The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people.
I don't disagree, but I want to point out that Trump went into the 2016 election cycle completely unprepared to be president.
It should be obvious to anyone by now that one doesn't just roll into the White House and assume control. The White House is literally a multi-trillion dollar corporation requiring huge networks of people to run. Trump didn't have the people with that correct expertise and connections to be able to weild his new found political authority....and it showed. Trump's choices were corrupt businessmen and lawyers that work well in commercial endeavors or political rivals in sheeps clothing.
I came away from the Trump administration with the distinct feeling that he had no concept of what it is to wield real power, nor did he understand the arsenal of legal organizations under his control. Upon inauguration Trump should have politically persecuted his political rivals, but instead it appeared that Trump was playing the "go along to get long" strategy and it back fired allowing his enemies times to organize against him. For that he needed both a FBI Director and US Attorney General willing to investigate and prosecute. He left an Obama appointee as his FBI Director and installed Sleepy Sessions who had no interest in investigating anyone. So, of course, no investigations with teeth were forth coming.
It's doubtful that Trump could have made any better choices since his appointees would require approval from Congress, which as we know was determined to toss away their unilateral control of the US government in order to spite Trump.
If all that wasn't disappointment enough I was thoroughly disappointed in Trump's promotion of the vax and his flip flop on the January 6th protests, it reeks of cowardice.
I don't disagree, but I want to point out that Trump went into the 2016 election cycle completely unprepared to be president.
It should be obvious to anyone by now that one doesn't just roll into the White House and assume control. The White House is literally a multi-trillion dollar corporation requiring huge networks of people to run. Trump didn't have the people with that correct expertise and connections to be able to weild his new found political authority....and it showed. Trump's choices were corrupt businessmen and lawyers that work well in commercial endeavors or political rivals in sheeps clothing.
I came away from the Trump administration with the distinct feeling that he had no concept of what it is to wield real power, nor did he understand the arsenal of legal organizations under his control. Upon inauguration Trump should have politically persecuted his political rivals, but instead it appeared that Trump was playing the "go along to get long" strategy and it back fired allowing his enemies times to organize against him. For that he needed both a FBI Director and US Attorney General willing to investigate and prosecute. He left an Obama appointee as his FBI Director and installed Sleepy Sessions who had no interest in investigating anyone. So, of course, no investigations with teeth were forth coming.
It's doubtful that Trump could have made any better choices since his appointees would require approval from Congress, which as we know was determined to toss away their unilateral control of the US government in order to spite Trump.
If all that wasn't disappointment enough I was thoroughly disappointed in Trump's promotion of the vax and his flip flop on the January 6th protests, it reeks of cowardice.