Over
the objections of his aides and advisers — who urged him to focus on policy and the broader goals of his presidency — the new president issued a decree: He wanted a fiery public response, and he wanted it to come from his press secretary.
Not exact matches
Stewart said Trump was «just wrong» to call Putin and congratulate him on his reelection over the
objections of his own national security
aides, who wrote talking points for him with the words «DO NOT CONGRATULATE.»
A former
aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year
of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first
of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation
of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over
objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).
But one
of Cuomo's top
aides, Larry Schwartz, raised
objections.
Question topics included the recent rollout
of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number
of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring
of former Sharpton
aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration
of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's
objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use
of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports
of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Cuomo was so close to Pigeon — charged last week with nine felonies in connection with the alleged bribing
of a state Supreme Court justice — that he gave him a key role in his 2014 re-election campaign despite
objections from more important political
aides like Joseph Percoco and Larry Schwartz, who considered him «untrustworthy and a little sleazy,» a source close to the campaign told The Post.