Riddle me this: Why do so many supposedly talented people submit their resignation and/or get fired from inside the Donald Trump administration?
Politics
During his run for The White House, Trump vowed that he could and would bring the best of the best people to work alongside him. Well, not only has he failed to recruit the “best” talent available, but most of the people he did coerce into working for him have either quit or been fired after less than a year on the job.
The latest casualty occurred on Tuesday, when Gary Cohn, the head of the National Economic Council announced his resignation from the Trump administration over an intense internal debate regarding proposed tariffs on foreign-made steel and aluminum. He joins a list of nearly 2 dozen others who have left in just over a year.
So, what’s the problem? Why so many resignations? Why does nobody seem to want to work for “The Donald?”
Let’s take a look at the Trump hit-list:
Feb. 28: Hope Hicks
The White House communications director and one of Trump’s longest-serving aides announced her resignation after having only been on the job since August.
Feb. 27: Josh Raffel
The White House deputy communications director announced his plans to leave the Trump administration after a previous stint with the Office of American Innovation.
Feb. 7: Rob Porter
Porter’s resignation as the White House staff secretary came after domestic abuse allegations against him were made public.
Dec. 13: Omarosa Manigault-Newman
Omarosa, who rose to notoriety as a contestant alongside Trump on The Apprentice, was fired from her post as the director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. Although she denied being escorted from White House grounds, the Secret Service did acknowledge it terminated her access.
Dec. 8: Dina Powell
The deputy national security adviser, who was a driving force behind the Trump’s Middle East policy, announced her plans to depart the administration.
Sept. 29: Tom Price
The Health and Human Services secretary resigned after revelations became public that he accumulated $400,000 in private flights while supposedly on official business.
Aug. 25: Sebastian Gorka
The controversial counterterrorism adviser stepped down after claiming that Trump’s populist campaign agenda had been hijacked by establishment figures.
Aug. 18: Steve Bannon
The former chief strategist left his post following the violent racial clashes of Charlottesville, Va. In a face-saving measure, Bannon claimed he originally resigned 2 weeks prior.
July 31: Anthony Scaramucci
The controversial communications director stepped down after only 11 days on the job. Incidentally, his firing occurred the same day John Kelly took over as chief of staff.
July 28: Reince Priebus
During his six-month tenure, the former chief of staff often found himself the target of Trump loyalists who blamed him for Trump’s failure to win congressional legislation.
July 25: Michael Short
The one-time senior assistant press secretary (who was hired by Priebus) resigned after Scaramucci threatened to fire him for allegedly leaking White House secrets to the press.
July 21: Sean Spicer
The end of the former press secretary’s tumultuous tenure came when Trump ignored his advice to hire Scaramucci as his new communications director.
July 6: Walter Shaub
The former director of the Office of Government Ethics clashed repeatedly with Trump before announcing his resignation.
May 19: K.T. McFarland
After serving as Deputy National Security Advisor under Michael Flynn for the first 4 months of the Trump administration, McFarland was asked to step down by Flynn’s successor, H. R. McMaster.
May 18: Mike Dubke
Trump’s first communications director did not work on the Trump campaign and did not know Trump before his hire. He submitted his resignation after only 3 months on the job.
May 9: James Comey
The White House initially claimed the FBI director’s firing was based on a recommendation from the Justice Department over his handling of the Clinton email probe. However, Trump has since admitted that he considered firing Comey even without that recommendation and that the Russia investigation was on his mind when he made the decision.
May 5: Angella Reid
Although the chief usher was fired for unknown reasons, it is extremely unusual for a chief usher to be dismissed, since they typically hold their position for several years and across a number of administrations.
March 30: Kate Walsh
The former deputy chief of staff left after Trump suffered a stinging defeat on health care legislation.
Feb. 13: Michael Flynn
The national security adviser left his top post only weeks into the new administration, after reports surfaced that he misled officials, including Vice-President Pence, about his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Jan. 30: Sally Yates
The acting attorney general, who was a holdover from the Obama administration, was dismissed after she refused to defend Trump’s travel ban on citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries.
Yep….and keep in mind, DJ’s list only includes the main people who have left. Rachelle Maddow has a running tab of pretty much everyone who has left and that list is 3X – if not 4X – longer…smh! Pathetic. As a nation I honestly don’t know if WE’ll ever truly recover from this clusterfick of a presidency!?! Re; Gary Cohn FINALLY leaving In general, I consider anyone willing to work for Trump (a monumentally CORRUPT and socio-pathologically mucked up charlatan) to be a corrupt and mucked up charlatan as well. Gary Cohn is no exception. Setting aside ALL of the reprehensible things Trump said and did during the primaries AND the general campaign (INCLUDING promising to start a trade war) Gary managed to accept all manner of even more reprehensible BS from Trump throughout this entire FAKE presidency -INCLUDING Trump’s embrace of white supremacist neo-fascists who proudly chant “JEWS WILL… Read more »