[red-iron-pine]

Donald Trump got elected in 2016 -- this is news? He's been surrounded by incompetent Yes Men for ages; the smart ones left, often rapidly.

[sorcerer-mar]

His first term he was surrounded by extremely competent and serious people, especially early on. Yes, they got whittled away over time, but they were still a major mitigating factor on his stupidity.

Mattis, Tillerson, Barr, Acosta, Azar, Pompeo, Kelly, Mnuchin are all (surprisingly) god-tier thinkers compared to the current clown car.