All posts tagged "White House Adviser"

Former President Donald Trump has mastered the art of "inverted victimhood" to proclaim himself the martyr of his own criminal charges and other legal problems, wrote former White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal for The Guardian on Thursday.

"It is not enough for him to lash out," wrote Blumenthal. "Then, he declares himself to be the victim. Whatever it is, he is falsely accused. But his self-dramatization as the wounded sufferer is only half his story: he insists that whoever has accused him is in fact the offender. He emerges triumphant, the martyr, the truth-teller, courageously unmasking the real villain. J’accuse!"

This pattern has allowed him to claim that every investigation, indictment, and lawsuit against him is a "witch hunt," and that he is going through all of this on behalf of his own supporters....

A White House official pledged Monday that the United States will remain committed to Taiwan's defense after a report said that Washington has rejected the island's pitch to buy F-16 fighter jets.

WASHINGTON – The progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org admitted Wednesday to filming a hoax video that in which were splayed along the ticker outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters, the Huffington Post reports.

WASHINGTON — The United States gave Egypt $150 million in crucial economic assistance on Thursday to help the key US ally transition towards democracy following the overthrow of longtime president Hosni Mubarak.

Normally when polls suggest an officeseeker is badly trailing late in the season the opposition does its best to ignore him or her. However, the White House must feel that tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell's campaign has become such a national joke that picking on her won't matter.