All this expressing of anguish by Republicans over Trump anonymously and through surrogates is getting emptier by the minute. Here's supposedly what they're feeling in the White House:
No aides had yet threatened to resign as of Wednesday morning, according to White House officials and advisers, but a number of White House staffers had private conversations on Tuesday night about how terribly the day went.
White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, who was standing near Trump on Tuesday for what was supposed to be a statement about infrastructure, was particularly displeased, according to people familiar with the matter, as the president launched into a rant about the culpability of the “alt-left” while calling some of the protesters at the white nationalist rally “very fine people.”
But there has been no word from Cohn about any plans to step down.
Still, White House aides say they were startled by the extensive comments, especially because Trump paid so little attention at the event to the intended focus of infrastructure, which is an issue the president often says he cares deeply about.
How the fuck are these people "startled" by anything the guy they've been working for all these months does or says? Have they been paying that little attention to their boss? "A number of people are on thin ice," one White House official told Politico, "explaining how some aides feel they are at wit's end."
There's a remedy for that. Tender your resignation and then go on the record with the media describing the ways in which this man is unfit for office. You might, just might, have a chance at salvaging your career if you leave now. You might also be doing something much greater—saving the nation.