“Dynamic
Dual” or Two
Clods Out of Touch With Reality
Here
first as a starting point is my original post announcing Nielsen’s resignation.
What follows are two astonishing breaking news stories – both from CNN.
First story (CNN):
“DHS Nielsen's ouster exposes Trump's
immigration crisis”
Highlight: Nielsen’s departure is a
victory for hard-core conservative immigration voices like rabid anti-immigrant
hawk, Stephen Miller, who happens to be Trump’s #1 immigration policy adviser.
Miller has long had Trump's ear to push him to adopt an even more hardline
border policy.
So, what we
see in this administration is a sign of a government stocked with “acting
secretaries,” hampered by thin personnel staff bench, one stretched beyond
functionality by Trump's impulses and the most prodigious staffing burn rate of
any modern President.
For example: Nielsen's ouster fits the Trump’s pattern
of forcing out officials who have pushed back against his more radical
instincts or have been unable to carry out his policies, or those who have
earned his ire for being unwilling to match his defiance for governing practice
and convention.
That list includes: (1) Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, (2) Former AG Jeff Sessions, (3) Former National
Security Adviser H. R. McMaster (who
took over after (4) Michael Flynn
had to resign), and (5) Former Chief of Staff John Kelly and now (6) Former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. So, who’s next?
(See next story below for that
answer).
With Nielsen
there are more fundamental reasons that get closer to the heart of Trump's behavior
and political strategy than almost all of the many, previous exits from his
administration. Nielsen's demise is the clearest indication yet of the
impossibility of reconciling Trump's ideological and emotional instincts on
immigration – which helped make him President – with legal, humanitarian and
international realities.
Nielsen also
“…believed the situation was becoming
untenable with Trump becoming increasingly unhinged about the border crisis and
making unreasonable and even impossible requests.”
(Source: A senior Trump administration
official told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday (April 7) can read
and listen here).
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Second and related story (CNN):
“Trump Removing U.S. Secret Service Director”
United
States Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles
is being removed from his position, multiple administration officials tell CNN.
Trump instructed Acting Chief of Staff, Mick
Mulvaney, to fire Alles (Alles
remains in his position as of now but has been asked to leave).
The Secret
Service director reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen (more below on that) who resigned on Sunday amid growing pressure
from the President. The director oversees the Secret Service's work on both
protection and investigations.
“There is a near-systematic purge happening
at the nation's second-largest national security agency,” (one senior
administration official says).
Connected Getting the Axe: United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services director Francis
Cissna and Office of the General Counsel's John Mitnick are expected to be gone soon, and the White House is
eyeing others to be removed.
Impact: Trump in recent weeks
empowered Stephen Miller: “…to lead the administration's
border policies and he's executing his plan with what amounts to a wholesale decapitation
or the Department of Homeland Security leadership.” (The same senior official said).
My 2 cents: This administration is more than “unhinged”
on this immigration issue, but overall, they, top to bottom, are in total
disarray and that is due to Trump.
Look at his history – his trail of failures
– the proof and evidence is smack in our collective national face.
Does that make Trump a leader – Alrighty Then
We had better wake up before it’s too late and that is
NOT merely some Liberal DEM hype or TDS (Trump
Derangement Syndrome: The term applied to people who express deep loathing
and fear of Trump that I used by Trump
supporters for liberals either).
What we see almost daily is a totally unprepared man
in office preparing to take us God only knows where or why.
This is bad folks, and it is apt to get worse – far worse than
we have ever seen in our long and for the most part distinguished American history.
Stay tuned, and thanks for stopping by.
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