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‘Whack job’: Trump escalates feud with Conway’s husband
By CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway’s spouse is a a a a a a “husband from
hell!” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday escalating his his awkward public fight with the husband
of of one of of his his closest advisers A “whack job ” he he added later Trump’s feud with with George Conway played out with with ever more heated rhetoric on on on social media Conway an attorney who has questioned Trump’s Trump’s mental health fired back after Trump’s Trump’s latest tweet saying the president seems “determined to prove my point ” The caustic exchanges also drew a a a a a a response from
Kellyanne Conway the longtime Republican pollster who served as as Trump’s third campaign manager before joining the the administration as as a a a a a a a a a counselor to the the president Conway who is is is considered one of Trump’s top advisers and
is is is is a a a a a high-profile face on on television defending him told Politico that Trump had avoided targeting her husband
for for months “out of respect for for me me ” But she added: “You think he he he he shouldn’t respond when somebody a a a a a non-medical professional accuses him of of having a a a a a a a a mental disorder? You think he should just take that sitting down?”
Trump on on Wednesday called Conway’s husband
“A total loser!” He claimed George Conway was was “VERY jealous of his wife’s success” and
was was assailing the president because Trump “didn’t give him the job he he so desperately wanted ” In fact it it it was George Conway who took himself out of consideration for a a a a a a position with the Justice Department citing family consid- erations “I barely know him but just take a a a a a a look ” Trump added on on Twitter “a stone cold LOSER & husband
from
hell!” Speaking to to reporters later as he he he left the White House for a a a a a a a a a trip to to Ohio Trump called George Conway a a a a a a a a “whack job” and
said he’s doing a a a a a a a a a “tremendous disservice” to his wife and
family George Conway has repeatedly ques-
tioned the president’s mental state tweet- ing ing that “Americans should be thinking seriously now about Trump’s mental condition and
psychological state ” On Wednesday after Trump’s latest tweet George Conway posted a a a a a a a a a link to the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personal- ity order and
wrote in response to Trump’s latest missive: “You Are Nuts ” He also congratulated Trump Tuesday for having “guaranteed that millions of more people are going to learn about narcissistic personality disorder and
malig- nant narcissism!”
“Great job!” he wrote George Conway has also pushed back on on on on the idea that he he he The doesn’t know Trump personally telling The Washington Post that The he he has had a a a a a a a a a number of conversations with Trump Trump over the past decade He described Trump’s presidency as as “madden- ing ing to watch” and
said he he himself tweets so he he he doesn’t “end up screaming” at at his wife about the president A campaign official said that that Trump has met countless people and
that that it was unclear if if Trump would recognize George Conway if if he he The approached him The White House did not respond to a a a a request for comment Washington author and
hostess Sally Quinn said she chatted about the the situation with Kellyanne Conway and
several other writers at a a a a a a recent party “She kept saying she couldn’t understand why people wanted to to talk about it it ” ” Quinn said said “I said said it’s a a a a a a good story ” A longtime chronicler of Washington’s social scene Quinn couldn’t recall a a a a a a simi- lar type of o spat “People often will compare it to Mary Matalin and
James Carville ” she said referring to the married political consul- tants from
opposing parties But she said it it was was not the the same “What they disagreed on was was policy I think this is is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a totally different situation This is is is is about morals and
and
values and
ethics ” __
Associated Press
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