Trump has filled his administration with sycophantic loyalists instead of highly competent and experienced people. Anyone else worried about this? Why did Republicans in congress confirm them?

  • breecher@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    He would never appoint anyone who wasn’t a sycophant, and a qualified person would never be a Trump-sycophant. He also likes to feel like the smartest person in the room, which means that there really have to be some incredibly stupid people in that room.

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    4 days ago

    It’s disturbing, but I’m much more concerned with the CIA assets being installed at every level of government. They are a much more dangerous and more long-term threat.

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    They are very much qualified. But their qualification is not related to whatever position they have.

    Their sole qualification is that Trump considers them loyal to him.

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    It matters if the boss is an idiot but if most people in an organisation are competent it can limp forward. Probably won’t achieve much of lasting value. These type of populist regimes tend to evaporate as quickly as they arrived.

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    5 days ago

    The same reason foreign policy is currently dependent on his personal relationship with foreign leaders. The show’s all about him in his mind.

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    5 days ago

    Uh it was on purpose. You’re rightly concerned about the first point (their competence) with less focus on the second (their ability to lock his nuts). His priorities were the opposite.

    And that is why you, my dear internet stranger, have already proven yourself to be a better Presidential candidate than the asshat we got.

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    5 days ago

    I’m not sure why this is so hard to get across everywhere on the internet…

    THE.

    CRUELTY.

    IS.

    THE.

    POINT.

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    5 days ago

    Republicans believe that government doesn’t work and they are intent on proving that it doesn’t. 🤔