1 New York Times best seller with his scathing memoir of the Bush White House, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White Housebr and Washington’s Culture of Deceit.” George Stephanopoulos, a former senior aide to Bill Clinton, wrote a best-selling account of his White House disillusionment, “All Too Human: A Political Education,” which served as part of his transformation from politico to highly paid TV journalist.br Free Advice to Trump Aides: Quit While You Can -br By MICHELLE GOLDBERGMAY 16, 2017br On Monday night, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, President Trump’s widely admired national security adviser, held a hastily convened news conference to try to knock down reportsbr that Mr. Trump had shared highly classified information with Russia — only to have Mr. Trump appear to confirm the reports in two Tuesday morning tweets.br Trump associates have tried to pin the blame for the president’s manifold displays of incompetence on the White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus — whose internal nickname, according to The Week, is Rancid — but the truth isbr that Mr. Trump is ruining Mr. Priebus’s reputation, not vice versa.