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Trump hire’s gaff #2
What happens when you hire an idiot to run the show? Predictably, he (or she) hires other idiots to help them run that show off the rails. And so it is with our country’s president-elect.
Ask yourself this: Who hires an ex-junky/conspiracy nut who once deposited a bear carcass in Central Park, NY and isn’t a medical professional to take the lead in ensuring the population’s good health?
Who hires a fall-down drunk masher from hell to head the country’s military?
You already know the answer.
And the parade of poor personnel decisions continues. The president recently fired U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, when he refused to bring a flimsy case against a Trump enemy. In his place, Donald hired an ex-beauty queen steeped in insurance law but — with zero experience as a prosecutor — to bring those cases.
Yup, you read that right. Donald Trump hired Lindsey Halligan (the beauty queen/insurance law expert) as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia despite her having no experience as a prosecutor to head his revenge tour.
Whether she’s ready for the big time could be a matter for debate (though it shouldn’t be). But when it comes to the sloppiness of her…
