Republican strategist Rick Wilson on Friday shredded the Trump administration over its inept handling of revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya.

Wilson, who has experience dealing in political crisis management throughout his career as a political consultant, explained in a recent tweet storm how the Trump White House is making every mistake imaginable in handling this latest scandal.

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“These aren’t secret rules or esoteric practices,” he wrote. “Even if you’re a massive Trump fan, you can’t be comfortable with how utterly incompetent they are at this story. I know these are alien principles, but tell the truth, get it all out fast, credible spokesmen, take responsibility, turn off the fan.”

Wilson noted that, when caught in a scandal, it’s best to get as much accurate information out to the public as possible. Instead, he noted, the Trump administration has only been willing to release information when cornered on it, and by this point the administration’s credibility on the scandal has been totally shot.

“Drip drip drip,” he wrote. “They don’t get it; the bullsh*t tornado ONLY works on their hypnotized base.”

Read the whole tweet storm below.

2/ It's amazing to me that this White House and Team Trump are handling this so badly. These aren't secret rules or esoteric practices. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 14, 2017

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4/ I know these are alien principles, but tell the truth, get it all out fast, credible spokesmen, take responsibility, turn off the fan. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 14, 2017

6/ Person 5 is a former RUS counterintelligence officer. Who knows who the 6th person is? Even if it was innocent, this is bad crisis PR. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 14, 2017