Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
Trump's leadership style demands people who will:

1. present him with options and information,
2. work diligently and intelligently to execute the decision trump has made,
3. set up as many one-on-one contact sessions for decision making and negotiation (NOT let DoS folks do the prelims while the leader shows up for the signing party -- Trump wants to make the decision person-to-person with the other leader), and
4. fiercely defend other members of the administration while saying squat to anybody outside it (save as a repeat of the President's latest message).

Other than item #1, Washington DC does NOT function that way.
My biggest problem with Trump here is his constant whining and blame-shifting. Comey wasn't ending the Russia investigation fast enough, so he fired him. Then Trump's own big mouth guarantees that a Special Prosecutor gets appointed after Trump states that he fired Comey over Russia. Therefore, the investigation still hasn't gone away so he shifts blame to Sessions, Rosenstein, and Mueller. Most of Trump's problems are due almost entirely to his verbal diarrhea- and then to hear him cry about how unfair the whole world is towards him is very obnoxious. If he'd learn to coordinate his message with his comms team instead of contradicting them, he'd be much better off.