Why do all the president's hires disappoint him so?
By Dana Milbank
The Washington Post
Its hard to find good help these days.
During his campaign, President Trump boasted that he would surround myself only with the best. But by his own account, his administration attracts rather the opposite.
On Saturday, Trump publicly mocked former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, imitating his Southern accent: The attorney general says, Im gonna recuse mah-self.
In the same speech, Trump discredited departing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by saying the Trump-appointed official, whom the president accused last month of planning a very illegal act, had never received a single vote.
Last week, Trump said that soon-to-be-jailed Michael Cohen, once a good person and Trumps personal attorney, had not only turned out to be a failed lawyer and a liar but was, by testifying to Congress about Trump, also partially to blame for the breakdown of nuclear talks with North Korea.
Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats may soon be replaced because he caused Trump disappointment by expressing (accurate) doubts that North Korea would cooperate with overtures to denuclearize, Trump confidant Christopher Ruddy told CNN. Coats may find himself in the unemployment line with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who has at times incurred Trumps dissatisfaction over her work on the border.
The result of so much unhappiness with so many hires? After two years in the White House, Trump appears to be running not a country but a temp service.
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BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)Not only is he the most corrupt and worse president ever but he is also the worst boss, just ask his employees. I have no pity for those who volunteer to be put in a position where they know they will be abused and harassed. They must be masochists.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts).... especially if they get on Google for their Team Trump exploits and their names end up on the web for prosperity. Years down the road the connection to trDump will be a career bombshell.