Someone in the Trump White House just threw Ivanka Trump and Hope Hicks under the bus
Just how badly is Donald Trump’s church photo op stunt blowing up in his face? Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who participated in the photo op, is now claiming that he didn’t even know they were going to the church, and that Trump told him they were going to a bathroom instead. No, really. But now it’s imploded even further.
Some unnamed source within the Trump White House is now telling the New York Times that Donald Trump was “urged on by his daughter Ivanka” to do the church photo op, and that she was the one who brought a Bible to the photo op. That same source is also saying that it was Hope Hicks who “came up with the visuals” for the photo shoot.
We don’t have any way of knowing who this NY Times source is, but this person is clearly throwing Ivanka and Hicks under the bus in the hope of taking the heat off themselves. We’re going to see more of this kind of leaking going forward, as the incident continues to turn uglier for the Trump regime, and everyone tries to avoid being the scapegoat.
