Title: Why President Donald Trump is right to purge his Cabinet?
1Why President Donald Trump is right to purge his
Cabinet?
2Having sacked Rex Tillerson as secretary of
state, President Donald Trump has signalled that
other heads could be meant for the guillotine.
Perhaps as many as nine. Cabinet massacres of
that scale are usually a sign of instability,
even failing leadership. It wasnt Jimmy Carters
Crisis of Confidence speech in 1979 that
destroyed his credibility so much as the mass
Cabinet firing that followed it.
3But Trump isnt Carter. Carters problem was that
he had lost sight of where he was going or what
he wanted. Trump knows what he wants, but one of
his biggest challenges is he lacks the personnel
to get it done. There are two good grounds for
a Cabinet bloodbath. One, kick out the
embarrassments. That includes Veterans Affairs
Secretary David Shulkin, who was accused
of misusing taxpayer money on a trip to Europe,
or Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben
Carson, who apparently purchased (then canceled)
a dining set that cost 31,000 for his work
office. Conservatives should know better. The
public wants to see its politicians eat off paper
plates.
4Second, kick out the people who undermine the
boss. Its one thing to have a Cabinet that
reflects a diversity of opinion, such as
Lincolns famous team of rivals. But when the
President has a clear agenda that requires a
radical departure from the status quo, he cannot
have officials contradict it. Tillerson went, we
speculate, because he wanted to save the Iran
nuclear deal and have a friendlier relationship
with China. And H.R. McMaster, the national
security adviser, might well go for similar
reasons. If this happens, Trump would not only be
right to fire someone who disagrees with him but
hed also be doing it for the right reasons,
although he should tread carefully when it comes
to a replacement.
5Reportedly under consideration is former UN
Ambassador (under George W. Bush) John Bolton, a
perennial hawk whose appointment might be seen as
a repudiation of Trumps anti-Iraq War,
relatively anti-interventionist stance. It would
be, say some, a betrayal of the Presidents base.
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