[Qiviut]

It was his first rodeo in politics. His advisers should have been better at communicating that to him. Unfortunately most of them were also deep staters.

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I think this is hitting the nail on the head. I heard an explanation, within his first year, I think, that he was NOT a politician and, as most politicians do, he did not have a rolodex of names he could call on to fill the many positions that needed filling. Trump relied on folks like Reince (for starters) & others who did have a rolodex, to make suggestions. Trump had a LOT on his plate ... just imagine coming in to the WH with businessman experience (why he has survived & the country is doing well) but no political/government experience (why it’s been a bumpy, dangerous 3 years). Also, the level of pure venomous, unanimous hatred by the Dems as a party & those holding office (Congress) is something I don’t think many, if any (maybe Lincoln) Presidents have faced before.

Now that impeachment is temporarily (they’ll try it again) off his back, he has some freedom & he needs to do what he can ... ruthless needs to be the modus operandi. If he’s re-elected & the R’s hold either the Senate or can take back the House, then look out ... I think there will be some Aegean Stables level cleanout. If we lose both the House & Senate, Trump will be kicked out of office for sure.

[Lurkinanloomin]

His earliest advisors were all Bush League Republicans who were working to undermine him.
Preibus, Kelly and others suggested people they knew would stymie the progress of reversing the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).

[Roccus]

I think this is hitting the nail on the head. I heard an explanation, within his first year, I think, that he was NOT a politician and, as most politicians do, he did not have a rolodex of names he could call on to fill the many positions that needed filling. Trump relied on folks like Reince (for starters) & others who did have a rolodex, to make suggestions.

Those "others" he relied on were NOT rats.....they were Republicans...and we see how THAT has been working for him.

[DesertRhino]

He did indeed have a Rolodex of names he could have called. But the unprecedented Democrat terrorism made almost all of them refuse to get involved in the administration. The attacks in restaurants, the guaranteed over the top colonoscopy about their life, instant crimibal investigations into who they were.

Democrat extremism supported by Republicans who expected him to be proven as a Russian spy made it impossible for him to get the staff he wanted. There is no telling the damage Paul Ryan and Mitchell did to the country while they shrunk back from the Democrat lie.