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What an odd take. Every administration does this sort of petty stuff. nothing new under the sun.
by stronglikedan 11mo ago
What an odd take. Every administration does this sort of petty stuff. nothing new under the sun.
- mgkimsal 11mo agoPetty as in 'small and does not really matter' or petty as in 'vindictive'. All administrations do many small things that may not ultimately have much impact, but often those may be for benign reasons. Understanding the reasoning behind the decisions would help in determining what kind of 'petty' this is.
- TheOtherHobbes 11mo agoBoth. It's so utterly juvenile and unprofessional. The kind of thing a petulant twelve year-old does for attention.
- baggachipz 11mo agoAbsolutely vindictive. He goes out of his way to cite "DEI" in his comments.
- Swenrekcah 11mo agoThis is demonstrably false. Previous administrations have not. It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents or not put up a mocking picture of your predecessor in the white house.
- dragonwriter 11mo ago> It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents This particular thing was not all that common between Presidents who succeed normally by election. I think the most recent was Robert Gates serving as SecDef across the Bush II/Obama transition, before that there were five kept across the Reagan/Bush I transition, and no more in the post-WWII period. (It’s true that the pettiness level in this Administration is unprecedented, but this is not a valid example.)
- Swenrekcah 11mo agoTrue, I didn’t mean it was routine but it was somewhat normal. I just wanted to show the incredible range of professional behaviour that has disappeared.