The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air. They discuss ideas for Hannity’s show, Trump’s frustration with the ongoing special counsel probe and even, at times, what the president should tweet, according to people familiar with the conversations. When he’s off the phone, Trump is known to cite Hannity when he talks with White House advisers.
The revelation this week that the two men share an attorney is just the latest sign of how Hannity is intertwined with Trump’s world — an increasingly powerful confidant who offers the media-driven president a sympathetic ear and shared grievances. The conservative commentator is so close to Trump that some White House aides have dubbed him the unofficial chief of staff.
This portrait of the interactions between the president and the talk-show host is based on interviews with more than a dozen friends, advisers and associates of the two men, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
For a president who feels, intensely, that he is under siege, Hannity offers what he prizes: loyalty and a mass audience. And Trump, in turn, has directed his supporters to Hannity’s show — urging people on Twitter last week to watch the commentator attack special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who heads the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
Their bond intensified during the 2016 campaign and has grown stronger during Trump’s time in office.
“The bottom line is, during the heat of the campaign when relationships are forged, he was always there, offering good advice, in person and on television,” former deputy Trump campaign manager David Bossie said of Hannity. “The president sees him as an incredibly smart and articulate spokesman for the agenda.”
"Incredibly smart?" Sure, okay.
The article goes on to say that Trump and Hannity talk several times a week, and that Hannity even helps him with his tweets. (Well that explains a lot.)
In fact it is almost as if Hannity has a desk in the White House.
Shit, more like he has his toothbrush in the master bathroom.
Essentially Trump and Hannity are engaging in the Right Wing cable television version of phone sex.
"Oh Donald you are so masterful, and your hands seem gigantic over the phone."
"Oh Sean you are so creepily flattering, and I love how you carefully manipulate me into saying and tweeting crazy things that are damaging our country. I can't quit you."
I really think that this was Roger Ailes' fantasy all along.
To have Fox News take over the running of this country, and lead it to the glorious conservative dystopia that dominated his masturbatory fever dreams.
Too bad he did not live long enough to see it.
And hopefully WE will live long enough to see it all come crashing down around Donald Trump's ears.
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