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[Maj. Bill Martin]

What part of 'Swamp' do you not understand?  Trump walked into that and became their best friend.  More new debt in one term than any other President in US history.  And that's the "adult" you support?

An adult wouldn't have run for and become President without having prepared himself properly to actually do the job.  That would include identifying and properly vetting qualified and capable subordinates/advisors to staff his Administration.

Trump had more than a year and a half from the time he announced for office to the time he actually became president. If he was unable to learn the basic constitutional, legal, and regulatory structure of the government in that time, and was unable to identify and properly vet those advisors, then he was unqualified for the job in the first place and never should have run.

The repeated Trump excuse that he was an outsider, had to rely on the swamp, and therefore shouldn't be blamed for his crappy appointments, is a crock.  18+ months is plenty of time for him to have identified and assembled the right people, and learned the basics.

Either he's 1) dumb, 2) a poor judge of character, 3) intellectually lazy, or 4) some combination of the above.

[Kamaji]

An adult wouldn't have run for and become President without having prepared himself properly to actually do the job.  That would include identifying and properly vetting qualified and capable subordinates/advisors to staff his Administration.

Trump had more than a year and a half from the time he announced for office to the time he actually became president. If he was unable to learn the basic constitutional, legal, and regulatory structure of the government in that time, and was unable to identify and properly vet those advisors, then he was unqualified for the job in the first place and never should have run.

The repeated Trump excuse that he was an outsider, had to rely on the swamp, and therefore shouldn't be blamed for his crappy appointments, is a crock.  18+ months is plenty of time for him to have identified and assembled the right people, and learned the basics.

Either he's 1) dumb, 2) a poor judge of character, 3) intellectually lazy, or 4) some combination of the above.

I vote for No. 4.

[libertybele]

An adult wouldn't have run for and become President without having prepared himself properly to actually do the job.  That would include identifying and properly vetting qualified and capable subordinates/advisors to staff his Administration.

Trump had more than a year and a half from the time he announced for office to the time he actually became president. If he was unable to learn the basic constitutional, legal, and regulatory structure of the government in that time, and was unable to identify and properly vet those advisors, then he was unqualified for the job in the first place and never should have run.

The repeated Trump excuse that he was an outsider, had to rely on the swamp, and therefore shouldn't be blamed for his crappy appointments, is a crock.  18+ months is plenty of time for him to have identified and assembled the right people, and learned the basics.

Either he's 1) dumb, 2) a poor judge of character, 3) intellectually lazy, or 4) some combination of the above.

His narcissism set in.  I believe he went into the presidency thinking it would be like running one of his corporations and he quickly found out he was wrong.  He scrambled to pick people without doing any research and that has proven that he is a very poor judge of character.

He backpedaled during his campaign as well as his presidency; not knowing the ins and outs of how government worked, nor knowledge of the Constitution. So perhaps intellectually lazy.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

His narcissism set in.  I believe he went into the presidency thinking it would be like running one of his corporations and he quickly found out he was wrong.  He scrambled to pick people without doing any research and that has proven that he is a very poor judge of character.

He backpedaled during his campaign as well as his presidency; not knowing the ins and outs of how government worked, nor knowledge of the Constitution. So perhaps intellectually lazy.

The thing that amazes me is that he really showed zero improvement/learning during his four years in office.   So even if he was surprised at how different it was than running his own company - not that I think there's a valid excuse for that anyway - he never tried to make up for it.  He apparently figured "I'm just going to be me", and if "me" meant a guy who really didn't understand government or the Constitution, he was fine with that.

[mountaineer]

  He scrambled to pick people without doing any research and that has proven that he is a very poor judge of character.

e.g., his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin:

Mnuchin, according to his Bloomberg profile, was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 17 years. He also worked at Soros Fund Management LLC, founded by liberal mega-donor George Soros. ...

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[mountaineer]

Anyone else think Laura Loomer is hoping to replace Melania? 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Anyone else think Laura Loomer is hoping to replace Melania? 

Laura Loomer would look like a 9 if you were drunk and in bad lighting, but lucky to hit 5 in good light if you're sober.  Closer to 3-4.

Melania is a 10 regardless of lighting or state of inebriation.

[Sighlass]

An adult wouldn't have run for and become President without having prepared himself properly to actually do the job.  That would include identifying and properly vetting qualified and capable subordinates/advisors to staff his Administration.

Trump had more than a year and a half from the time he announced for office to the time he actually became president. If he was unable to learn the basic constitutional, legal, and regulatory structure of the government in that time, and was unable to identify and properly vet those advisors, then he was unqualified for the job in the first place and never should have run.

The repeated Trump excuse that he was an outsider, had to rely on the swamp, and therefore shouldn't be blamed for his crappy appointments, is a crock.  18+ months is plenty of time for him to have identified and assembled the right people, and learned the basics.

Either he's 1) dumb, 2) a poor judge of character, 3) intellectually lazy, or 4) some combination of the above.

It is hard to work down from the top with good folks when you start off with something like Trump who didn't have solid conservative foundation to begin with.  Construction requires solid ground not shifting sand.

[Hoodat]

The thing that amazes me is that he really showed zero improvement/learning during his four years in office.   

The same can be said for the 31 months since leaving office.  Zero humility.  Zero acknowledgements of his shortcomings.  Zero change in his strategy.  Zero possibility of improvement.

[corbe]

   This Country's only HOPE is in DeSantis being Elected President in 2024.

[LadyLiberty]

An adult wouldn't have run for and become President without having prepared himself properly to actually do the job.  That would include identifying and properly vetting qualified and capable subordinates/advisors to staff his Administration.

He also didn't have experienced staffers in place that knew how the primaries worked in each state and what was needed to secure delegates for the convention.  When other candidates knew the rules, followed them, and secured delegates, Trumpers accused them of "cheating." Manafort was brought in barely in time to fix that problem.

  The repeated Trump excuse that he was an outsider, had to rely on the swamp, and therefore shouldn't be blamed for his crappy appointments, is a crock.  18+ months is plenty of time for him to have identified and assembled the right people, and learned the basics.

Either he's 1) dumb, 2) a poor judge of character, 3) intellectually lazy, or 4) some combination of the above.

Omarosa fits in category #4. 

I don't know which category Tillerson would fit in. As far as I can remember, Tillerson had all he could take and when he left, Trump called him 'dumb as a rock' and 'lazy as hell'.  Whatever Tillerson is, it's ridiculous to call him dumb or lazy. You don't start as an engineer out of college and get to the top of a major org like Exxon Mobile if you're dumb or lazy.  I wonder how far Trump would have gone if he had started at the bottom and had to work his way up the ladder in a publicly traded company?

[Hoodat]

Mnuchin, according to his Bloomberg profile, was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 17 years. He also worked at Soros Fund Management LLC, founded by liberal mega-donor George Soros. ...

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But . . . but . . . but we have to defeat Ted Cruz in order to keep Goldman Sachs out of our government.

[Kamaji]

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But . . . but . . . but we have to defeat Ted Cruz in order to keep Goldman Sachs out of our government.

Not to mention George Soros.

[corbe]

   I was really surprised that Gov. Perry lasted that long as Energy Secretary, but he was riding a wave of success.  He disappeared suddenly and Trump didn't pull his 5th grade $hit on him.

[GtHawk]

Laura Loomer would look like a 9 if you were drunk and in bad lighting, but lucky to hit 5 in good light if you're sober.  Closer to 3-4.

Melania is a 10 regardless of lighting or state of inebriation.

UGH! Had to look her up to see some pictures....looks like she is working hard to look like a transgender male, definitely not my cup of tea

[GtHawk]

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But . . . but . . . but we have to defeat Ted Cruz in order to keep Goldman Sachs out of our government.

Funny how none of the Trumpistas had a problem with Goldman Sachs people after The Trumpster was elected

[corbe]

   Loony Laura was one of the last holdouts against McCarthy as Speaker.  MTG was kicked out of the Freedom Caucus.

[Hoodat]

   I was really surprised that Gov. Perry lasted that long as Energy Secretary, but he was riding a wave of success.  He disappeared suddenly and Trump didn't pull his 5th grade $hit on him.

Yet Swamp icon Elaine Chao lasted the entire four years.  Go figure.

[mountaineer]

   This Country's only HOPE is in DeSantis being Elected President in 2024.

I think we also might do okay with a couple of guys who haven't expressed any interest in running this time (so far), e.g., Cruz and Rand Paul.

[Kamaji]

I think we also might do okay with a couple of guys who haven't expressed any interest in running this time (so far), e.g., Cruz and Rand Paul.

[corbe]

   Cruz as an AG and Paul as FED Chair would please me very much in a DeSantis Administration.

[libertybele]

   Cruz as an AG and Paul as FED Chair would please me very much in a DeSantis Administration.

 

[mountaineer]

   Cruz as an AG and Paul as FED Chair would please me very much in a DeSantis Administration.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Don't you know that Cruz's father shot JFK? 

And his wife isn't nearly as good looking as Melania!

[DCPatriot]

What a bleeping joke this forum has become...