I think Mr. Trump was very unwise in his selection of cabinet and staff. When he came to DC, he did not dance with “them that brung him” except for Jeff Sessions who served him quite ill. And he certainly should have been much more aggressive done more about voter fraud in 2018. But he does realize now the treachery he has to deal with, and I hope to see good things from AG Barr.
The pickings were fairly thin, a lot of good people didn’t want to put up with the harassment they’d get if they took a job in the Administration, knowing arrows would come from both Republicans and Democrats.
I've been with him since the escalator ride and agree with you. His biggest flaw was that he didn't follow his own parable of "The Vicious Snake" and trusted Deep Staters to advise on his nominations. I do think he is much wiser now and am hoping for the best with AG Barr.
AG Sessions had to deal with coup members inside the Trump administration and inside the FBI. I wonder if things would've turned out better if, as you submit, President Trump had brought along with him more of the folks who got him there.
AG Sessions had to deal with coup members inside the Trump administration and inside the FBI. I wonder if things would've turned out better if, as you submit, President Trump had brought along with him more of the folks who got him there.
“I think Mr. Trump was very unwise in his selection of cabinet and staff...”
It’s not that he was unwise in who he picked. It is that his America First agenda threatens the very existence of the globalist swamp that is DC.
They unleash holy Hell on anyone he picks who dares to support his agenda. They monopolize the deep state bureaucracy, the media, academia. They possess immeasurable wealth and power, with which they have purchased the government, lock, stock and barrel. They literally will stop at nothing to destroy the MAGA movement - if they can’t find skeletons in a closet, they physically threaten family members.
Who can stand up to that kind of guerrilla warfare for long? Even if one possesses inhuman strength and courage - it is nearly impossible to resist when one’s family is targeted.
I watch President Trump, Ben Carson, Sarah Huckabee and some of the other bravest of the brave, and I wonder how they stay so strong. Some have buckled and I can’t judge them without walking a mile in their shoes - without knowing what hard choices they were facing.
True, the President has appointed some actual swamp creatures - and Rex Tillerson was one of them - but I don’t believe it was lack of wisdom. President Trump knew Tillerson didn’t share his agenda. But sometimes you appoint a dissenting commander in the hopes he will follow orders and get things done.
I hope President Trump lives long enough beyond 2024 to write his memoirs, and that I live long enough to read them. It will be a fascinating read. I guarantee there is very little in the way of bumbling, naiveté, lack of wisdom or undue influence from those around him.
When a leader is as strong, focused and resolute as President Trump is, not everyone on his staff needs to share his agenda.