I agree with you too. Trump’s biggest mistake was not purging every Obama General and Admiral. I would have fired every three and four star officer the first day and the rest of the officer and NCO corps would have gotten the message quickly. He never drained the swamp anywhere and it eventually got him.
Agreed. But, my point really is, as a civilian, non-politician President Trump was totally unaware of these things. As a man born in 1945, immediately after our great victories in WWII, he had an enormous respect for the men that won that war. If you watched his rally’s during the Primaries and the General elections he repeatedly made reference to the great Generals and Admirals of that war.
He truly believed that there are still to this day such men throughout our military.
He was so very mistaken. There were but two who had his back. Admiral Rogers and General Flynn. And, that was it. The rest were backstabbing him at every opportunity. He eventually realized the breadth and depth of the Deep State was far beyond what he ever imagined but, it was too late by that time.
He is a much wiser man today in regards to the Deep State than he was as a candidate and first-term President.
He has learned in Trial by Fire.