06-25-2018, 04:49 PM
(06-25-2018, 04:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Only in your imaginary world where she has disagreed with Trumps policies and where Trump hires people who don't agree with him to defend him from the press.
He does seem to make a point of demanding, not only personal loyalty, but public enthusiasm. This goes well beyond the usual (and understandable) expectation that staff and cabinet speak to the public with one voice.
Many leaders value people who question them and speak their mind, at least behind doors. Trump seems to abhor that, preferring rather to appoint or otherwise collect people who, if they don't agree with him, will keep that to themselves--even behind closed doors.
Given Trump's penchant for lying and changing his mind from day to day, the demand for personal loyalty has to be pretty stressful. Previous press secretaries have never had to lie so blatantly and on a daily basis the way Sanders does. Commentators who say that she is really peforming for an audience of one are likely right. She has to gaslight daily.