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HAB911

(8,880 posts)
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:34 AM Apr 2017

GOP Strategist: White House Doomed To Fail Because There Is No Better Version Of Trump

Why exactly is the Trump White House so royally screwed up? Is it because so few of the top staffers have any prior experience in government? Or might it be because Trump and his team tried to do too many difficult things too quickly?

According to GOP strategist Rick Wilson, the blame lies squarely with Donald Trump himself because, as Wilson notes in a piece he wrote for The Daily Beast, institutions tend to resemble the people who lead them:

“As long as Trump is president, there will never be a pivot. There is no better version of Trump, simply waiting for the right org chart or the right staffer.”

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2017/04/10/gop-strategist-white-house-doomed-fail-no-better-version-trump/?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#825518870421180416-tw#1491910210193

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GOP Strategist: White House Doomed To Fail Because There Is No Better Version Of Trump (Original Post) HAB911 Apr 2017 OP
That's why Trump is replacing staff and bringing in Kushner. DetlefK Apr 2017 #1
Soon there will be 3 thrones installed in the oval office and upon entering democratisphere Apr 2017 #2
But can he be forced to be someone else? Orsino Apr 2017 #3
For 45, sitting and tweeting is doing too many things at once. ananda Apr 2017 #4
Finally, a Repuke I can agree with. Here are some priceless quotes from the whole priceless thing: UTUSN Apr 2017 #5

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. Soon there will be 3 thrones installed in the oval office and upon entering
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:46 AM
Apr 2017

you will be required to kneel and kiss each of their rings before you speak.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
3. But can he be forced to be someone else?
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:50 AM
Apr 2017

Can his approval rating go so low that he will have to work for a living? He'll hate it more even than he hates having to pretend to work now, and if he did try to work, would he just fuck things up even worse?

I would predict he'll quit before he ever agrees to that, as I've predicted (incorrectly) for two years.

ananda

(28,856 posts)
4. For 45, sitting and tweeting is doing too many things at once.
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 09:51 AM
Apr 2017

As for reading and thinking, well ... he just doesn't do that anyway.

UTUSN

(70,674 posts)
5. Finally, a Repuke I can agree with. Here are some priceless quotes from the whole priceless thing:
Tue Apr 11, 2017, 11:17 AM
Apr 2017

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/10/the-trouble-with-trump-s-white-house-is-donald-trump.html
STINK FROM THE HEAD
The Trouble With Trump’s White House Is Donald Trump
If Bannon is cut loose, the old Washington adage of ‘better to have your enemy inside the tent pissing out’ will come into play.

“The cancer in the presidency isn’t his staff—though they reflect his shoddy intellect, his shallow impulsiveness, his loose grasp of reality, and Chinese-menu ideology. The problem is Trump himself, and nothing and no one can change that. ....

.... [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]a man who is driven[/FONT] almost [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]entirely by the need to draw every particle of praise and adoration into[/FONT] the event horizon of [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the black hole of his boundless, hungry ego[/FONT].

[font size=5]...there will [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]never be a pivot[/FONT]. There is [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]no better version of Trump[/FONT], simply waiting for [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the right org chart[/FONT] or [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the right staffer[/FONT]. ....”[/font]

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