Deborah Alarcon
President Donald Trump’s success as a businessman was a focal point of his 2016 campaign, as he touted his hiring skills. So why has he fired and badmouthed so many of his previous staffers? Chris Cillizza explains how Trump’s “best people” promise didn’t exactly pan out.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Donald Trump makes terrible hires, according to Donald Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/politics/trump-mulvaney-bolton-hiring/index.html
Mattis quits, says his views aren’t ‘aligned’ with Trump’s
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/donald-trump-james-mattis-out/index.html
Price out as HHS secretary after private plane scandal
https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/tom-price-resigns/index.html
EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals, citing ‘unrelenting attacks’
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-resigns/index.html
Donald Trump only hires the best people (at generating unhelpful headlines)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/30/donald-trump-only-hires-the-best-people-at-generating-unhelpful-headlines/
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