Cliff Sims describes West Wing as ‘tough place to work’ with ‘team of vipers’
President Donald Trump Tuesday slammed a former White House employee — and even threatened legal action — over a new tell-all book describing the West Wing as a chaotic place occupied by a “team of vipers.”
Cliff Sims is making the rounds on television as he tries to sell his book about his time on Trump’s staff. The media blitz included a stop by CNN’s “New Day” morning show on Tuesday.
Simms told CNN the “atmosphere” created by Trump “encourages a lot of the infighting.” He described Tuesday the scene during which he and Trump were crafting the “enemies list” in the president’s private study just outside the Oval Office as a time he “lost myself” and his “moral compass.”
View the complete January 29 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.