Emanuel’s focus was laser-like. With subordinates, the chief did not suffer fools and pounced when he sensed weakness. When one young aide stammered while giving an answer, Rahm snapped: “Take your f*cking tampon out of your mouth and tell me what you have to say.” The “undersecretary for go f*ck yourself” lived up to his billing. “The Rahm freak-outs, the yelling—that stuff’s all real,” says a former senior adviser. But the act was so famous by now that it was almost like theater. “It was hard for anyone to be very afraid because they sort of knew that was his style. It was like, ‘There’s
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