaign, and they re very close with him. and the help is the rest of the staff who works hard for him, but feels very expendable as we re seeing this week even with attorney general sessions. one thing that was striking is that anthony scaramucci comes in for whatever reason as family. what we re hearing most about is the communication shop, that makes sense because he s the communications director, but i do think in theory his mandate,
tonight the washington post is reporting that scaramucci may be pushing a staff purge at the white house. he is meeting one on one with aides in an effort to understand each person s contributions and weed out those he determines are not working hard enough to defend the president. that s within the communication shop. scaramucci s plan to overhaul is likely to leave priebus even more isolated in the west wing. the coauthor of the article, ashley parker, has agreed to stay even later with us tonight. she s back with us. ashley, thank you. as i ask you this next question, since you are all over social media, i want to show you something that tonight is also all over social media. psychiatrists call this mirroring. when someone mirrors an important person they have to deal with. whether conscious or unconscious. the daily show with trevor noah has put together this mashup of the symmetry in hand gestures between the boss,
trump and his actual family, his daughter, ivanka, jared kushner, and continue family who are these aides who ve been with him since the campaign, and they re very close with him. and the help is the rest of the staff who works hard for him, but feels very expendable as we re seeing this week even with attorney general sessions. one thing that was striking is that anthony scaramucci comes in for whatever reason as family. what we re hearing most about is the communication shop, that makes sense because he s the communications director, but i do think in theory his mandate, especially if he does a good job for the president might end up being broader. we cannot thank you enough. your day starts earlier than hours, i ll put it that way. we cannot is that you think enough for agreeing to stay late. thank you so much. we ll be looking for your byline again tomorrow.
from the president and reporters off the record in the way that obama did. he often had reporters into his oval office for happy hour just to talk about policy. that s something that s not happening right now. they may be outward viciously attacking the press, right now they re regrouping on how to have a better relationship with the press behind the scenes. that s what you re going to be seeing coming forward. he is looking at the people who work in the communication shop right now. a lot of them are closely tied to the rnc, to sean spicer and reince priebus and they had a relationship behind the scenes with the press. even more combative than what you saw during the press briefing. scaramucci was saying, i ll get around to all of you. thank you for your questions. they re trying to change the tone. at the end of the day, trump loves the press. he loves interviews, especially on the record ones. even more than off the record ones. i think you re going to see a shift with him. panel,