You dismiss DeSantis falsely. Besides, Trump was supposed to be the master negotiator and business person, yet he failed miserably at picking people, at managing people, and at accomplishing anything beyond executive order dictates. I recall more than once new reports suggested he was surprised that his pronouncements weren’t followed.
“You dismiss DeSantis falsely.”
I don’t think so.
“Besides, Trump was supposed to be the master negotiator and business person, yet he failed miserably at picking people, at managing people, and at accomplishing anything beyond executive order dictate.”
You mischaracterize Trump’s record, and as I pointed out in my previous response, he was dealing with a level of obstructionism and resistance from Congress that DeSantis simply hasn’t had to face.
Trump was able to get funding for the border wall, but it took a lot of negotiations with a Congress that wasn’t interested in cooperating. It also required Trump to be creative in reallocating existing funds.
Another legislative achievement was opening ANWAR to drilling after so many years. And yet, THAT was shut down by Biden his first day in office, with an executive order, so legislation all by itself is not the answer. The problem s run too deep for such a simple solution. We have a system where a president can ipso facto shut something down permanently with a “temporary moratorium”. We also live in a world where a president can use “a pen and a phone” to violate the law with no consequences.
Even DeSantis has had to face the reality that legislation doesn’t always turn out to be the quick fix that it first appears to be. His battle with Disney is a perfect example. There are loop holes and work arounds as well as years long legal battles that can end up rendering some legislation useless.
As far as Trump’s picks, they weren’t all bad, nor was all the obstructionism he faced, the result of bad personnel choices on his part. Trump inherited a huge bureaucracy that is more corrupt than, and dwarfs that of Florida. He inherited a huge bureaucracy already staffed with corrupt deep staters that, under our current system, are difficult if not impossible to fire. And identifying them right out of the gate was next to impossible.
Kevin Clinesmith was never appointed by Trump or any other president for that matter, and yet he blatantly altered a FISA request that allowed the FBI to continue the surveillance of the Trump campaign.