Trump hires the best people. It’s what he says he does.
General Mattis is a “dope”; General Kelly is a “dope”; General McMaster is a “dope”; Secretary Tillerson is a “dope”; AG Sessions is a “dope”; and now John Bolton is a “dope”. Notice a pattern here folks? (& who is the next “dope” to fall? General Milley?) VP Pence, if he turns on him. Out of control. In executive business, this kind of fickle leader and incessant turnover would see the Board ridding itself of such an unstable CEO.
In his defense , the world of high-dollar business is vastly more self-correcting than the insular world of DC, where one’s misdeeds are blamed on political opponents, excused or covered up by one’s allies in the Uniparty, and ultimately financed by the taxpayers. In Trump’s former milieu, bums could be fired without having to change Federal legislation, as he had to do with deadwood at the VA; and buildings have to pass inspections and remain standing.
Both he and Ivanka, who was the executive developer for the Trump International Hotel and many other Trump properties, have expressed astonishment at the depth of viciousness in the DC political realm. They thought New York City’s dirty Democrat politics would have prepared them.
Even so, who else but Trump, among the 16 GOP candidates who ran last time, could even have stood up as much as he has done, attempting to right the sinking ship?