A Trump campaign adviser said his leadership was more concerned about his comments than there was widespread frustration among members of Trump’s fourth chief of staff, Medvoz.
“Everyone was clear that Meadows would go to bed again,” the advisers said.
The White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment, but during a gag on Monday morning, Meadows simply repeated himself, suppressing his own comments and subsequent criticism of the Biden campaign.
“Biden is the only person to fly a white flag with a white mask. I mean, when we see this, we will defeat the virus. We will not try to control it. We will try to end it,” we said. Can. “
Meadows worked to include information on the new outbreak in the vice president’s office fees, believing it could be harmful if the information came out a week before the election. That strategy has largely failed because the case has been exposed anyway by the leaks. According to multiple officials, the inability to keep track of the information reflects the meadows standing inside the building.
Trump’s political interests in the meadow seem to be taken into account when trying to cover up the new coronavirus case. People familiar with current West Wing operations say that almost every decision in the last few months has been made with the re-election campaign in mind, with Meadows focusing sharply on Trump’s political affairs as opposed to managing White House staff or running a governing agenda. .
Instead, Meadows continues to play the role he played before joining the Trump administration: more than a Trump friend and confidant, Chief of Staff.
Another Trump adviser recently said of Meadows, “He has shown no leadership in controlling issues with the president.”
Investigating his role
Trump himself has forced his staff chief and other senior officials to implement a policy win in the final weeks of the campaign that could help him gain support in key voting groups, including senior citizens and women. Those efforts are stalling, angering the president, who questioned people on the phone about whether his team was doing enough to re-elect him.
Among White House officials, Meadows has been the most skeptical about attempts to contain the coronavirus. Radiologist Dr. without experience of infectious disease. As Scott Atlas he did not interfere, he supplemented the administration’s health experts and recommended against wearing a mask.
Early in the crisis, Meadows came to see the White House Coronavirus Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, which was largely irrelevant.
And in addition to reducing the epidemic, Meadows has encouraged Trump to run his large-scale rallies, which, despite a nationwide surge in cases, ignore the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A week before election day, Meadows ‘CNN appearance was seen as an unforced error, and one that was quickly caught by the Biden campaign, Democratic nominees and top surrogates lambusting Meadows’ comments.
The advisers added, “Every time we make a little move, Meadows comes up with an interview.”
A separate adviser said it was probably best not to do Meadows TV between now and the election, although the chief of staff suggested they would make a presentation on CBS and ABC’s morning show on Tuesday.
Walter Reed
The most recent incident came after Meadows told reporters on Verter Reed that the president’s symptoms were worrying after Trump recovered from the coronavirus. Even a few weeks later, information remains that the president remains annoyed.
At the time, Trump said the information made his condition worse than his, and he complained that this was leading to coverage of his illness which indicated he might be incapacitated. Meadows believed it provided the most accurate information to journalists.
Two people close to the White House said the messaging fiasco launched a viewfinder campaign between some advisers arguing that Meadows should be fired after the election, two people close to the White House said.
More broadly, Meadows has been internally blamed for the mismanagement of Trump’s hospitalization, which was colored by questionable decisions such as the emergence from the hospital for the campaign to oust supporters and the surprising absence of information about the president’s position.
The move was made to appease Trump, who did not want to divulge information about his more serious situation and instead wanted to show strength.
The weekend at Verter Reed also made it clear to many employees that Meadows was more interested in maintaining proximity to the president than managing a large staff, of which he was clearly at the forefront. His decision to go to a military hospital with Trump and spend three nights there, which was later questioned, included his presence at Amy Connie Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
Others in the building believe Meadows failed to properly communicate with staff about the extent of the West Wing outbreak, which will cause officers to gather for themselves whether infected and whether they should be kept separate. The timing of the outbreak was worrisome for many officials who did not receive firm guidance on whether to work from home several days after Trump’s positive test.
Officials also said it was not clear who else in the building had tested positive. While Meadows has said he is doing so in the interests of privacy, the lack of guidance for days – when Meadows himself and Trump were with Trump in Litter Reed – angered many.
“It’s been a *** show,” another Trump adviser told CNN at the time. “They’ve really gotten a whole lot of feedback on this.”
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