[NELSON111]

>>> Should have been done on day 1

Agree 1000%. This and some bad hiring practices (Omerosa, Scaramucci, et al) have been what has tripped up an otherwise great presidency. But really-not purging the swamp of the creatures he had e authority to purge was a big oversight. Obama did it. Clinton did it. He obviously didn’t understand the true evil nature of the swamp.

[MayflowerMadam]

Scaramucci

Wasn’t he compliments of Ivanka and Jared?

[Vigilanteman]

People need to understand the reason there is so many swamp creatures embedded into DC is because the best and brightest generally do not go into this kind of work and, indeed, are not welcomed if they try.

In a previous life, I scored in the top 1% in a CIA exam and, years later, in a State Department exam and was invited to DC for the full interview thing.

I can't say anything about the CIA exam because I signed a confidentiality statement. But the State Department interview didn't require it.

I can say that the interview day was not particularly rigorous and we had ample time to interact with other examinees and review the resumes of the examiners. In general, the examiners selected candidates which were like them (same colleges, viewpoints and background in media, government bureaucracy or the Peace Corps) and rejected those which were not (different colleges, viewpoints and background in the military or actual business). I suspect the CIA was somewhat similar but, of course, can't prove it because I didn't have access to the same information as in the State Department interviews.

Things would probably work better if all new government hires were confined to people who had experience outside of government with a military exception favoring those who had worked in frontline situations over those joining the military to get government work.