[Soul of the South]

“That’s all the Republican senate would allow him to have”

Another false meme. Trump chose Sessions because Sessions supported him early in the campaign. Clearly Trump did not think it through.

Trump could have named anyone he wanted to the job both times it was open. If he truly didn’t put his own person in the job because McConnell told him his nominee wouldn’t pass, he had another path open to him. He could have nominated his own candidate. If the RINO’s in the Senate started making noise he could have gone to the people.

The truth is Trump made many bad appointments - Tillerson, Mattis, Priebus, Kelly, Esper and many more. Few if any were made because it was the best he could get by the Senate.

Consider this. If he had nominate Amy Coney Barrett for Attorney General, do you really believe the Republican Senate would have failed to confirm her? She would almost certainly have been better than Sessions or Barr. There have to be honest conservative politician attorneys or judges he could have appointed and would have passed the Senate. The fact is, he did not try.

An executive cannot lead an organization by himself. If he doesn’t hire a good team of senior leaders, committed to the cause, under him he will be crippled. Trump could have been an even better president if he had done the hard work of recruiting and vetting outstanding people to work for him in the administration.

[Freee-dame]

I agree that PDJT made many poor appointments. I give him a pass only on Sessions, without whose support Trump would probably not have been elected. Rosenstein, who I consider Trump's worst appointment, on the other hand, should have been vetted even on Wikipedia and known to be a swamp creature.

I do think that many people who would have made wonderful appointees in the Trump administration declined the offer because they knew that the ruthless Dems would put them and their entire family through the ringer. Dems stop at nothing to get their way and do not care who they ruin.

[Leaning Right]

Very good post yours. As you noted, Trump made quite a few appointment mistakes. Hopefully the next Republican president (if there is one) will learn from these mistakes.

[unclebankster]

The main problem Trump had, was a Republican establishment that never supported him.

Barrett would make a great Chief Justice, but a terrible AG.
She’s a woman, who as AG would accommodate the liberals who run the DOJ.

The answer to our DOJ problem is to defund it. Eliminate 90% of their budget.