Whos in charge here? Donald Trumps regime-in-waiting has a vacuum at the top

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by Gary Legum at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/22/whos-in-charge-here-donald-trumps-regime-in-waiting-has-a-vacuum-at-the-top/

"SNIP...........



You said it! The previous day! In a press release! You said (and I’ll bold the important part so there is no confusion), “Innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday. ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad.”

Of course, Trump does not write his own press releases — especially those that sound as if they were pulled right out of the story queue of Breitbart News. (And let’s be honest, there is a solid chance that this is exactly where they come from.) But one would expect a president to at least know what position he has allegedly taken on a notable international incident, particularly if his administration’s press release has hyped it up from a terrorist attack into part of a global clash of civilizations, one that his own policies will likely intensify, assuming he can figure out what those policies will be.

This has long been a problem for the media covering Trump — namely, that Donald Trump has no plans beyond vague generalities and no interest in the details of his job. As Nancy LeTourneau has reminded us, he has always seemed to be more interested in winning the presidency than in actually being the president. There will always be those of us who are convinced his entire campaign was just a publicity stunt that got out of hand.

This lack of coherence and ability to make reality whatever Trump says it is when he speaks helped handicap the opposition during the campaign. Now that he is about to take office as the president of the United States, this enhances the feeling that there is a vacuum at the top. No one is in charge; there is no real head of state, just a collection of neuroses and insecurities being steered in different directions by . . . well, who knows? His chief of staff, Reince Priebus? His senior adviser, Steve Bannon? His vice president-in-waiting, Mike Pence? His kids?


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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. You may recall that Eric Trump said Daddy was not interested in doing the "unpresidented" thing

He said that before the election, and that Daddy would leave the details up to others.

daddy, of course, has not realized that when his handpicked others screw up, it will be he who gets the blame.

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2. Yes. Every word is a reflection on him. See if he likes his team of knaves when they get going.