Analysis: Jeanine Pirro faces the choice many Trump officials confront at one point or another | CNN Politics
Jeanine Pirro faced a choice that all President Donald Trumpâs team members confront sooner or later: Do they live in his world, or the real one? The DC US attorney earned a tongue-lashing from the president, an old friend, after reasoning that damage to the capitalâs Reflecting Pool resulted from his flawed remodeling project rather than the vandalism he claimed. By siding with evidence and leaving the looking-glass world that the president conjures around his White House, she infringed the personal bargain that is the price of entry to his inner power circle. Pirro, as a law enforcement official, is in a dicier position than other officials who can indulge Trumpâs unsupported claims without crossing him, since she must submit his accusations to the exacting standards of the courts. But in most areas of his political life, Trumpâs spinning of alternative realities is a powerful tool. It helped him build his political mystique and win two White House races, and it can act as a face-saving cover for his failures. This salesmanâs technique turned the Trump brand into a real estate empire and curated his image as a master tycoon on âThe Apprenticeâ despite the checkered
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