GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump said Saturday [1-12-19] that media reports of dysfunction within his administration amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history were inaccurate because ‘there’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me’…The shutdown entered its fourth week on Saturday, with congressional lawmakers leaving town Friday as 800,000 federal workers missed their first paychecks as a result of the impasse. Philip Rucker, the Post’s White House bureau chief, identified himself in a tweet as the reporter to whom the president was likely referring in his post. In a further tweet Saturday — his sixth shutdown-related tweet of the morning — Trump urged Democrats to ‘get back to work,’ following several earlier tweets that stressed a ‘humanitarian crisis’ at the border.”
–Quint Forgey, “Trump denies chaotic administration amid shutdown: ‘There’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me’,” Politico, January 11, 2019 12:02 pm