problem is, he had to pick someone
not many good people to choose from
Most of us were delighted with Mattis. We were wrong.
As it turns out, Richard Grenell is the only loyal person around him. Most of us would have been sickened by him. We were wrong.
I bet most of us even thought that all things considered, Pence would’ve been a good choice.
ok, ok, none of us thought preibus was a good choice.....
So back to the point....he had to pick someone.
I guess Pompeo was ultimately ok, and I think probably Mnuchin.
But Trump did not have an easy job.
Good analysis. And to prove that political appointments are an expedient, just look at what Trump accomplished.
Trump has always been about RESULTS. And that’s all that really matters.
“But Trump did not have an easy job.”
Good post.
Reading through a lol the posts - yours comes the closest to my sentiments on the subject of the backstabbers that Trump picked.
I’ll just add one thing to what you said: the DC swamp is huge, and has been festering fir a long time. Not just festering, building, evolving, growing, consolidating power.
There are 20 million people employed at all levels of government - these are the people who hold the reins of power - and very few of them want to let go.
Everyone wants to keep their job - even if most of us would stop short of doing something evil to keep our jobs - there are many of us who are tempted into rationalizing that something is for the good when it’s not - because we want to keep our jobs and yet feel we are a good people.
Lobbyists think they are good people even though they are basically bribing politicians for a living. The politicians getting bribed think they are good people. People become twisted after working for the government too long.
Think about the purpose of the Constitution: to limit the power, scope and size of government. That’s what the Founders designed it to do.
So when you think about it, the > 20 million in government who hold all the power are basically in an adversarial relationship with the Constitution. They ARE the oversized government that the Constitution was supposed to limit.
The bottom line is that almost every one of these 20 million who hold the reins of power, whether they know it or not, whether they would admit it or not - deep in their hearts - they actually need the Constitution to fail - because if it were enforced, they would be out of a job - and out of power - and in many cases put in jail.
THAT is what President Trump was up against - nothing less.