Donald Trump was reportedly unaware that two longtime advisers working on his political operations heading into critical midterm elections were traveling in the Balkans to consult with a Russian-aligned government in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After learning about the trip, which was reported in The New York Times this week, the president fired off a remarkable and rare attempt to publicly distance himself from the pair and threatened to fire them, triggering “full-on panic mode” inside the White House, according to Politico.