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Thread: Is three Chiefs of Staff in less than two years troublesom for a White House?
"not unusual at midterms" n #26
Do you perceive a connection here?
We've been having mid-term elections since the Founding.
We've had 45 U.S. presidents.
- We've had U.S. presidents in time of peace.
- We've had U.S. presidents in time of foreign war.
- We even had one during the U.S. "Civil War", also known as "The War of Northern Aggression".
- We've had U.S. presidents in good times, and bad.
BUT !!
In all our centuries of history, have we ever had a presidential administration with this high a turn-over rate in administration staff?
During the presidential administration of GWB the president had chosen a horrid secretary of defense in Donald Rumsfeld.
BUT !!
The president chose to hold Rumsfeld over until after Bush's re-election, seemingly to promote the appearance of administration stability.
President Trump doesn't seem to have any similar interest in administration image.
Shall we attempt a moment of candor?
This Trump administration is the most chaotic, disorganized, undisciplined U.S. presidential administration of my lifetime, and quite likely for all history. And apparently, President Trump seems to prefer it that way.
"I think it's time for him [Donald Trump ("R"-NY) Republican 2016 presidential candidate] to look like a serious candidate for president." Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY)
"[U.S. Senate Majority Leader (R-KY)] Mitch McConnell & his permanent political class is the most corrupt & incompetent group of individuals in this country." former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon, Fair Hope, Alabama 17/09/25
"I like conflict." Trump early March 2018
PS
Will Trump shut down government over funding for his wall? Stay tuned.