Trump is clearly not happy with many of his key hires during his first term in office, regularly slamming former lackeys like Attorney General Bill Barr, Chief of Staff John Kelly, and National Security Adivser John Bolton. Axios reported in 2022 that Trump planned to ensure the loyalty not just of his high-profile appointments, should he win in 2024, but of thousands of mid-level staffers working throughout the government. Political views, rather than credentials or experience, are driving the process.
The outlet reported on Monday that the effort is well underway — and it’s sophisticated. The campaign is contracting “smart, experienced people, many with very unconventional and elastic views of presidential power and traditional rule of law,” according to Axios, to ensure new hires are fully onboard with the brutal policy proposals Trump has floated. It’s also using AI to vet potentail staffers, including by srubbing their social media.
Either you live under a rock, or you know exactly which party I’m talking about and you’re being disingenuous right now. It’s definitely the latter if you’re here commenting on Lemmy.
Being upset at someone for calling out a lesser evil for still being evil is exactly how nations get into situations like this. At best, the Democratic party is a brief relief from fascism. If we want to root it out, then we need to get actually strong leadership that is willing to crack down hard on fascism. It’s good to have at least something being done now. But there’s no debate that Trump is still getting it easier than he should be.
I’m not American. Here’s a list of US politicians who have had ‘senior moment’ gaffes or incidents based on international(!!!) coverage of US politics:
Biden, Trump, Feinstein, and McConnell.
I know US politics is hyper-partisan, but please don’t disingeniously deny they’re too old to govern, based on party preference. A turd is still a turd, even if it’s better than a bag of vomit.