DoD Report Describes Trump Doctor Ronny Jackson as a Lecherous Boozehound and All-Around Terrible...

[marmar]

DoD Report Describes Trump Doctor Ronny Jackson as a Lecherous Boozehound and All-Around Terrible Colleague


Ronny Jackson, it appears, made many, many enemies during his rise as a Navy medical officer that ultimately landed him a gig as the physician to the president of the United States. Donald Trump, however, was not one of those many, many detractors. Trump was so enamored with Jackson, a square-jawed doctor with a nose for the political winds, that Trump tried to hand Jackson a spot in his cabinet in 2018, as the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jackson’s nomination, however, was ultimately scuttled when former colleagues and subordinates began expressing how they really felt about Jackson.

What emerged was an unflattering portrait of a maniacal boss that liked the sauce, not to mention the the odd sleeping pill, all of which resulted in numerous inappropriate interactions with female subordinates and coworkers. The blowback was sufficient enough to prompt an investigation by the Department of Defense inspector general, which, after years of digging, confirmed a number of grisly details about Jackson, who with Trump’s backing ran and won a seat in Congress last year representing the Texas panhandle. ................(more)

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/defense-department-report-doctor-ronny-jackson-sexual-harassment-all-around-terrible-colleague.html

[cilla4progress]

1. I mean

who didn't see / intuit this in is performances under drumpf?

While one can't ALWAYS tell a ... fill in the blank (I don't want to use pejoratives here and offend...but, suffice to say -- I have interacted with a wide range of abusers of a wide range of substances, and I saw many telltale signs in his mannerisms, his defensiveness, his mode of speech, his bloated gray face...). It was clearly apparent to me. Kinda like Junior...

[CrispyQ]

2. OMG, I had no idea this idiot ran for & won a Congressional seat! -nt

[justhanginon]

3. Sounds like a perfect fit for a GOP rep from Texas.

Texas republicans seem to have a penchant for sending the dumbest, most ethically unfit and generally all round jackass types to congress.

[tanyev]

4. I guess when Trump gets people from central casting he's looking for villains, not heroes.

[kskiska]

5. Former Obama officials were stunned when Jackson "turned"

WP article

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/may/14/obamas-former-aides-angry-hurt-over-ronny-jacksons/

(excerpt)

Former Obama officials expressed anger and a sense of betrayal after one-time White House doctor Ronny Jackson echoed President Donald Trump’s baseless conspiracy theories about their former boss, President Barack Obama.

The retired Navy admiral, who served as the physician to the president under presidents George W. Bush, Obama and Trump, released a lengthy statement Thursday doubling down on a tweet he’d sent the day before calling Obama, and people who worked for him, “a Deep State traitor” who “deserves to be brought to justice for their heinous actions.”

Jackson’s comments followed a tirade of tweets from Trump proclaiming “Obamagate,” over unsubstantiated claims that the Obama administration was working to take down Trump. Jackson accused his former boss of weaponizing “the highest levels of our government to spy on Trump.”

“I will never apologize for standing up to protect America’s national security interests and constitutional freedoms, even if that means triggering liberals and the ‘mainstream media,’ ” Jackson said in his statement.

Former Obama officials who worked with Jackson in the White House reacted with surprise and hurt that their former colleague was embracing Trump’s conspiracy, which he has called “the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA” and “worse than Watergate” – though he’s been short on specifics, telling reporters who asked Monday, “You know what the crime is.’”

“During my time in the White House Ronny L. Jackson was my colleague, my friend and my doctor. I thanked him in my book for his good care,” tweeted Alyssa Mastromonaco, Obama’s one-time deputy chief of staff. “His comments yesterday and today leave me confused, angry, and heartbroken. I don’t recognize this version of Ronny at all.”

[lagomorph777]

6. In other words, the perfect Trump staffer.

[tinrobot]

7. For Trump, that was Jackson's best feature.

It gave Trump something to hold over Jackson's head in case he didn't do as told.

[Thrill]

8. How the hell do Republicans convince people

To vote for clowns like this. Unreal

Dumbasses like Ron Johnson can beat a Brilliant man like Russ Feingold. I just don’t get it