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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Apr 2, 2018, 02:47 PM Apr 2018

April madness: Perspective: the worst member of Trump's Cabinet: A bracketology.

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Perspective | The worst member of Trump’s Cabinet: A bracketology.



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The worst member of Trump’s Cabinet: A bracketology

The competition is fierce, but bracketology reveals an answer.

By Daniel W. Drezner April 2 at 8:15 AM

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.

Close observers in Washington, along with anyone who reads a newspaper, might have noticed a wee bit of churn in President Trump’s Cabinet. With David Shulkin’s resignation (firing) from the Department of Veterans Affairs, “Trump has had more Cabinet turnover [in 14 months] than 16 of his predecessors had in their first two years,” according to NPR’s Tamara Keith. In the past month alone, Trump has gotten rid of Shulkin, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Economic Council head Gary Cohn and national security adviser H.R. McMaster.

There’s a lot of chatter about how all this disruption lets Trump be Trump, but this overlooks the fact that his Cabinet still exists. Some of Trump’s Cabinet officers have managed to do their jobs well. Others have managed sufficient levels of competence or luck to avoid scandals.

Then there is everyone else.

Which leads us to the following question: Who is the worst member of Trump’s Cabinet?
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Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything. Follow @dandrezner

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April madness: Perspective: the worst member of Trump's Cabinet: A bracketology. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 OP
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