Donald Trump is sinking himself in real time – and even his handlers can’t stop him

| 3:00 pm EDT August 6, 2022
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When Donald Trump’s lawyers leaked to the media this week that they were “in talks” with the DOJ about its criminal investigation into Donald Trump (the DOJ doesn’t operate that way), it was pretty obviously an attempt at controlling the media narrative. But his lawyers are also, on some level, playing to a media audience of one.

So when that same media report revealed that Trump’s lawyers had advised him to cut off communication with his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, it was pretty obvious that Trump’s lawyers were the ones who fed this to the media as well. But why leak such a thing? If this is how they feel, they’ve surely already said it to Trump’s face.

This all suggests that Trump’s lawyers privately told him to stop trying to talk to Mark Meadows, for fear that Meadows has flipped or will flip, and that Trump didn’t listen and is still trying to talk to Meadows. Trump is so self-destructively out of control, his lawyers can’t stop him – and they’re reduced to leaking their advice to the media in the hope that Trump will take it more seriously if he hears it from a media outlet. That’s just how far gone Trump is.

Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand the difficult era we're heading into. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight. We're funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can donate here.