'Scary' White House insider's observation about Trump should set off alarms: analyst

In a column published on Saturday, Washington Post political analyst Aaron Blake noted a description of Donald Trump by an anonymous White House official that he feels should have received more attention.

Describing it as scary, Blake noted it not only may have a bearing on Trump's attitude about the sweeping tariffs he is putting in place but also for what it says about how his second term could play out.

Specifically, he cited a report from the post that included the Trump, administration insider bluntly stating, "[Trump's]... at the peak of just not giving a f--k anymore. Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a f--k. He’s going to do what he’s going to do. He’s going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail.”

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That led the analyst to point out the country is facing, "... a very different Trump presidency than the first version," with scarcely a member of his own party willing to call him out.

Noting the second-term Trump White House is stocked with Trump loyalists more than willing to do his bidding, Blake suggested, "you could scarcely rule out Trump’s deciding to go down with the tariff ship, if that’s what it comes to."

"It’s now become clear that the old Trump was contained because of the people around him and his own political considerations. The new Trump is a different animal," he wrote before warning, "And when he finally does go too far — and risks his fellow Republicans’ hides — they have little to fight back with. Which is what we’re seeing now. To the extent Trump does walk the party into destruction, they’ve handed him the leash."

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