Trump admin official: Ex-president's staff was 'cringing' during RNC speech
Donald Trump's own campaign staff members were likely "cringing" after the former president's remarks at the Republican National Convention, according to someone who worked in his White House.
Former Mike Pence Homeland Security staffer Olivia Troye appeared on MSNBC, and was asked about Trump going "off the rails" in his RNC speech and repeating many of his regular talking points.
Troye said a tiger doesn't change its stripes, and then she described what it was like working at the White House under Trump.
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"I will say this, his speech started off and went off the rails like it usually does. I was picturing, honestly, Alex, the staff, we have all been there as we have worked at the White House, I was imagining the staff cringing, no, no, no, here he goes," she said. "And then sitting there going and shaking our heads. The reality is, the message that came across during that entire week was it is not the party of unity. It is the party of unifying between and behind an agenda to suit them, an extreme agenda."