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☆ Hope Hicks, former Trump aide, on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Hope Hicks, who served as a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, told an aide to Ivanka Trump that “we all look like domestic terrorists now” as the Capitol riot unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. In texts released by the House Jan. 6 committee, Hicks expressed concerns about the consequences of Trump’s actions to Julie Radford, who was then Ivanka Trump’s chief of staff. She departed the White House several days after the Jan. 6 insurrection after serving as a counselor to the president. She previously served as White House communications director as well as director of strategic communications. Before joining the Trump White House, Hicks worked for Trump’s presidential campaign, the Trump Organization and Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand.

☆ Hope Hicks said 'we all look like domestic terrorists now' after January 6 and that another White House aide was a 'genius' for getting out early
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hope Hicks said the Capitol riot made her and other aides "unemployable" and "untouchable." Hicks also said Alyssa Farah Griffin was a "genius" for leaving the administration early. During the Capitol riot, Farah Griffin tweeted at Trump, pleading with him to condemn the attack. Farah Griffin went on to become a politics contributor for CNN, and in August 2022 became a co-host of The View. Hicks left the White House on January 12, 2021, though CNN reported the departure was planned before the riot.

☆ CIA staff made a 'suicide pact' to resign if Trump fired director Gina Haspel, former aide says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CIA staff pledged to quit if Donald Trump fired its director, Alyssa Farah Griffin said. At the time, Trump was said to be considering replacing Gina Haspel with supporter Kash Patel. "I have been told that they tried to fire Gina Haspel, the CIA director, and install Kash Patel." "They were able to stop it," Farah Griffin told the House select committee. "But allegedly, for about 14 minutes, Kash was actually the CIA director."

☆ Jared Kushner blocked Biden's access to COVID-19 planning in the final days of the Trump era, former aide says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jared Kushner denied Biden's team access to COVID-19 plans in late 2020, a former aide said. Kushner said Biden's team should "absolutely not" be looped in, claimed Alyssa Farah Griffin. "Jared just said, 'Absolutely not,'" Farah Griffin told the panel. Biden officials complained at the time that the Trump administration was refusing them access to COVID-19 data in the weeks after the election. In the same speech, Biden pressed the Trump administration to provide more details about the allocation of COVID-19 vaccinations.

☆ Trump's former comms director said her job was pointless because he would ruin her plans with compulsive tweeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Alyssa Farah Griffin said her job as Trump's communications director was "basically an oxymoron." She said she'd go to work with plans that would be derailed by Trump's compulsive tweeting. "Being White House communications director under Donald Trump, it's just not something that really effectively existed," she told the panel. The former White House aide cited a specific example of the "chaos" she said she endured in the role. In 2017, former Trump aides told Politico that nobody in the White House could control his tweeting.

☆ Zelenskyy's TIME Person of the Year Award is proof that resilience is the most important trait any leader can have
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

He embodies valor and resilience, traits business leaders should exhibit in tough times. The Ukrainian leader's speaking style is characterized by short sentences, vivid imagery, and empathy, all of which make him effective. A 2021 research paper published in the Academy of Management Journal found business leaders who led by example boosted productivity in their businesses. Some of the most convincing business leaders of our time have leaned into emotion when making key arguments. "President Zelenskyy remains focused on his core assignment.

☆ How media outlets covered Trump’s misinformation-laced 2024 announcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The big three broadcast networks, to no surprise, ignored Trump and didn’t interrupt normal programming to carry the speech. While MSNBC decided not to take the speech live, Fox News and CNN both aired large portions of Trump’s fairly low-energy and misinformation-peppered announcement. Hannity, whose show hyped Trump’s announcement throughout the event in the chyron, turned to pro-Trump commentators Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee for analysis. It’s also worth noting how print and digital outlets covered the speech. Instead, Trump joked he would not “use the term ‘fake news media’” because he wanted to keep the event “elegant.”We’ll see how long that lasts.

☆ Ex-Trump aide says the Republican Party needs to finally see Donald Trump as a 'loser' in order to 'thrive'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An ex-White House aide branded Donald Trump as a "loser" amid GOP setbacks in the midterm elections. Alyssa Farah Griffin — who is now a co-host of "The View" — said that the Republican Party can only "thrive" without him. "If you want the Republican Party to thrive, we have got to just finally speak out and say, 'This man is a loser,' " Griffin said of Trump. "How could you look at these results tonight and conclude Trump has any chance of winning a national election in 2024?" Ron DeSantis, who won a historic re-election victory and solidified himself as a star of the Republican Party.

☆ Republicans are blaming Trump after the GOP's midterm 'red wave' failed to materialise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republican analysts blamed Trump for the GOP's disappointing midterm results. The former president had endorsed hundreds of candidates in the midterm elections as he sought to cement his control over the party. In a CNN interview, former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin blamed the failures on the poor quality of the candidates Trump championed. Liam Donovan, a former aide to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also laid the blame at the feet of the former president. He is considered Trump's leading rival for the 2024 GOP nomination, and Trump had attacked him in interviews on the eve of the midterms.

☆ Ex-White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin says Donald Trump's possible return to Twitter after Musk purchase will hurt him: 'It's going to remind voters of how unhinged he was'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"The View" cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin said Trump's potential return to Twitter would hurt him. Trump was banned from Twitter last year and for most of 2022 has been utilizing Truth Social. But the former Trump aide warned that the ex-president's presence on the social media platform would hurt him. "There's a lot of good stuff that's come from social media, but people give in to their basic instincts when they're hidden behind anonymity." "I don't think his crazy statements get as much pickup on Truth Social as they did on Twitter.

☆ George Conway predicts Trump will run for president in 2024 for 'protection' against his many legal troubles
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Conway thinks Trump will run in 2024 as protection against his legal cases. "He will run for president, in effect, for protection against these legal proceedings, but there's just gonna be too many of them," Conway said. The lawsuit alleges that Trump, his company, and his three oldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump — misled people into investing in a multi-level marketing scheme. After the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, he said that he thought Trump was "in very substantial legal jeopardy." Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway , Trump's former senior counselor.

☆ 'He's a desperate man': Conway on Trump inviting investigators back to Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Conservative lawyer George Conway and Former Trump administration official Alyssa Farah Griffin explain to CNN's Anderson Cooper why the former president's decision to invite investigators back into Mar-a-Lago is a sign of desperation.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. “Thank you very much, Mr. vice president,” Pelosi says on the call. “Good news.”Trump privately knew he had lostPublicly, Trump insisted he was being robbed of an election he won. The president told chief of staff Mark Meadows “something to the effect of, 'I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. “Claims that President Trump actually thought the election was stolen are not supported by fact and not a defense,” Cheney said.

☆ Volodymyr Zelenskyy embodies resilience. It's one of multiple traits business leaders can mimic in tough times.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Ukrainian leader's speaking style is characterized by short sentences, vivid imagery, and empathy, all of which make him effective. A 2021 research paper published in the Academy of Management Journal found business leaders who led by example boosted productivity in their businesses. Some of the most convincing business leaders of our time have leaned into emotion when making key arguments. Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesThough the pandemic has bent the rules of formality, starched suits are still the go-to for world leaders. "President Zelenskyy remains focused on his core assignment.

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