[hanamizu]

It is Trump’s responsibility for appointing Barr. Trump made a lot of bad personnel decisions.

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Can’t argue with that. But in Trump’s defense his first political office was President. He was a complete outsider with no real close friends in the political world to advise him on personnel matters. He had to trust people who pretty much resented his presence and they often let him down. He wasn’t and still isn’t a member of the “club”.

[Persevero]

Yes there positives and negatives to being an outsider.

Still, the buck stops with him.

[BiglyCommentary]

AND the person had to get confirmed in a RINO infested Senate. No one we would have really liked would have been confirmed.

[DesertRhino]

Not only that, but by now a blind man should be able to see that the swamp and GOPe carefully boxed him in. Trump never had more than about 35% of the power a President normally has.
Repubs, not democrats, REPUBS kept him under constant investigation and threat of impeachment. McConnell refused to let the Senate go into recess so Trump could not make appointments. He refused to approve anyone not on a short list. His White House was literally loaded with spies.
Street terrorists that Barr refused to investigate and charge went wholesale after anyone Trump got appointed... so that dried up the pool.
Barr maintained that DOJ was “independent” and did not answer to the President or executive branch.
The military refused some and slow walked his orders. When he tried to use the military to stop the BLM communist race riots, essentially they mutinied. Same again on January 6th, they were taking orders from Pelosi and Pence, and Milly was undermining him with China. The Air Force strategic command general went to Canada and said he would not necessarily follow launch orders from Trump if he did not agree.

It should be obvious by now that Trump was not free to just appoint whoever he pleased.