Since the administration came to power in January, it’s been clear that individuals chosen by Donald Trump to lead departments and key institutions were selected for fealty and showmanship over experience and skill. As a result, Ali Velshi says, he has undermined his own agenda as his handpicked leaders reveal themselves to be unqualified, incompetent, and prone to scandal.
FBI Director Kash Patel is being asked by Congress to account for using FBI agents to protect his partner and using the government jet he’s supposed to use in the event of an emergency while traveling to ferry his partner around.
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars to roll out immigration ads. The company producing these ads, in which Noem is featured riding horseback, are financially tied to Noem.
And Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes against alleged drug smugglers, which have killed a reported 87 people, are being investigated as war crimes after a so-called “double-tap” attack was made public.
Hegseth is also dealing with the lingering fallout from “SignalGate,” as a recently completed Inspector General’s report that found he did in fact improperly share secret information that could have thwarted defense department operations and put our soldiers at risk, despite Hegseth’s claim on social media that he was “exonerated.”
These are just the most prominent examples of basic ineptitude preventing Trump from enacting his agenda. “It is amateur hour at the pentagon and across other agencies of the U.S. Government,” Velshi says.
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