Triumph of Incompetence

[struggle4progress]

Nicholas Kristof
MARCH 24, 2017

... The Trump administration is increasingly showing itself to be breathtakingly incompetent, and that’s the real lesson of the collapse of the G.O.P. health care bill. The administration proved unable to organize its way out of a paper bag: After seven years of Republicans’ publicly loathing Obamacare, their repeal-replace bill failed after 18 days.

Politics sometimes rewards braggarts, and Trump is a world-class boaster. He promised a health care plan that would be “unbelievable,” “beautiful,” “terrific,” “less expensive and much better,” “insurance for everybody.” But he’s abysmal at delivering — because the basic truth is that he’s an effective politician who’s utterly incompetent at governing.

It’s sometimes said that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose. Trump campaigns in braggadocio and governs in bombast ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/trumps-triumph-of-incompetence.html

[Skittles]

1. he is an "effective politician" only to the IDIOTS who believe what he says

to people with critical thinking skills, the man is a BUFFOON

[northoftheborder]

2. Ryan's incompetence also.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Trumps skill is not dealmaking with powerful counterparts. It is duping gullible victims.

From David Frum tweet: ?"Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not deal-making with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."