08-23-2018, 01:27 AM
I'm not conflating anything FryGuy.
Trump has made many terrible hiring decisions. He has hired/appointed people for key positions who were far from the most qualified available and were eyebrow-raising choices to many objective observers from the get-go.
Paul Manafort was qualified to help lobby delegates ahead of the Republican Convention, no doubt about that. Trump should have thanked him and ended it there.
Manafort was under a lot of scrutiny when he volunteered to help with the convention and before he was promoted to head the campaign. He was under investigation for shady Ukraine/Russia dealings starting in at least 2014. I wasn't surprised that he was forced out when the shit hit the fan, and I'm not surprised that he's in so much deep shit now. Putting him in charge of the campaign was a bad move. The writing was on the wall way back then and Trump may pay more for it again later.
Michael Flynn was a terrible appointment as National Security Adviser for so many obvious reasons. It was no surprise that he lasted less than 25 days (because of his secret dealings with Russia regarding sanctions and his attempted cover-up).
George Papadapolous wasn't someone I'd ever heard of before his guilty plea. He was another terrible hire -- making drunken statements to Australian intelligence about getting Russian help with the Trump campaign pushed the Russia interference investigation into full gear. Silly amateur.
Trump has made many terrible hiring decisions. He has hired/appointed people for key positions who were far from the most qualified available and were eyebrow-raising choices to many objective observers from the get-go.
Paul Manafort was qualified to help lobby delegates ahead of the Republican Convention, no doubt about that. Trump should have thanked him and ended it there.
Manafort was under a lot of scrutiny when he volunteered to help with the convention and before he was promoted to head the campaign. He was under investigation for shady Ukraine/Russia dealings starting in at least 2014. I wasn't surprised that he was forced out when the shit hit the fan, and I'm not surprised that he's in so much deep shit now. Putting him in charge of the campaign was a bad move. The writing was on the wall way back then and Trump may pay more for it again later.
Michael Flynn was a terrible appointment as National Security Adviser for so many obvious reasons. It was no surprise that he lasted less than 25 days (because of his secret dealings with Russia regarding sanctions and his attempted cover-up).
George Papadapolous wasn't someone I'd ever heard of before his guilty plea. He was another terrible hire -- making drunken statements to Australian intelligence about getting Russian help with the Trump campaign pushed the Russia interference investigation into full gear. Silly amateur.