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Steve Chapman
English monarchs are often known by their names and their most conspicuous traits ... If presidents followed that custom, the incumbent could borrow his title from .. going down in history as Donald the Unready.
President Trump has an assortment of grave flaws: a conspiratorial mindset, an irrepressible streak of racial and religious bigotry, thin skin and consuming narcissism. But no characteristic dominates this administration more thoroughly than his fundamental incompetence ...
No White House in memory has generated more needless turmoil in its first year. Think of all the Trump underlings who have flamed out: national security adviser Michael Flynn, chief strategist Steve Bannon, Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, press secretary Sean Spicer, communications director-designate Anthony Scaramucci, counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and public liaison Omarosa Manigault Newman ...
Many of those who have stayed are not .. an advertisement for .. executive savvy. His Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, got the job by marrying the bosss daughter and still doesnt have a security clearance. Ben Carson is .. as qualified to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development as he is to teach ballet ...
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