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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:58 PM Jul 11

Bondi and Hegseth might be messing up -- but they're doing what Trump picked them to do

When President Donald Trump searched for his top Cabinet secretaries, a flair for running a smooth governing machine was nowhere on the job description.

So rising frustration among White House aides about chaos coming from the offices of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi seems a bit rich.

Trump is getting exactly what he should have expected after spurning traditional public servants and filling top roles with high-wattage Fox News performers, MAGA favorites, conspiracy theorists and central-casting archetypes with little knowledge of how Washington works.

The most disruptive president in modern history never showed much interest in governing. His administrative arson is vital to his image as an elite establishment scourge. But even in his unorthodox administration, there comes a time when incessantly playing to the outlandish fringe of the conservative media machine clashes with Trump’s and the nation’s interests.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bondi-hegseth-might-messing-doing-040024805.html

Trump wanted yes men who'll kiss his oversized ass. Hard to find competent people if that's your requirement.

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Bondi and Hegseth might be messing up -- but they're doing what Trump picked them to do (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 11 OP
Let's be clear, none of Trump's picks for cabinet posts are because of their ability to get the job done. lees1975 Jul 11 #1

lees1975

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1. Let's be clear, none of Trump's picks for cabinet posts are because of their ability to get the job done.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:59 PM
Jul 11

They are there to break the government. And it looks like we're going to let them.

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