And Trump’s chaotic management style, constantly pitting the different factions in his administration against each other, led to them constantly leaking in an attempt to undermine the other factions.
And we really can’t underestimate how much of it was Trump himself because he loves the media and desperately desired the approval of the New York Times especially. “A source close to the president” was almost always Trump himself.
Maybe even more simply they release summaries of all their phone calls and then the press secretary takes questions every weekday? Instead of acting like they’re hiding something.
Every single person, aside from military personnel and physical plant/housekeeping, that worked in the Trump White House was either hired by him, or hired by someone hired by him.
There are no holdover positions inside the West Wing.
Greatest reporter tweet of this whole circus was after Trump gave his sort of concession, insurrection is bad speech: “No, “source close to Ivanka Trump” I will not print that Ivanka was responsible for his new tone and convinced him to give the speech.”
Lol you constantly defended Trump’s refusal to appoint like seven out of ten of his political appointees through the first two or three years of his administration, leaving control of virtually everything in the hands of the bureaucracy you claim to hate?
Personnel is policy. That’s not just Politics 101, it’s Business Management 101.
The President doesn’t have the power to unilaterally eliminate any positions, outside of the 4,000 or so political appointee jobs.
The State Department isn’t going to disappear if the President doesn’t appoint a Secretary of State - it’ll just end up being run by career civil service guys, rather than political appointees.