Noticed that President Donald Trump hasn’t been sending early morning tweets recently? There’s a reason for that, according to an aide.
The president has notably scaled back his use of Twitter for a few days, particularly in the pre-dawn hours.
One aide said the reduction in Trump’s early morning tweets was a result of his ending his habit of watching ‘‘Morning Joe,’’ the MSNBC show hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, longtime friends of the president who have been critical of some of his early moves.
Brzezinski said Trump made similar claims of avoiding the TV during the campaign. ‘‘Then I would see him and Joe talking and he would say ‘Joe, you know I really watch every day,’’’ she said.
The aide insisted on anonymity in order to discuss internal White House dealings.
The move comes as morale plummets among some of Trump’s White House staffers following a string of leaks that have left aides questioning each other.
In public, Trump has continued to speak about his presidency with his usual confident bluster. But he’s privately vented frustrations to friends and associates, particularly about what he sees as the ineffectiveness of the White House’s communications efforts and the scattershot nature of his first weeks in office.