NBC News (December 11)
“First, President Donald Trump failed in his pledge to ‘hire the best people’ in the White House; now, he’s having trouble hiring any people. These phenomena are not unrelated.” Trump’s first pick for Chief of Staff turned him down. This should be no surprise as it’s an unenviable job: “Trump has the impulse control of a hungry, intoxicated bear and bridles at attempts to keep him disciplined or to bring order to his administration.”
Tags: Administration, Bridles, Chief of Staff, Discipline, Failed, Hiring, Hungry, Impulse control, Intoxicated, Trump
U.S. News & World Report (May 30)
Trump’s tweets “tell more of the ‘real story’ than he understands: the story of a president with few commitments to a pluralistic society, with little impulse control and who still remains distinct – and distant – from the office he holds.”
Tags: Commitments, Distant, Distinct, Impulse control, Pluralistic, Society, Trump, Tweets
