The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people. Which is honestly part of the reason I favor DeSantis, who has seemed much better at building out his war team with people who will actually go to bat for him (on top of him for all intents and purposes being "Trump with a Filter").
Also, funny story about Miley. My brother apparently met him while he was in the Army at some USO event in Iraq. He said that the first thing Miley did when he got off the helicopter was throw a fit because his unit was rocking their Texas National Guard unit patches, and he ordered them to don the "proper" 10th Mountain unit patches. This despite the fact that even though his unit was indeed 10th Mountain, they were in Ft. Polk, and that unit was tied to the Texas National Guard/36th Infantry at the time.
Then, while he was having dinner, he got seated at the table with Miley on one side and Gary Sinise on the other (apparently, because he was pretty smart compared to a lot of the other grunts, so they wanted him to sit with the 4-star General). While sitting there, they somehow got on a topic of army command, and Miley started talking about how there were bases he had been told to close down during the Obama cuts, and he managed to get around it by doing shenanigans moving units around and creating paper trails. My brother was being a good Specialist sitting there, nodding, and saying "Sir, yes sir." but the whole time he was thinking "This sounds very illegal."
So when I told him about how Miley apparently usurped nuclear authority in the final days of Trump, he just nodded and said "Yep, sounds about right."
Which is honestly part of the reason I favor DeSantis, who has seemed much better at building out his war team with people who will actually go to bat for him (on top of him for all intents and purposes being "Trump with a Filter").
DeSantis would have the same problem as Trump if he ever became President, which is that his picks would need to be confirmed by the Senate. Trump was maybe in a worse position due to the fact that he didn’t know the political scene well, but I don’t see how DeSantis gets out of the trap.
No, Trump's problem was he came from industry where he could hire anybody, give them a chance, and if they turned out to be idiots then fire them on the spot.
In politics you have to vet people years before they even get to your desk because they can't be fired. You need a network of trusted people to do that, and you need to know their embarrassing or compromising information so that nobody else can use them against you.
Trump could have been successful if he had a trusted VP, but Pence was either a snake or Trump didn't trust him.
Although I will enjoy the Chairman of the JCS being called a fucking idiot for causing one of America's greatest military failures of all time...
And although I appreciate Donald Trump's stories..
I will note, Mr. President, you are the one who appointed him.
How did all those appointments work out for you?
The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people. Which is honestly part of the reason I favor DeSantis, who has seemed much better at building out his war team with people who will actually go to bat for him (on top of him for all intents and purposes being "Trump with a Filter").
Also, funny story about Miley. My brother apparently met him while he was in the Army at some USO event in Iraq. He said that the first thing Miley did when he got off the helicopter was throw a fit because his unit was rocking their Texas National Guard unit patches, and he ordered them to don the "proper" 10th Mountain unit patches. This despite the fact that even though his unit was indeed 10th Mountain, they were in Ft. Polk, and that unit was tied to the Texas National Guard/36th Infantry at the time.
Then, while he was having dinner, he got seated at the table with Miley on one side and Gary Sinise on the other (apparently, because he was pretty smart compared to a lot of the other grunts, so they wanted him to sit with the 4-star General). While sitting there, they somehow got on a topic of army command, and Miley started talking about how there were bases he had been told to close down during the Obama cuts, and he managed to get around it by doing shenanigans moving units around and creating paper trails. My brother was being a good Specialist sitting there, nodding, and saying "Sir, yes sir." but the whole time he was thinking "This sounds very illegal."
So when I told him about how Miley apparently usurped nuclear authority in the final days of Trump, he just nodded and said "Yep, sounds about right."
DeSantis would have the same problem as Trump if he ever became President, which is that his picks would need to be confirmed by the Senate. Trump was maybe in a worse position due to the fact that he didn’t know the political scene well, but I don’t see how DeSantis gets out of the trap.
No, Trump's problem was he came from industry where he could hire anybody, give them a chance, and if they turned out to be idiots then fire them on the spot.
In politics you have to vet people years before they even get to your desk because they can't be fired. You need a network of trusted people to do that, and you need to know their embarrassing or compromising information so that nobody else can use them against you.
Trump could have been successful if he had a trusted VP, but Pence was either a snake or Trump didn't trust him.