I am seeing a trend - Blame absolutely anydamnbody but Tump.
The buck NEVER stops there.
That, my friend, is a huge problem with me, as it was with Obama and countless other politicians.
As a young platoon leader, I was told incessantly that everything my platoon did, or failed to do, was my responsibility. You can imagine the fecal storm that rained down on me when I flunked my first tac eval, despite having been assigned to that platoon on the very day the evaluation team showed up on site.
I took all the flak the battery commander, battalion XO, and battalion commander could dish out. After several weeks, I'd had enough. I respectfully said to my BC, "I get it, message sent. If my neck is on the line, then let me do my job and stay out of my way." It was a seminal moment in my life, and from that point on, I admit that I was a PITA.
Every subsequent evaluation, we passed with flying colors, to include leading a Vulcan platoon with 3 E-4 squad leaders. We had the only platoon (of 4) to pass this particular tac eval. By way of comparison, that first platoon had 3 E-6 squad leaders who took great joy in seeing a 2nd Lieutenant fail...that did not go unnoticed with the other NCOs in that battery. They looked really stupid when my other platoon and I kicked butt on the next evaluation.
And boy, was I a PITA! LOL, I told off a LTC who was the team chief of a Dept of the Army Nuclear Surety Inspection. I had brought my reserve force to our sister Nike Hercules battery a full 30 minutes prior to the required time. That wasn't good enough for him, as we were about 5 miles away. I flat told him I took the time to properly train my troops for the mission, 40 air defenders who had not had any small unit infantry tactics since basic training. He didn't like that answer, and said so in the outbriefing.
ETA: say what you will about ROTC, I had four solid years of small unit tactics at Gonzaga. It wasn't your typical ROTC program of the 70s. We had field exercises once a month, usually at Fairchild AFB. The usual mission on these NSI's were terrorists attempting to overrun a missile battery with "special weapons". I simply deployed my squads at the right places to overwhelm the bad guys, which included placement of two towed Vulcan guns capable of firing 3000 rounds of 20mm a minute.
Nuclear Surety inspections were huge, as evidenced by the entire chain of command attending the outbriefing, to include the Deputy CG of 32nd AADCOM. On what became one of the most satisfying days of my military career (and there weren't that many...lol), the Deputy CG started off his remarks by pointing at me and said, "LT NHN, I'll take that hit for you. Anytime you want to give your soldiers extra training, you have my permission."
I'm not perfect, but I try to live my life by taking responsibility for the things I do or fail to do. Trump is not the only politician who shirks responsibility when things don't go their way, but he's the one currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
