- Near the end of our dinner, the President returned to the subject of my job,
saying he was very glad I wanted to stay, adding that he had heard great things
about me from Jim Mattis, Jeff Sessions, and many others. He then said, “I need
loyalty.” I replied, “You will always get honesty from me.” He paused and then
said, “That’s what I want, honest loyalty.” I paused, and then said, “You will get
that from me.” As I wrote in the memo I created immediately after the dinner, it is
possible we understood the phrase “honest loyalty” differently, but I decided it
wouldn’t be productive to push it further. The term – honest loyalty – had helped
end a very awkward conversation and my explanations had made clear what he
should expect.
This is a fairly easy read, and I recommend anyone following #whiterabbit read it.
Just reiterating what I'd heard elsewhere (or at least being open about it); The conversational tidbit veen quoted does seem to perfectly exemplify the two's relationship. Trump is donezo. Might take awhile, but ta-ta, DJ Trump. Your set sucked. P.S. veen: just re-copy and paste one more time, please? :) Edit: ohhh, I see the formatting now. It just looks weird on mobile.