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."
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.
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."
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.