Why he can't fill the holes in his government
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Updated 8:31 AM ET, Sun June 23, 2019
... Since taking office, Trump has blown through West Wing staffers and Cabinet secretaries at a rate unprecedented in modern US politics.
He's a mercurial boss ...
... early in Trump's presidency he surrounded himself with former generals -- James Mattis at the Pentagon, Michael Flynn and then H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser, and John Kelly first as DHS Secretary and then as White House chief of staff.
All .. are gone now.
In the place of generals, and despite his pledges to drain the swamp, Trump has sought out former defense contractors. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, before running for Congress, ran an aerospace company. Outgoing acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan spent a career at Boeing. New Defense nominee and current Secretary of the Army Mark Esper worked at Raytheon ...
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