Trump said to have already 'planted seeds of his own political demise'
Donald Trump hasn't even taken office yet, but he's already made a
major misstep, according to a former Republican writer.
Trump, who is going to be entering his second term as a "lame duck"
President, has been under fire for his nominations to important posts, including former lawmaker Matt Gaetz, who would be Attorney General.
Those nominations could be his undoing, according to New York Times
columnist David French, an ex-writer for the conservative National
Review.
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According to French, Trump's problem is that he has purged everyone
around him who held him back from his worst political instincts. In
doing so, Trump has now been free to go more extreme than ever,
including by nominating unserious individuals for important positions.
Those nominees, the columnist wrote, have ideas that are incompatible
with the needs of everyday citizens.
"But here is his fundamental problem: The desires of his heart and the grievances of his base are ultimately incompatible with the demands of
the majority, and the more he pursues his own priorities, the more
he'll revive his opposition. He'll end his political career as an
unpopular politician who ushered in a Democratic majority yet again,"
French wrote on Sunday. "The reason goes deeper than ideology (many of
his nominees are extremists) or scandal (Kennedy, Hegseth, and Matt
Gaetz, each have their own histories of alleged sexual misconduct, for example). Ultimately, it goes to competence: Can you do the job we
ultimately hired you to do?"
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nominees-seeds-of-demise/
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