Even you aren't stupid enough to actually believe that Trump picked Miley. Trump was brand new to politics,and nominated the man someone else picked and recommended.
When you are new to a "field",you MUST rely on others to advise you. I am guessing THAT advisor won't be a part of his next term in office.
@sneakypete I am sorry my friend, but that is not what happened.
First, Trump
wasn't a brand new President when he picked Milley. Milley was the Army Chief of Staff when Trump was elected, and it wasn't until 2 years later that Trump nominated him to be Chairman. So Trump had a
full 2 years to evaluate Milley's performance as Army Chief of Staff before elevating him to be the Chairman.
And it was during that two years that Milley pushed through a revision of Army physical fitness standards that lowered them (to help women). He also was big on pushing climate change BS in the Army, so the writing was on the wall.
More importantly,
Trump actually overruled the recommendation of both the Secretary of Defense and the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs in selecting Milley as the new Chairman. Milley was a Princeton and Columbia grad, and maybe Trump felt affinity for a fellow ivy League East Coaster. In any event, based on his personal interview with the candidates, Trump overruled the recommendations of his most senior military subordinates, and went with Milley instead. That was widely and openly reported at the time.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/07/25/milley-confirmation/SecDef and CJCS had both recommended instead that the combat veteran pilot and Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein be made the new Chairman, but Trump overruled their recommendation. You can't blame a poor pick on the recommendations of subordinates when Trump actually overruled those subordinates and went with his own guy instead.
Milley is 100% on Trump, and Trump alone.
Truth is, Trump is a lone wolf alpha type who doesn't like anyone else being in the limelight, and makes decision impulsively from his gut rather than reading and researching. Guys like that are
inevitably going to make poor decisions when it comes to hiring subordinates.
Reagan came into office with trusted, sharp people like Baker, Meese, Deaver, and Cap Weinberger. And that is because Reagan was the type of person for whom those kind of people
wanted to work.
Trump isn't, and that's on him.
@Kamaji