💬 the tellers' own words: “Also, as though Donald Trump is the commander in chief has like zero agency over himself.” “arguing behind the scenes that he played a chief role in convincing Donald Trump to attack Iran with no exit strategy.” “Did he get duped?” “he's always kind of been surrounded, unfortunately, by a lot of people who are prone to doing that and want to try to grift.” “he's kind of a worm tongue. He's figured out how to say the things in Trump's ear that Trump likes to hear.” “his administration has been infiltrated by the very people that he energized voters to say he would get out of D.C.” “How do these people always remove every bit of agency from the president, every time the agency is removed from Trump?” “I don't think President Trump knows about most of this. Like, he can't be everywhere at once.” “I think he had severe poor advice from people, I think, who treated him like a baby in many respects and used him.” “I think his advisors are wrong. I don't know who is pushing him not to the right side” “if only the czar knew” “In fact, the president does listen to them.”