The Lies They Have to Tell

Why Trump can’t find (or keep) qualified people

Only one things qualifies someone to work for Trump. They have to be willing to tell the right lies.

When an appointed official or cabinet member leaves before their scheduled time, it’s always a story. This time around, it’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz departing early, as so many Trump appointees have done before him. And while these things can happen in every administration, no president in history has turned cabinet posts and close advisory roles into revolving door positions more than Donald J. Trump. He even invented a unit of time – the Scaramucci – without intending to, and it has since become a term used every time the next sycophant falls from grace. The unit is named after former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, who lasted all of ten days in his role before being fired in July of 2017.