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edhopper

(37,507 posts) Wed May 13, 2026, 08:52 AM 4 hrs ago

The Worst People Possible

David Haberstam wrote "The Best and The Brightest" about the People in the Johnson Administration who blundered into the Vietnam War.

If a book is written about this Administration the title should be "The Worst People Possible"

Because there is not a cabinet position that isn't occupied by someone who will do the most damage.

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The Worst People Possible (Original Post) edhopper 4 hrs ago OP

The Worst and the Dullest. Swede 4 hrs ago #1

And there seems to be an almost infinite supply of them, because if one is fired or quits, Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #2

well said edhopper 3 hrs ago #3

Swede

(39,994 posts)

1. The Worst and the Dullest.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:05 AM

4 hrs ago

Trump has a knack for attracting awful people.

Ocelot II

(131,166 posts)

2. And there seems to be an almost infinite supply of them, because if one is fired or quits,

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:10 AM

4 hrs ago

the replacement is usually even worse. Trump selects people who wouldn't have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting an important government position in a normal administration, and they know it. They are mediocre at best, and they must be painfully aware that without Trump they would be handling slip and fall cases from their seedy law office in the basement of a nail salon in Albuquerque or managing a 7-11 in the outskirts of Dubuque or hosting a weekend talk show on Fox. But Trump finds them, notices that they would look good on TV, and offers them a seat next to his Throne of Power as long as they agree to sell him every shred of integrity they might have ever possessed. Trump is an idiot but he does have this one skill of finding pathetic people and elevating and empowering them to do whatever he wants - at least until they either embarrass him or get too uppity.

edhopper

(37,507 posts)

3. well said

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:48 AM

3 hrs ago

incompetent and evil is a bad combination.

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