The Serious Foreign Policy Thread--Bolton Cleans House

[Dill]

(03-13-2018, 09:06 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The guy just leads differently.  He wants chaos and competition. And feels it brings out the best in others.   It’s an older system of leadership but does work.   The problem is you run so hot all the time people burn out. It’s stressful.  The key is having a deep bench to hire from which he obviously does.

A "deep bench" is what Trump obviously doesn't have. Many see work in that White House as a career killer. And we see all these people publicly humiliated and fired on a whim. That is indeed "leading differently."

He certainly wants "chaos," but the competition part is not clear. He can't pick good people. The best do not flock to his WH, despite what he says. 

Any leader in his position requires experts around him who are not afraid to tell him what he doesn't know and when he is wrong.  But that is exactly what gets you canned, and that is why this "style" of leadership isn't working here. It is not really a style at all, just a frustrated guy acting on random impulses as he is blocked by a system he does not understand. Month by month, the people who speak truth to power are gone, leaving him surrounded by yes men.

While I've got your attention Lucy, I'd like to know what you think of the apparent Russian attack on our NATO ally. Should the U.S. president be rallying all of NATO for a response or sitting quietly back and firing anyone in his administration who condemns the Russian attack on our oldest and most solid ally?

What would "weak" Obama do in such a situation?