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Trump aides gave up trying to communicate with him in the attack on the US Capitol, calling him 'mentally unreachable,' reports say

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Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.President Donald Trump was detached from reality as his supporters on Wednesday, according to multiple reports citing people close to him.Trump aides are said to have given up trying to communicate with him during the crisis.During the attack, which forced Congress to temporarily abandon the in the election, Trump was at the White House defending his supporters and refusing to condemn the violence, .An administration official described the president as "" who was "so driven by this notion that he's been treated unfairly that he can't see the bigger picture."The official was referring to Trump's untrue claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him because of widespread voter fraud — allegations that have been . as saying that Trump's closest friends and White House officials were "avoiding him like the plague" and that some had "given up trying to communicate with him, considering him mentally unreachable."On Wednesday afternoon, that Trump's aides were trying to get him to issue a strong statement against the violence but that he was "ignoring these entreaties."Haberman also described a Trump advisor as saying that people close to Trump were "certain the president wanted this and is enjoying it.", fewer staffers than normal were around Trump on Wednesday. The report noted that the White House senior advisor Jared Kushner was traveling back from the Middle East that day."I don't know who is getting through to him right now," a former senior administration official told Politico.One Republican whom Politico described as being close to Trump also told the outlet: "I don't want to talk to him ... What am I going to say? This is one of those moments when I don't know if I want to be involved."The official who spoke with The Post said Trump was so angry at Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the congressional session, that "he couldn't see straight."Trump has in recent days repeatedly called on Pence to reject the electoral votes for Biden and declare Trump the winner of the election instead — .Read more: As rioters stormed the Capitol, the president continued to attack the election result on Twitter. Hours later, he released a video calling on his supporters to stop the violence.But in the video, the president that the election was stolen from him, and he told his supporters, "We love you; you're very special."Twitter locked the president out of his account, citing the tweets and the video. But the social-media platform the tweets that led to his suspension and would regain access to his account on Thursday.Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.Subscribe to push notificationsAn icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.Keep readingTwo crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.President Donald Trump was detached from reality as his supporters on Wednesday, according to multiple reports citing people close to him.Trump aides are said to have given up trying to communicate with him during the crisis.During the attack, which...

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Trump aides gave up trying to communicate with him in the attack on the US Capitol, calling him 'mentally unreachable,' reports say

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