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He took the (deliberately false) advice of people he thought he could trust - a long-running theme for him, sadly.

Personnel choices were the Achilles heel of his administration, in my opinion.

*IF* somehow this is really all about positioning DeSantis and the leading pubbie for ‘24, then this was a good move on Trump’s part. Some part of me thinks Trump is doing ‘all this’ so he can remain as the leading tar baby for the Dems and media, giving them less time and attention for for DeSantis.

Flame if ya want to, but my ‘dream ticket’ right now for 2024 is DeSantis-Lake.

Your opinions are welcome to differ.

Well-said. He's again taking bad advice from trusted advisors.

I'll say it again. We need to be honest. Trump was a great President, helped make America great again, stopped Hillary, and lots of other magnificent things.

But seriously, Trump's Achilles is his personnel instincts. They're a virtual dumpster fire. Sessions, the Mooch, Bolton, Tillersn, Mattis, Giuliani, McCabe, Nikki Haley, Sally Yates, Flynn, Hope Hicks, Reince Priebus, Rod Rosenstein. Oh, and Pence...and endorsing McCarthy. And PA and Alabama primary nonsense.

And this is not an inconsequential Achilles. Indeed, picking Rudy to lead the stolen election charge was a disaster. He may have been America's Mayor but he was out of his league when arguing cases. In fact he was by many accounts hung over and that's why his hair dye was trickling down his face. Maybe that deck was stacked against him, but our "ace" pitcher had no heat and the skipper kept him on the mound out of loyalty.

Ignoring a problem won't make it go away, and this is a big problem. Re-electing Trump is tough enough, but I don't want to spend four years crossing my fingers on him selecting competent pit bulls to administer MAGA.

Lake is going to be Governor of Arizona and DeSantis is going to be Governor of Florida.

Both perfectly positioned for Pres and VP in 2028.

Trump doesn’t play tar baby either.

“He took the (deliberately false) advice of people he thought he could trust - a long-running theme for him, sadly.”

What about DeSantis okaying the the eighth day campaign ad. Trump saying what he said was mild.

What would people say if that campaign ad had been about Trump? There would be weeping and wailing and how dare he.

Personnel choices were the Achilles heel of his administration, in my opinion.

I agree strongly with that assessment. I support trump strongly because I fundamentally agree with a lot, if not most of his actual policies and positions. I think these policies were undermined greatly by some of the people he appointed, but by no means all. Personally, I think it is way premature for him to be saying anything negative about DeSantis, who I also like. I think they complement each other from an actual policy standpoint. I'd like to see that more emphasized. That's not going to happen though, given the nature of the press as it exists in this former republic. They simply are not going to report widely on kittens and hugs.

For '24, I support Trump, DeSantis and Paul, though not necessarily in that order. Any of the 3 would be really strong America First candidates. Lake needs some time in the saddle before more is done with her IMO, even as vice.

Personally, I'm not going to take any personality issues between the candidates seriously at this point. I'd like to see them working in concert, but understand why that may not work for them.