He would never appoint anyone who wasn't a sycophant, and a qualified person would never be a Trump-sycophant. He also likes to feel like the smartest person in the room, which means that there really have to be some incredibly stupid people in that room.
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Why did Democrats confirm them?
He likes sycophants. That's the most important thing for him.
They are very much qualified. But their qualification is not related to whatever position they have.
Their sole qualification is that Trump considers them loyal to him.
It’s disturbing, but I’m much more concerned with the CIA assets being installed at every level of government. They are a much more dangerous and more long-term threat.
They have no problem pulling down his diapers and with kissing his shit covered ass... I guess.
No one else wants to work with him.
And he hates having people questioning him, especially when smarter than trump
Read Project 2025.
Don't be so glib. That's almost 1,000 pages of finely detailed plans, hardly digestible in an evening.
It's almost like a qualified and effective government isn't his priority.
Serious answer: Because they're sycophants. People call Trump all kinds of names, but the only thing that truly matters is that he's the poster boy for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I invite you all to have a read and get your head around the subject. It explains every single thing about Trump. (Aside from the obvious dementia that's set in the past 4 years or so.)
To Trump's mind, anyone who says he's a great man, is automatically smart and qualified. He had a few great picks first time around, but they crossed him one way or the other and were suddenly dumb and unqualified.
If you've never been around a hardcore narcissist, the idea of such a person is truly hard to comprehend. Everyone throws that word around willy nilly, but it's a diagnosis, with meaning and criteria. For example, people often point out his lies. Obvious, right? But in his mind, he can't lie. His brain will rearrange contrary facts to mean that someone else was wrong. Back to your question, he requires unquestioning sycophants to satisfy his "never wrong" mentality. Anyone calling him out causes brief cognitive dissonance, and that's poison to most of us, really hurts, but it's shear hell for a narcissist. For a minute anyway. :)
As to the confirmations, plenty of Republican lawmakers tanked their careers by so much as seeming to go against Trump, in even the smallest ways. They now have two choices: Ride the tiger they created and hope they can still have some influence, or, defy him and have no influence.
I can expand on that all night long, but that's the bones of the story.
This is probably the most reasonable non-consipiracy based explanation.
Standard dictator bullshit, fucking obviously.
Because sycophancy is the only quality he requires.
Why did Republicans in congress confirm them?
A better question is...why did so many Democrats confirm them, as well?
As the saying goes "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". Better these idiots than anyone competent who could cause real damage intentionally.
That’s a great way of looking at it. I’m not sure if it was that or simple cowardice, but I like your interpretation.
Gee, I dunno.... maybe corruption?
Uh it was on purpose. You’re rightly concerned about the first point (their competence) with less focus on the second (their ability to lock his nuts). His priorities were the opposite.
And that is why you, my dear internet stranger, have already proven yourself to be a better Presidential candidate than the asshat we got.
I'm not sure why this is so hard to get across everywhere on the internet...
THE.
CRUELTY.
IS.
THE.
POINT.
Because he is the smartest and best, and he wants it to stay that way
Republicans believe that government doesn't work and they are intent on proving that it doesn't. 🤔
The same reason foreign policy is currently dependent on his personal relationship with foreign leaders. The show's all about him in his mind.
Because, for them, burning it down is the point.
Because they want a christofascist state, and rhats part of the plan to remake the country in that image.
The answer is in the question. They're sycophants.
And yes. Lots of us are worried about this.
Because he's a moron and only likes people who suck up to his greasy ass. They're all using him, knowing how he operates. You could probably get anything you wanted out of him by just treating him like royalty. Shit, get a lefty who can stomach through it, and we might be able to get him to step the fuck down. It would be way too hard not to assault the bastard, tho...
It matters if the boss is an idiot but if most people in an organisation are competent it can limp forward. Probably won't achieve much of lasting value. These type of populist regimes tend to evaporate as quickly as they arrived.
Anyone with a billimetre of brain power would not work for such a brainless ignorant fuck like rump.
The more the government sucks, the less people will rely on it, or expect it to function well. A weak, hobbled government is great for the rich and powerful, but not so great for you and me.
Donakd only cares about loyalty. Actual competence and intelligence can be a liability.
It's not a good idea having incompetent cult members in positions of power.
No it is not. Additionally, placing loyalty above ability is a sign of both narcissism and insecurity.
The first generation is always incompetent as the founders of a new regime want to reward the backers and have loyalists to take up the power. The next generations might get better. You have the same in the Soviet Union and China; the first generation of bureaucrats were soldiers having no idea how to govern, but their successors learned fast and ruled more effectively.
I don’t like Trump, and I hope their regime ends ASAP, but the truth is if it continues, it might get better at governing over time. JD Vance or Don Jr. will have a better grasp of the system and suppress their political enemies more effectively. We might hate them more, but will be even more powerless to fight back than today.
Internet Explorer is that you?
You know why.