Trump's campaign proves one can't run the country as a business.
From the beginning Donald Trump appeared to run his campaign as one of his businesses. As CEO he sat at the head of the table and made all the decisions, from speech writing to policy positions he had the last word on what would be the final draft as he was the resolute captain of the ship. He had some initial success in finding the pulse of a disgruntled mass of voters, enough to propel him beyond all likelihood to the nomination, but his overconfidence as an expert on campaigns was his downfall.
Throughout the campaign post-nomination he has obviously felt no reason to heed his managers advice on gathering a more diverse base or funding. By my count he's run through four campaign managers and even more close advisers. Whether they were dismissed or opted to move on on their own will be revealed in the books they no doubt are writing at this moment, but there's little doubt that most got that stubby index finger pointed at them and the words "you're fired" for usurping the bosses ultimate wisdom on matters big and small.
As president, Trump would be expected to exercise the same micro-managing model of appointing a cabinet of yes men (and a few nines for eye candy) whose job wouldn't be so much to advise the CEO as it would be to agree that he's on track as usual and carry out his divine wishes. Trump, after all, knows more about everything than any supposed expert. His ascension to office proves that he knows more about foreign policy than the generals and has a more firm grasp of banking than the Federal Reserve chair. Cabinet posts from the Secretary of Defense and Dept of State to the Health Education and Welfare would be his puppets, relegated to a mere implementation of duty role. The results would be a global disaster.
Fortunately, Trump has bankrupted his campaign's chance of election through his own incompetence and a lack of understanding of how to play the game. Donald Trump brought a checkerboard to a game of high stakes Risk and refused to read the rules. He's been routed by one of the most well oiled political machines in modern history and has been handed the biggest boardroom loss of his career.
To drive home how well he's been handled, I have a saying that "nothing in politics happens by coincidence". I believe there was nothing organic about the series of events that led to his fall from political grace. He's been beaten fair and square with his only option being to kick over the game board and stomp home like a sore loser. My only fear now is that's what he'll do.
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