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2018-12-08 Home Front: Politix

Rex Tillerson: Trump Was Undisciplined, Didn't Like To Read, And Wanted To Do Things In Unlawful Ways

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-08 01:51|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The single most disappointing and concerning thing about Trump. Where did he get these people. On paper, Tillerson is an accomplished executive, but he obviously didn't get that in USGOV he was no longer a CEO.

And then you got freaks like Omarosa. W T F?

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-08 04:46|| 2018-12-08 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, it didn't work out. Personal ego permitting, say something nice about your former boss and move on (great golfer, super family, etc). Diving into the mud provides no service to the country.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-08 07:35|| 2018-12-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 And here I was waiting for Tillerson's book.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:38|| 2018-12-08 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Rex has gone to work at the Clinton spite factory.
Bath House Barry is the head of Public Affairs. John Brennan is the Manager of Operations. They're now in a full production mode.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-08 09:39|| 2018-12-08 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Trump. Where did he get these people.

The problem with being persona non grata is that qualified NeverTrumpers refuse to join the Trump administration. So he’s had to pick from a smaller pool of candidates, and expand his search beyond those with traditional government experience. The thing about hiring senior managers from private industry is that they are accustomed to their own way of doing things, and with the best will in the world are not necessarily able to adjust.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-08 11:12|| 2018-12-08 11:12|| Front Page Top

#6 That's a good point, tw.

The thing about hiring senior managers from private industry is that they are accustomed to their own way of doing things,

I call it The Ross Perot Syndrome. Businessmen generally make poor politicians because they want to get things done and know how they want to do it. With politics, you checks & balances, the opposition party, the media, and as Trump has revealed, the Deep State actively working against him. If this was a business, a whole lotta people would be down at the unemployment office.

Still, despite the chaos (or perhaps because of it), I would argue that Trump is exactly what the country needs right now.

Posted by SteveS 2018-12-08 11:27|| 2018-12-08 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 The two comments above don't explain Omarosa. Of course, no explanation that makes sense is possible in that particular case.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-08 12:01|| 2018-12-08 12:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Also. There are plenty of NeverTrumpers more than happy to hang around and gum up the works.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-08 12:04|| 2018-12-08 12:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, Omarosa... I can only imagine that she got in as the friend of a friend of a friend of somebody.

Posted by SteveS 2018-12-08 12:06|| 2018-12-08 12:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Trump has 6 more years at best. Qualified NeverTrumpers refuse to join the Trump administration because they have chosen the safety of having career prospects after Trump is gone.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2018-12-08 13:35|| 2018-12-08 13:35|| Front Page Top

#11 I think Amorosa was recommended by the Trump kids before reality hit them.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-12-08 14:37|| 2018-12-08 14:37|| Front Page Top

#12 "Well, Mr. President, I understand what you want to do but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law, it violates the treaty, you know,"

Mr. Tillersons job was to find a "way"; that's what subordinates are supposed to do. And, if they can't, they should not be surprised or out of sorts when someone else is called in.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-12-08 15:03|| 2018-12-08 15:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Was wondering why this former Exxon-Mobil exec was suddenly spewing spital, until I saw how far and fast the price of gasoline and diesel is falling under Trump.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-12-08 17:05|| 2018-12-08 17:05|| Front Page Top

#14 ^^^^This.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-08 19:27|| 2018-12-08 19:27|| Front Page Top

#15 That may not be a “Trump problem” per se, more of a “guy who’s never held office and didn’t go to law school and thus doesn’t know the rules” problem.

Yeah, when the indictments drop, most of them will be career politicians and attorneys.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-12-08 23:19|| 2018-12-08 23:19|| Front Page Top

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