Trump's next chief of staff called him 'terrible human being'

[Charles]

Somehow the president who always managed to get the best people until it turned out they were not that good and were fired or left for different reasons has now found himself his next chief of staff. This time around one of the best guys, a top of the line professional, is a guy who once called Trump a "terrible human being".

“Yes, I’m supporting Donald Trump; I’m doing so as enthusiastically as I can do. In fact, I think he’s a terrible human being,” Mulvaney said. Referencing Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton, Mulvaney added: “But the choice on the other side is just as bad.”

Note the "as bad". He is not even saying "worse". He wouldn't have fallen for the whataboutism on tweb, I suppose.

Anyway it seems quite few people were willing to find themselves among the best:

Trump’s hunt for a chief of staff has not gone smoothly and has been defined more by people declining the job than queuing up to fill it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...terrible-human

And somehow this all reminded me of the wise words of Bob Dylan:

Big politician telling lies
Restaurant kitchen all full of flies
Don't make a bit of difference, don't see why it should
But it's all right, 'cause it's all good

So I made it easy for those of you who always do your best to explain why anything bad is all good.

[Starlight]

To be fair, Mulvaney is also a terrible guy. As head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau he's attempted to sabotage it as much as possible in order to let dodgy businesses get away with fraud against consumers. That's the guy in whose judgement Trump is "a terrible human being". Even wicked crooks see Trump as wicked by comparison.

Mulvaney is also known for talking about his own time as a congressman:

“If you’re a lobbyist who didn’t give us money, I wouldn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who did give us money, I might talk to you.”

But I guess that's par for the course for Republican congressmen.

[Cow Poke]

“If you’re a lobbyist who didn’t give us money, I wouldn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who did give us money, I might talk to you.”

But I guess that's par for the course for Republican congressmen.

You can leave out the word "Republican" and the statement would still be true.

[One Bad Pig]

Somehow the president who always managed to get the best people until it turned out they were not that good and were fired or left for different reasons has now found himself his next chief of staff. This time around one of the best guys, a top of the line professional, is a guy who once called Trump a "terrible human being".

So, the next chief of staff is the average conservative Twebber.

[Terraceth]

To be fair, Mulvaney is also a terrible guy. As head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau he's attempted to sabotage it as much as possible in order to let dodgy businesses get away with fraud against consumers. That's the guy in whose judgement Trump is "a terrible human being".

Good point. Because he's such an awful guy, we should lend no credence whatsoever to his judgment that Trump is a terrible human being.