'Trump far dumber and immoral and ignorant and lazy' than staffers knew before they worked for him

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

John Kelly didn't have high expectations about Donald Trump when he joined the White House as chief of staff, but he was still shocked by what he found after joining the administration.

The retired U.S. Marine Corps general joined the White House halfway through Trump's first year, and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" about what Kelly learned about the former president and his abilities.

"So when Kelly came in as chief of staff, he thought that the problem around Trump was that he was not staffed properly and they needed to create a process around him, and that's what the chaos of the first six months of the administration was about," Schmidt said. "But when Kelly comes in as chief of staff, what he realizes is that the problem is not just the fact that there's not a process and that he's not being staffed as well as he could, but that Trump himself was the problem, that Trump was far dumber and immoral and ignorant and lazy than he ever thought he was."

"Within a few days, he becomes terrified because here he is, the top staffer to the president of the United States, and he's realizing that the president of the United States is far more limited and potentially dangerous than he ever thought, and at that point, there was no one else to call," Schmidt added. "He was -- it was just him and Trump, and he basically spends the next 18 months trying to manage Trump as much as he could."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-far-dumber-and-immoral-and-ignorant-and-lazy-than-staffers-knew-before-they-worked-for-him-report/ar-AA16ghD3

[Samrob]

1. BS If not BS they are dumber, more corrupt, more immoral, and more ignorant than he is. nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. They just cannot stop lying.

[Arazi]

3. Bullshit. The reputation washing ain't going to fly

Kelly was all in on insulting Myeshia Johnson, Sgt Johnson’s widow, whose husband was killed in Niger. And the family separation policy at the border etc etc. Every last evil shitty thing, they were all ok with facilitating.

Fuck that guy. Fuck all these complicit motherfuckers. The #TraitorTrump stench isn’t ever washing off

[Marcuse]

18. And he doubled down on his lying slander of Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.).

The White House on Friday stood by chief of staff John Kelly’s criticism of Rep. Frederica Wilson’s (D-Fla.) 2015 speech at an FBI building dedication, even though newly released video shows he misrepresented her remarks.https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356415-wh-stands-by-kelly-criticism-of-wilsons-fbi-speech/

[malaise]

4. Duh!

That is allL

[Caliman73]

5. They are either stupid, liars, or BOTH.

I knew exactly who Donald Trump was when he came down the Golden Escalator, and proceeded to talk about an entire country "sending murderers and rapists". Anyone who starts off a political campaign like that is likely one of the worst people around. If that was the only incident, you might even be able to say, "Well, he choked, maybe from the nerves..." or something to that effect.

Trump showed us OVER AND OVER that is was a disgusting POS, through out the campaign. He could not legitimately answer ANY questions about policy or history, or anything that showed him to be qualified to run a taco stand let alone, the most powerful country in the world.

He lied about things that could easily be disproven, bragged about things that could easily be disproven, showed no filter, and showed no understanding whatsoever about the position that he was campaigning for.

Anyone who joined the campaign or administration had to know exactly what they were getting into. The career employees, who were there before Trump, are the actual victims, not these idiots who thought they could gain power or notoriety by joining a "presidential administration".

Like other, I say BS!!

[keep_left]

6. "It's me...hi...I'm the problem, it's me". How otherwise intelligent people...

...are duped by this guy is something I'll never understand.

By the way, in 2020, Schmidt wrote a book about the Trump White House.

Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/donald-trump-v-the-united-states-michael-schmidt/1137150618

[UTUSN]

7. Yeah, how come we could see what Drumpf is, from the beginning?

[Volaris]

15. Because we actually LISTENED to Hillary.

[UTUSN]

20. Well, we process from wherever & aren't parrots. I've long wondered

how all these talking yakkers have such gigantic resources at their disposal & know crap, while nobodies like me know b.s. when we see it.

[Genki Hikari]

25. Lots of reasons

1. We live in reality.

2. We're not bigots.

3. We're not blinded by celebrity.

4. We're not anti-American traitors.

5. We're not morons.

[RockRaven]

8. Nope. Not accepting their excuses. Ignorance is not good enough, b/c would've been willful.

TFG's character and abilities (or lack thereof) were 100% available in the public record, even their obscene severities.

[yardwork]

9. Most Democrats realized this without going to work for Trump.

I can only conclude that General Kelly was dumber than I thought.

[Johonny]

10. Trump was a public figure forever by this point

How could no one know how stupid and corrupt the man was/is. It's not like Trump was amazing at covering it up.

[musclecar6]

11. Agreed

Kelly was a just a dumb fuck, if he couldn’t figure out trump from the get go. Just cause a person was a general/admiral in the military, doesn’t mean squat to me. Does he or she have any brains where it counts ? I’ve seen plenty of lifers in the military like Kelly, who were sharp quality people. Just like any big organization however, there are also a lot of incompetent unaware ass kissers that are no good.

When it came down to it, Kelly wasn’t worth a shit thinking he could control our favorite would be Orange Hitler.

[Genki Hikari]

26. I've known lots of stupid in the upper ranks

Like the base commander of the Lackland training annex who was stupid enough to think that covering up his name tag with his hand would prevent me from recognizing who he was, Like I didn't have my head buried in the training manual, 90% of any free moment I had--the same manual with his picture and name in it.

[kairos12]

12. Reputation washing.

Screw him.

[dalton99a]

13. Yep. Another unwitting employee who didn't know anything about Trump when they signed up

"Wait, was there a presidential debate? Did anyone say anything bad about him?"

[WarGamer]

14. When he first announced, I knew very little of him.

Never watched Apprentice, etc.

Just knew basic bio stuff.

I was expecting Mark Cuban and when he opened his mouth I got the loudmouth at the gas station front counter.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. GARRY TRUDEAU!!!!!!!

HE told us WAY BACK when!!!!! And the amazing thing is, Trudeau has volumes of cartoons that ARE DATED and proof that PEOPLE KNEW!!!!!!

And yet.................

[Hekate]

17. Schmidt's interview with Nicolle W was jaw-dropping. He's added a long essay about Kelly ...

… to the paperback version just about to come out.

[czarjak]

19. Smarter than one general for sure.

[Blue Owl]

21. I remember David Letterman had his number back in the late 80's & early 90's

tRump was a frequent and easy target of Dave’s jokes on the Late Show, and you could tell Dave loved exposing him for the buffoon he so clearly was, and still is….

[dalton99a]

23. +1

[Takket]

22. Kelly shat all over gold star families to try and defend drumpf

he can go fuck himself all the way to hell.

[Mc Mike]

24. Also, crazier and more evil. And fatter and uglier.

Balder, greasier, and more funny colored. Scuzzier.

He's the tops at being the bottom of the barrel. The world's biggest, oldest, and fattest garbage pail kid.

[Genki Hikari]

27. The most irredeemable attempt at a human, ever

There isn't one redeeming thing about the scumbag.

I mean, criminy, even Hitler and Ted Bundy had redeeming things about them.

TFG? Not a single solitary positive trait. I mean, not one.

[Mc Mike]

28. Yep. He's the worst piece of garbage the repugs have ever foisted off onto America.

So far.