Has there ever before been a White House so full of incompetents

[MineralMan]

who have so little experience in government? This question strikes me every time I see someone from the White House's principal staff. I truly can't remember anything similar in the past.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Is that a rhetorical question?

[MineralMan]

2. Yes and no. If someone knows of an administration

that was worse in that regard, I hope they will post a reply.

[RKP5637]

3. Never! Each day brings yet another level of incompetence. n/t

[vlyons]

4. I can think of 2 fairly inept presidents

James Buchanan, POTUS before Lincoln, who probably hastened the onset of the civil war. And Warren G. Harding, whose tenure was once thought to be the most corrupt until Trump came along. Remember Teapot Dome scandal? that was Warren G. Harding. He also died of a heart attack, while in bed with a prostitute in the San Francisco's Palace Hotel. The prostitute bit was hushed up, but it was common legend when I lived in SF years ago.

But I have to say that even those 2 inept Prez can't hold a candle to the incompetence, corruption, stupidity, and treason of Trump the Liar in Chief.

[democratisphere]

5. Incompetent and just plain old dumb.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. It's the MBA/business mentality

They don't need to know a single thing about the "business" they are managing if they are a superior "manager".

This train of thought has been pervasive over the past 30 years and flies against the wisdom and tradition of a number of successful business leaders who "started at the bottom in the stock room" and worked their way up to CEO (where they had their children do the same to prepare them to take over) versus the culture of vulture capitalism where you buy businesses to milk the profits and then sell off what's left.

[MineralMan]

7. That's an excellent observation, I think.

It makes perfect sense.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. JMHO - Nope

And it terrifies me. We are a weak country right now - very weak.

[Johonny]

9. Probably but never has Congress been this weak and the executive branch at the same time

when you think of the terrible 19th century presidents, you at least remember that congress was powerful back then.