The following article by Callum Borchers was posted on the Washington Post website September 1, 2017:
In his first month as President Trump’s chief of staff, John F. Kelly has brought discipline to the White House, sometimes to the frustration of Trump. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde/Photo: Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
Many things about the media seem to irritate President Trump, but one narrative that really gets under his skin is that someone else controls him. It’s a direct shot to the pride of a man who built his political brand on being the one who — “alone” — can fix the nation’s problems.
If you have noticed the glut of recent reports on White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly’s attempt to act as the president’s gatekeeper, then you probably were not surprised to read this in The Washington Post on Thursday evening: Trump “has been especially sensitive to the way Kelly’s rigid structure is portrayed in the media and strives to disabuse people of the notion that he is being managed.” Continue reading “The media narrative that really gets under Trump’s skin”