I am familiar with Dan Scavino. He’s Trump’s former caddie who is now the White House Social Media director who is reported to be involved in writing some of his Tweets.
Snippets from Politico, June 10, 2017:
- Scavino is in many ways the president’s mini-me, a man whose bombast, impulse control and instinct for a good punch match those of his boss.
- Scavino, whose title is director of social media, is omnipresent in the West Wing, constantly recording content for online videos. He has said that he often taps out tweets for the president’s account as Trump dictates them, and he has a knack for mimicking his boss on Twitter. “Scavino channels Trump, not the other way around,” said a senior White House aide.
- After CNN host Anderson Cooper said he was disgusted by comedian Kathy Griffin’s decision to conduct a mock beheading of Trump, Scavino tweeted, “If you are so appalled, you would make it clear to everyone that you will never have that piece of trash (@kathygriffin) on your show again.”
- He came under fire after tweeting a picture of Hillary Clinton next to a Star of David-shaped figure within which appeared the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” In the background was a sea of cash. Critics blasted the image as anti-Semitic. Scavino later tweeted, “For the MSM to suggest that I am antisemite is AWFUL. I proudly celebrate holidays w/ my wife's amazing Jewish family for the past 16 years.”
My reaction to reading about his pending divorce was “good, the more stressed the Trump toadies are the better.” It also occurred to me that the public might learn about some unsavory behavior about how he treated his wife which will reflect on the kind of men Trump chooses to be close to him.
I do feel for his wife, who suffers from a painful debilitating disease and wish the best for her. I wonder about Scavino’s motivation in publicizing his wife’s illness, in a Tweet of all things:
HUFFPOST Exclusive: Wife Of Top Trump Aide Dan Scavino Files For Divorce
I had a similar reaction when I read that the Great White Hunter Donald Trump Jr.’s wife Vanessa filed for divorce, although I also wondered if she could end up as a source for Mueller with some inside information.
I consider myself to be a kind person, an empathic person, but admit I have a judgmental side I try to keep in check. I look at the faces of people in the crowds standing behind Trump at rallies and try to see them as good people who are just under the thrall of a cult leader who managed to won them over with techniques well known to social scientists.
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But then I think of the “good Germans” doing Hitler’s bidding or turning a blind eye to his atrocities, and I remind myself that had I lived in Germany in the Nazi era I wouldn’t be here today.
I also have the fantasy that someday in the not too distant future we’ll see this book on the best seller list:
Monday, Mar 19, 2018 · 3:48:42 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
I thought I should add for those who haven’t read my stuff before that not only was I a psychotherapist for over 40 years, but I also did a lot of marriage counseling. I have had lots of experience helping women who married men who turned out to be physically or emotionally abusive. I do feel for them. Many times women knowingly marry “bad boys” initially because they find them exciting, and when they turn against them they stay because they think they can change them, for the sake of the children, and/or because they are so insecure they don’t think they can make it on their own.
Some men put on a good show during courtship and hide their true selves until they have been married long enough to subjugate their wives.