Doesn't Know How to Read Breitbart Without Someone Printing It Out
BY LUKE DARBY
6 hours ago
Donald Trump's hiring policy rarely places competence as a high priority. The president values personal chemistry, loyalty, and good looks far above a person's actual abilities, and his praise has rarely translated into success for his underlings ...
... imposing any kind of order in the toxic daycare that is this White House is a feat. Still, Kelly's most impressive accomplishment may be his ability to curate the information that the president gets.
... What we know about Trump's briefings before Kelly's tenure doesn't inspire confidence. Aides have told people meeting with the president to keep printouts short, one page if at all possible, to keep his attention from wandering. He requires twice-a-day packets of positive news stories about himself that still need to be "more fucking positive," according to the people assembling them. And as he's said himself, Trump prefers to make gut decisions without reading or learning much about whatever he's talking about. So it's incredibly ambitious to try to turn these briefings into something productive ...
There are genuine concerns about the presence of so many generals inside of Trump's White House, blurring the line between civilian and military control of the government. And a streamlined, functional Trump administration could just mean more pain and damage moving forward. But no matter what else he accomplishes, Kelly would be in over his head if he wanted to get Trump to stop watching Fox & Friends, a show the president is so personally invested in that he live tweets replies to hosts while they're on air.
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