# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070 "2016-12-07T00:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2128
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42546 "2020-04-15T18:51:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I do not believe that this is a supportable claim. A major change in the “net securities” rule in '04 by the SEC allowed financial institutions to over-leverage, a major component of the crisis, and that rule remains in effect even after the crisis and after 8 years of that “arrgh, socialist” Obama administration. Much of what led to the crisis was not actually W’s fault, _per se_, and it is not obvious that a Gore administration, facing a Republican-controlled Congress, would have been strong enough and/or smart enough to rein in the financial sector. Granted, without W’s tax vandalism, perhaps there would have been somewhat less capital in play, but, on the other hand, it could have made the lenders even more aggressive. > > Someone like that evil fiend Ralph Nader, with a compliant Congress, might have been able to prevent or greatly mitigate the crisis, but such a kind of person (e.g., Liz Warren) is simply unelectable. Without taking anything away from your well made points, I don’t believe the claim is supportable either way. We just can never know. However, even merely drawing attention to the potential dangers of an unregulated banking industry in the wake of Clinton’s undoing of Glass-Steagall (well intended but fatally abused) would have had some likely dampening effect on their greed. Back in those days, there was still the possibility that a banker could go to jail for breaking the law. Put it this way: If even an economic dummy like me could see that what was happening was nuts to the extent that it caused me to sell my home in late 2004 to make a move before the crash, it was certainly obvious to the Bushies. But George the Lesser simply fiddled while Rome burned. I have a hard time believing Gore, whose intelligence is regularly underrated, would have been silent or passive on the matter. Plus he wouldn’t have been distracted by an unnecessary war in Iraq or an extended occupation of Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42547 "2020-04-15T19:36:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kellyanne Conway wants to know why the medical professionals weren’t able to come up with a cure after the first 18 Covids. > ['Ignorant' Kellyanne Conway ridiculed for scientifically illiterate COVID-19 rant - Alternet.org](https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/ignorant-kellyanne-conway-ridiculed-for-scientifically-illiterate-covid-19-ran) Well, I confess that I don’t always remember that the ‘19’ refers to 2019 either. Of course, I’m not a counselor to the President appearing on television. And while I don’t recall taking any biology courses after high school, I do know that developing vaccines/cures isn’t made significantly easier just because the pathogen is in the same family. Probably a little easier (hence the yearly flu vaccines of varying effectiveness), but I’m not certain that we actually have a vaccine/cure for any Covid based disease, do we? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42548 "2020-04-15T20:02:58Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Completely agree with this. The number of things that would have been different in our present day had there been a Gore administration instead of a Bush II administration is hard to bear. > > Not only would we have never invaded Iraq, we’d have never taken our eye off the ball as regards why we went into Afghanistan. We would have completed that mission of eradicating Al Qaeda and punishing the Taliban. And we would have gotten the fuck out instead of slipping into the old quagmire of nation-building. Many fewer lives lost and trillions saved. > > Gore would never have permitted the deregulation that led us into the banking mess of 2007-08. Trillions saved. Many lives not upended by financial ruin. No Koch brothers’ “tea party.” > > Gore would have aggressively pursued a green economy and unhitched us from a global oil economy to the greatest extent possible. We would have been at the forefront of green technology, leading the way instead of barely acknowledging how important all this is. Trillions earned, good start on addressing climate change. > > Gore understood the importance of social safety nets. He campaigned on putting social security into a “lock box,” beyond the reach of Congress. > > He was ridiculed for the way he said “lock box.” Hurr, hurr. > > I happen to view Trump’s election/administration as simply a continuance of the Bush administrations. And without Bush II, there would never have been a Trump. The top would still be spinning mostly level, not careening wildly from one extreme to the other, the nation so divided we may as well be in another civil war. Bush II is when it really got swinging. > > Anyone who is paying attention can see how many former Bushies are/were again hard at work doing their evil in the era of Trump. Bolton, Barr, McGahn, Azar, Jerome Powell, Elaine Chao, Dina Powell, Alex Acosta, Dan Coats, Tom Bossert, Kirstjen Nielsen, Brock Long, Elaine Duke… there are many more. Does anyone think it is was a happy coincidence that Trump pardoned Dick Cheney’s pet, Scooter Libby? > > The most important election that happened in my lifetime? It was in 2000. 2016 is just a continuation of 2000, so for fuck’s sake, let’s get it right this time in 2020, 2024, 2028… > > ```auto > > [A brief intermission of good news](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ) (Reuters): > > These sentiments are true the whole country over. If we are committed to voting, Trump can't win in 2020. > > ``` I’m heartened by an encounter I had yesterday morning while I was walking the dog. I ran into a woman that I see frequently walking her dogs. And barely before she could say Good Morning, she was ranting and railing about Trump. She said he wasn’t even human. That anger is spreading, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42549 "2020-04-15T20:04:16Z")
Ugh. Dupe. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42550 "2020-04-15T20:14:31Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Ugh. Dupe. Country seems to be quite well stocked on those. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42551 "2020-04-16T00:24:53Z")
[Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of congress](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-adjourn-chambers-of-congress-senate-house-white-house-briefing-constitution-a9467616.html) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump is threatening to use a never-before-employed power of his office to adjourn both chambers of Congress so he can make “recess appointments” to fill vacant positions within his administration he says Senate Democrats are keeping empty amid the coronavirus pandemic… > > Article II, Section 3, Clause 3 of the US Constitution gives a president the power to adjourn both chambers if they cannot agree on an adjourn date. No chief executive, however, has ever used it… > > Curiously, it was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, who controls the chamber’s calendar. He began holding pro formas early in Mr Trump’s term to block just that: recess appointments, opting to ensure his chamber would have a say in vetting potential Trump administration officials. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42552 "2020-04-16T01:03:15Z")
The [WHO situation report (pdf)](https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200415-sitrep-86-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=c615ea20_4) takes a swipe at the ShitGibbon, _“We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic.” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Munich Security Conference, 15 February 2020_ **An infodemic is an over-abundance of information, some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. It poses a serious problem for public health since people need this guidance to know what actions to take to protect themselves and others, and help mitigate the impact of a disease. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the infodemic is exacerbated by the global scale of the emergency, and propagated by the interconnected way that information is disseminated and consumed through social media platforms and other channels. While the infodemic is a major challenge to outbreak response, it presents an opportunity to identify and adapt new preparedness and response tools.** ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42553 "2020-04-16T01:55:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I do not believe that this is a supportable claim. A major change in the “net securities” rule in '04 by the SEC allowed financial institutions to over-leverage, a major component of the crisis, and that rule remains in effect even after the crisis and after 8 years of that “arrgh, socialist” Obama administration. Much of what led to the crisis was not actually W’s fault, _per se_, and it is not obvious that a Gore administration, facing a Republican-controlled Congress, would have been strong enough and/or smart enough to rein in the financial sector. … The problem with this view is that it was George W. Bush who appointed ALL FIVE of the SEC commissioners who made that 2004 rule change. It’s highly unlikely that a President Gore would have appointed those same ‘_let 'er rip, who cares about the consequences of loosening the old restrictions!_’ people to the Commission. So in the alternative history in which the SCOTUS did not hand Bush the Presidency, it’s quite possible that we _would_ have averted the Great Recession. List of members and their appointment terms: > **[List of members of the Securities and Exchange Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission_appointees)** > > Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are appointed by the president of the United States. Their terms last five years and are staggered so that one commissioner's term ends on June 5 of each year. If an appointment is to fill out an uncompleted term, it will be for less than five years. To ensure that the commission remains non-partisan, no more than three commissioners may belong to the same political party. The president also designates one of the commissioners as chairman, ... ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42554 "2020-04-16T02:07:01Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > The Washington Post [just reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coming-to-your-1200-relief-check-donald-j-trumps-name/2020/04/14/071016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&wpisrc=al_news__alert-economy--alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1) that the fuckstick in chief managed to get his name printed on the stimulus checks, first time ever something like this has been done. Because, you know, Trump. This is where we need the Deep State. We know that legally, he can’t actually sign the check as the payer; his name will go in the memo section. So some programmer should arrange it so the memo section says: “This check was delayed a week in order to affix the signature of DONALD J. TRUMP.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42555 "2020-04-16T03:13:30Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I’m heartened by an encounter I had yesterday morning while I was walking the dog. I ran into a woman that I see frequently walking her dogs. And barely before she could say Good Morning, she was ranting and railing about Trump. She said he wasn’t even human. That anger is spreading, I’m sure. I have friends across the country who have never been politically aware in their whole lives. They can’t stop watching the dumpster fire now, and they are _pissed_. Some of these folks rarely voted, let alone got activist. That’s all changed now. There is a smouldering fury across the land at what Trump has done to us. People understand we must make a change. Like you, I’m heartened. Which isn’t to say we can stop doing every single thing we can. We must all be Wisconsinites in 2020. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > The problem with this view is that it was George W. Bush who appointed ALL FIVE of the SEC commissioners who made that 2004 rule change. > > It’s highly unlikely that a President Gore would have appointed those same ‘_let 'er rip, who cares about the consequences of loosening the old restrictions!_’ people to the Commission. > > So in the alternative history in which the SCOTUS did not hand Bush the Presidency, it’s quite possible that we _would_ have averted the Great Recession. > List of members and their appointment terms: > [List of members of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission_appointees) **Sherrerd** , I didn’t know this. Thank you for the granular information. It is a very important point to make in the alternative history missive. And you are right. Gore would never have made those appointments. People forget that the smash 'n grab of our tax dollars got well underway with Bush II, with what at that time seemed like outrageous tax cuts in a time of war, giveaway contracts to Halliburton and others in the war-making biz… and of course to all their banking buddies on Wall Street. How quaint these vagaries seem today by comparison, eh? Thanks again, **Sherrerd**. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42556 "2020-04-16T03:21:18Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > This is where we need the Deep State. We know that legally, he can’t actually sign the check as the payer; his name will go in the memo section. So some programmer should arrange it so the memo section says: “This check was delayed a week in order to affix the signature of DONALD J. TRUMP.” I like the cut of your jib. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42557 "2020-04-16T06:53:26Z")
A rat ran behind Individual 1 during Wednesday’s daily political rally. Fitting. > **[Rat scurries behind Trump during Rose Garden coronavirus briefing](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8223685/Rat-scurries-Donald-Trump-coronavirus-briefing-Rose-Garden.html)** > > A rat ran behind President Donald Trump twice during his press briefing on Wednesday but the rodent moved too quickly for photographers to capture his cameo appearance in the Rose Garden.  ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42558 "2020-04-16T07:58:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of congress](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-adjourn-chambers-of-congress-senate-house-white-house-briefing-constitution-a9467616.html) HE-MAN **I HAVE THE POWER** /HE-MAN This was discussed as a way for Obama to get Garland onto the SCOTUS seat. Maybe the US did a dumb thing by calling the post “President” while it actually is a god-King. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42559 "2020-04-16T19:00:27Z")
More governors joining the mutineers. This time it’s [Midwestern governors](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-midwest-economy/seven-governors-in-u-s-midwest-to-work-together-to-reopen-their-economies-idUSKBN21Y2ZB) who are banding together to discuss re-opening the economy. No mention of asking Capt. Bligh, er, Trump’s permission to do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42560 "2020-04-16T19:27:07Z")
The Individual 1 administration issued a no-bid contract for $55 million to make N95 masks to a company that has no employees, has been in bankruptcy since 2018, and doesn’t manufacture anything. > **[In coronavirus scramble for N95 masks, Trump administration pays premium to...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-trump-masks-contracts-prices/2020/04/15/9c186276-7f20-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html)** > > FEMA awarded a $55 million contract to a limited-liability company whose owners have recently been involved in bankruptcy proceedings. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42561 "2020-04-16T20:31:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Individual 1 administration issued a no-bid contract for $55 million to make N95 masks to a company that has no employees, has been in bankruptcy since 2018, and doesn’t manufacture anything. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-trump-masks-contracts-prices/2020/04/15/9c186276-7f20-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-trump-masks-contracts-prices/2020/04/15/9c186276-7f20-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html) Let me guess: someone well-connected within the company finding a way to get his/her buttery palms on government-issued liquidity. And we wondered why Trump was removing the inspector who had oversight of transactions like this one - there’s your answer. No doubt, the first of many such incidents. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42562 "2020-04-16T20:40:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > 2016 is just a continuation of 2000, so for fuck’s sake, let’s get it right this time in 2020, 2024, 2028… I’ve said before that the biggest priority the Democrats need to work on if they win this year is voting rights. We need to break down the system of the Republicans manipulating elections. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42563 "2020-04-16T21:12:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve said before that the biggest priority the Democrats need to work on if they win this year is voting rights. We need to break down the system of the Republicans manipulating elections. I suggest that the second biggest priority HAS to be making sure that someone like The OrangeAnus (R - Impeached) never gets elected president again. No, I don’t know how that could be done. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42564 "2020-04-16T22:05:34Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > I suggest that the second biggest priority HAS to be making sure that someone like The OrangeAnus (R - Impeached) never gets elected president again. > > No, I don’t know how that could be done. In the first place, Fuckface von Clownstick earned the nomination with somewhere around a third of the Republican Party’s vote (early on, he won here and there, then when he had a big delegate lead, the opposition just gave up); according to the long-running Gallup party-identification tracker, during the 2016 primary season, the R average was a tad under 28% of respondents. Being generous, one could reasonably say that the moron gained the nomination, the realistic means to get to the WH, on the strength of 12~15% of Americans. So there is a major factor to consider. Mainstream candidates can end up being nominated by the Party’s extreme element, and other candidates who might actually be a more sensible choice (hell Gary the Stoner probably would have made a better president than Disastrophe Junk Tragedy) are squeezed out by the dominance of these two parties. So, that should be the first matter to be addressed. Though, how we could get there in a country that is already under the thumb of the two parties, which surely would resist ceding their position in any way, looks like a daunting challenge. More importantly, though, CFSG has exposed for all to see (at least, those paying attention) the flaws in the premise of imperial presidency. It might make sense for a large business to have a singular helmsman, but the nation is rather a more complex entity than even MegaCorp. \_\_\_\_ I submit that the executive branch needs more modularity, that have one person in control of all of it is just plain stupid. And, quite frankly, I believe that the voters would prefer to not be stuck with a monolithic choice, where, in some cases, each candidate has positives and negatives. How to make such a system practical for the voters, though, might be somewhat problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/42565 "2020-04-16T22:38:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It might make sense for a large business to have a singular helmsman, It really doesn’t. A CEO, especially one of a large corporation, might set overall policy and goals but will rely on a rather large team of executives to execute those goals and policy. Trump, on the other hand, never had a ‘large’ business, except maybe in a revenue sense. He’s always dealt with a small handful of people, some of whom handled the more mundane tasks that the CEO of a large company, who don’t usually inherit their positions, might have trained for throughout their careers. No wonder Trump sticks with what he knows and tosses a lot of people out and relies on Jared Kushner otherwise. He’s never had to have an effective executive team and has always done more 1-1 setups. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=2129)