We’ve not had a real AG the whole Trump presidency.
We had that useless Pillsbury Doughboy and then this “Pipes” character..another DS actor. Neither of those jackasses were totally Trump’s fault. That’s all the Republican senate would allow him to have....because, they’re all as dirty as the RATs, which includes the approval of the unconstitutional kenyan usurpation. A real bulldog AG under Trump would likely have pulled the covers off ALL of em.
> Neither of those jackasses were totally Trump’s fault. That’s all the Republican senate would allow him to have.... <
You make a fair point about the Senate. But Trump made all those terrible appointments. The buck stops at the Oval Office. I sure wish Trump had gone with the bulldogs instead, and then let the chips fall as they may.
Water over the dam now. But it is something the next Republican president must consider, and learn from. And hopefully, that next Republican president will be the one we have now.
“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.