You don’t make LTG without knowing how to give sage advice. You don’t make 0-9 because of the nefarious and ubiquitous neo-cons who scare you. Are you saying you don’t trust Trump’s judgment? Was he duped?
For whatever reason, Trump has Priebus as his CoS — and Priebus in turn is bringing in all kinds of GOPe/uniparty appointments. Acosta is an example of that—so it is still going on.
A neocon-believer’s “sage advice” is not what Trump and this country need.
As a rule of thumb, Trump’s nominations that cause an uproar are home runs. Those that lead to accolades are IMO suspect.