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struggle4progress

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Fri Feb 9, 2018, 10:28 PM Feb 2018

Debacle confirms incompetence

Steve Chapman

English monarchs are often known by their names and their most conspicuous traits ... If presidents followed that custom, the incumbent could borrow his title from .. going down in history as Donald the Unready.

President Trump has an assortment of grave flaws: a conspiratorial mindset, an irrepressible streak of racial and religious bigotry, thin skin and consuming narcissism. But no characteristic dominates this administration more thoroughly than his fundamental incompetence ...

No White House in memory has generated more needless turmoil in its first year. Think of all the Trump underlings who have flamed out: national security adviser Michael Flynn, chief strategist Steve Bannon, Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, press secretary Sean Spicer, communications director-designate Anthony Scaramucci, counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and public liaison Omarosa Manigault Newman ...

Many of those who have stayed are not .. an advertisement for .. executive savvy. His Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, got the job by marrying the boss’s daughter — and still doesn’t have a security clearance. Ben Carson is .. as qualified to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development as he is to teach ballet ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-porter-kelly-ex-wife-20180211-story.html

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Debacle confirms incompetence (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2018 OP
I prefer Donald the misogynist racist asshole. But thats just me 😬 MLAA Feb 2018 #1
Wow, that'll leave a mark. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #2
Recommended H2O Man Feb 2018 #3
The Napoleon quote, when th'other one is f***ing up, get out of the way!1 UTUSN Feb 2018 #4
Donald the Insane CanonRay Feb 2018 #5
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