Quite true.
What is amazing is that it was an in-your-face 4-year event that became increasingly obvious even to most outsiders. The extent of the failure of critical institutions, apart from the simple failure itself, is becoming more evident on a daily basis.
What is amazing is that it was an in-your-face 4-year event that became increasingly obvious even to most outsiders.
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Trump exhibited an extreme reluctance to fire people. Somewhat ironic in that this is what he was known for.
Being an outsider its understandable that he was at a disadvantage coming into and dealing with the Swamp. But his reluctance to remove people compounded his problems IMO.
The bureaucracy is a formidable force. They only respond to power and the willingness to exercise it without constraints.