Opinion: Trump hires only the worst people
By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist March 6 at 8:16 PM It’s hard to find good help these days.
In the same speech, Trump discredited departing Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein by saying the Trump-appointed official, whom the president accused last month of “planning a very illegal act,” had “never received a single vote.” The result of so much unhappiness with so many hires? After two years in the White House, Trump appears to be running not a country but a temp service.
Those vying to add “former” to their titles include U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer and national security adviser John Bolton . It’s a personnel problem of incalculable dimensions, but with a common denominator: Trump. Either he’s a bad judge of talent, or nobody with talent wants to work for him, or he’s a terrible boss — or all three.
Et tu, Mike Pompeo? The loyal secretary of state hired editorialist Mary Kissel, who had criticized Trump’s “frightening ignorance.”
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