Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open

There is a parallel to the Smartest Guy in the Room Syndrome, which is The Most Loyal Guy in the Room Syndrome. Sadly, I believe this is Trump's Achilles.

There were several stories released recently about how DJT Lost the White House by a guy Patrick Byrne, who was the CEO of Overstocked.com. Byrne, if you read about him, came from wealth (his Dad basically founded Geico), has a number of degrees, is a committed libertarian, and blockchain fanatic. He may be on the spectrum, he is certainly full of himself, and I believe he's prone to embellishment. He also may be brilliant AND telling the truth (for the most part).

If you read "All the President's Teams" and "Crashing the White House" (admittedly, it's a big/appx 1 hour investment of your life but I think it's worth it) a picture emerges of a Trump who knew he was cheated, and wanted fighters. Trump's inner circle was peopled with folks who Trump trusted, family friends, who had been with him for years, etc. That is perfectly legit, understandable, and probably not a bad way to make a few billion. However, these people (if you believe even 2/3 of what Byrne writes) were incompetent (Rudy) who hired incompetent people and had basically aged out years ago but hadnt been released by Trump, or were now more interested in their next gig and less interested in defending Trump (Meadows and Cipollone).

And yet Trump wouldn't let these guys go. Now, I'm not saying Powell was the right woman for the job (I think she's got her own bag of issues) or that Byrne's approach of impounding machines etc was riskless. But, from every AG Trump picked to other personnel decisions and even a few of his family members, Trump has displayed an uncanny knack for picking the Loyal but Wrong Guy or Gal for the Job.

It happens, and I get it. I'm not stunned. But if there IS a similarity between Trump and Obama, it's that their Blind Spots are what limited them from doing more. Obama, for having 8 years to fundamentally transform America, really got Obamacare and that's about it...it coulda been MUCH worse but he was so smaaaaaht that he probably rejected a zillion ideas because they weren't his or "perfect." Trump could still be President if he'd had some young, hungry and sharp people who anticipated irregularities and nipped them in the bud vs waiting after the fact for a drunk and hair dye-sweating Rudy to bumble through legal proceedings that failed.

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