{"id":17990,"date":"2016-11-16T02:31:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T02:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17990"},"modified":"2016-11-16T02:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T02:34:06","slug":"trump-is-botching-transition-oh-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17990","title":{"rendered":"Trump is ‘botching’ transition? Oh, brother!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald J. Trump boasted about his immense success in business, suggesting his business acumen was all he needed to take the reins of the federal government.<\/p>\n

The president-elect might be learning that transitioning from private to public life is, um, quite a bit more complicated than he ever imagined.<\/p>\n

Politico and other news outlets are reporting that Trump’s transition has turned into a “knife fight” among those closest to the president-elect.<\/p>\n

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Some questions have arisen about potential conflicts of interests involving his son-in-law Jaret Kushner, as well as his daughter Ivanka. He has hired a man believed to be a white supremacist as his chief political adviser.<\/p>\n

Trump only today received his first full-scale national security briefing from the National Security Council.<\/p>\n

The fellow he picked as his transition chief, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, has been pushed aside.<\/p>\n

Rudy Giuliani, reported to be Trump’s top choice to become secretary of state, is now under investigation over work he did as a paid consultant for foreign governments, posing a tremendous potential conflict of interest. John Bolton — the neo-con who wanted to bomb Iran five years ago — is another possible secretary of state candidate who has drawn a threat from U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to filibuster his nomination if it comes to pass.<\/p>\n

Oh, boy.<\/p>\n

Some government experience ought to be considered an essential<\/em> qualification for the president. Trump brought none of it into his winning campaign. He cited his business experience as Reason No. 1 to elect him.<\/p>\n

I thought earlier today about another president who took office after having never been elected to another public position. I came up with Dwight Eisenhower. All he did, of course, was command Allied forces in the fight against the Nazis during World War II, which I surmise suffices as enough government experience to prepare him for the role of commander in chief.<\/p>\n

The next president is now embarking on the steepest, most arduous learning curve imaginable as he prepares for this enormous challenge.<\/p>\n

He’d better start figuring this out. In a major hurry.<\/p>\n\n

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