Proving, once again, that Mr. Trump has his finger on the pulse of America.
"I had a letter from Schumer ‐ he tore it up," Soloman Lartey, who formerly was tasked with records management for the White House, told Politico. "It was the craziest thing ever. He ripped papers into tiny pieces."
As if Mr. Trump does not have a 24k gold-plated shredder emblazoned with a big fricken "T." Sheesh...
These things are also composed on computers now, the files retained, and most are cc'd, in Trump's case at least to the vice president. No need for the fainting couch.
Which letter from the New York Democrat was torn up was not identified.
"Dear Mr.Trump, Please tear this up so I can try to sham(e) you. Thank you, 'Cryin Chuck.'"
The Politico report delved into how Lartey and his colleagues would use Scotch tape to piece back together papers torn up by Trump to fulfill legal requirements to preserve White House records as stipulated by the Presidential Records Act.
If only there were a Constitutional Law "Professor" who could explain all of this to me.
"We got Scotch tape, the clear kind," Lartey noted. "You found pieces and taped them back together and then you gave it back to the supervisor."
All papers that were mended were then sent to the National Archives for filing.
Lartey, along with his former colleague, Reginald Young, Jr., told the news outlet that this routine, which marked a departure from their time working under the Obama administration, was happening at least up until the Spring, when they were abruptly fired without an explanation.
OK, got it now.
Neither the White House nor Irene Porada, the head of human resources who personally fired both men, did not respond to Politico's
OK, got it now, Part Two.
requests for comment on their terminations.
Next Up, "Mika reports that President Trump lights his farts."