In fairness, it is a problem in scaling. Being able to lie, and do the best lies, is difficult when an organization as the WH when it is scaling at least 10X from anything that has been done in the past. As a practical matter it just has not been conceived before at this level and they are still developing best practices for lying.
Of course, the problem is when the lies come into conflict, or the unfortunate turn of events that to reveals a lie or two. These lies then must be adjusted, which then may draw further lie-lie conflicts creating a ripple effect, where the adjusted lies create conflicts to be adjusted and so on.
Of course, I am sure this all might be worked out with AI; however, the obvious solution is simple transparency. But, for some reason this either has not occurred to this WH, because may be simple truth is not in their DNA, or because non-lying might draw serious conflicts for the WH, or what I suspect, both.
Well, Sarah can be happy about one thing. With all the stress that this Porter fiasco is causing her, she will probably drop down in clothing size from a blue whale to a narwhal.
Mr. Pinkingshears, head custom designer and tailor at Little Rock Tent and Awning, will be quite pleased!
Trump often muses about personnel changes he ultimately does not make.
tRUmp is too much of a coward to make personnel changes, in the irony of ironies he delegates the firing to others, notice no firings since his body guard left?
Trump isnât angry or upset with Kellyâs handing of the Rob Porter disaster. Donnie is just pissed off that Johnny wouldnât steam his fucking pants.
For all the accolades he got before this fiasco,
I wonder if he has a new definition of âfriendsâ
Pack your bags and run far far away asap.
It will be less embarrassing in the long run.
General who ???
We are now at the 8th day of the Rob Porter fiasco and Michael Cohen just revived the Stormy Daniels payoff for silence wrt Trump. Stormy now says since Cohen has admitted the payment she is free to talk. Hoo boy.
I doubt anyone in the WH read any of the comments. And if they did, I doubt they have the cognition to deduce who made what comments merely by the quality of the English spoken; IMO.
People working in rigid hierarchies are often promoted just above the limits of their abilities to excel. He enlisted more or less at just the right time, with the Corps on a war footing but active deployment beginning to slowâthereâs no record of him going to Vietnam with the USMC during the 2 years he was in. 3 years off to pursue college, then he came back in to attend OCS and get commissioned.
By the time heâs seeing any actual action, heâs already a Lt. Col. Heâs not a forward commander. Prior to rolling over the Iraqi Army in the most one-sided advance through the region since Tamerlane, his big âactionâ moment was⌠providing logistical support to the LAPD, LBPD, and California National Guard during the LA riots (because the military canât conduct actual law-enforcement duties themselves within the US). Heâs spent most of his career in administrative roles, either at HQ, heading up a department at Basic School in Quantico, an aide to Supreme Allied Command, Europe, or as a legislative Liaison.
Compare his record to that of Jim Mattis, and you get two extremely different images of âMarine Generalâ. Kellyâs the guy who talks tough. Mattis is the guy who, as Kellyâs direct boss had 1st Marines undergo sensitivity training prior to deploying to Iraq. While Kelly was the assistant chief of staff for 2nd Marines, Mattisâat the time a Brigadier Generalâwas literally out in the shit with his men, spending his time in the fighting holes with his officers to keep up to date on the situation.
I ainât gonna say Mattis has been perfect in the last year-and-change, but holy shit, is it easy to see why Trump picked one, not the other, for the White House. Can you imagine Kelly telling his guys to grow mustaches so theyâd look more like the locals to try to put civilians at ease?
âThe White Houseâs inability to turn the corner is turning a big problem into a major crisis,â he said.
In fact, I think we can safely say that a '72 El Dorado with loose tie rods doing 90 MPH handles corners better than the gang of corrupt incomps who currently occupy the White House.
The White House was already operating at full ability to absorb lies. Kelly being outed as a liar and then creating a whole new web of lies to cover up his lying is the final straw.
Its not 3 or 11 dimensional chess, its multi-dimensional lying. The staff just doesnât know which level to dive in at.
Good thing he is retired from the Marines. He could be in deep s#!t if he wasnât with covering up and just permitting an unauthorized person to view/hear top secret information. He would be burned. If you canât pass, you canât see/hear. Kelly knew/knows that and let it happen. In my opinion he is as big a risk as Porter.
