{"id":28683,"date":"2018-03-16T00:40:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28683"},"modified":"2018-03-16T00:40:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:40:47","slug":"more-heads-to-roll-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=28683","title":{"rendered":"More heads to roll at White House?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald J. Trump once pledged that he would surround himself with the “best people.”<\/p>\n

I always presumed the president meant he would do so at the outset. That he would be have his A-Team suited up and ready to “make America great again” from Day One of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

It hasn’t worked out that way.<\/p>\n

The national security adviser was gone after 24 days; the president has burned through four communications directors in a little more than a year; Trump fired the FBI director; the health and human services secretary quit; so did the press secretary; senior policy adviser Stephen Bannon got the boot; so did the White House chief of staff; his chief economics adviser quit; the secretary of state got canned.<\/p>\n

Have I missed anyone? Probably. I can’t keep up.<\/p>\n

The second national security adviser is considered on the bubble. Same for the attorney general. Hey, the second chief of staff might be out, too. I have read something about the education secretary possibly getting the boot, along with the housing and veterans affairs secretaries.<\/p>\n

And then the president reminded us this week that he’s now “very close” to fielding his real<\/em> A-Team, that he actually relishes<\/em> conflict among the ranks of advisers.<\/p>\n

Do you believe Trump invites dissent? That he wants people to disagree with him? That he takes those disagreements under advisement and then renders thoughtful decisions?<\/p>\n

Hah!<\/em> Neither do I.<\/p>\n

I cannot fathom how anyone worth a damn would want to work in this environment. The president has hired precious few top-flight individuals. The defense secretary is a top-drawer guy. I once had high hopes that his second chief of staff would rise to the occasion. I believe the new FBI director is a serious player, too.<\/p>\n

So, what’s it going to be? Are we going to get a government that actually functions or will it continue to stumble along, directionless and without form?<\/p>\n

It has been said that Trump’s political instincts served him well while he campaigned<\/em> for the presidency, but that he flushed them away when he began to govern.<\/p>\n

This man does not know what he is doing.<\/p>\n\n

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