It's been suggested that Trump applies 'The Scaramucci Model' often when filling key positions within his administration. The thinking is that Trump hires someone short-term at a position who comes in and 'cleans house', clearing the deck for the next person.
Anthony Scaramucci was hired early on as Trump's Communications Director, and he lasted 10 days there. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus immediately quit when he was hired, so did Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Later, Trump fired Jeff Sessions as AG, and named Matthew Whitaker as interim AG. Whitaker assumed the role that would have gone to Rod Rosenstein, and let Trump bring in Bill Barr to be acting AG.
A few months ago, Trump fired DNI Dan Coats, and moved US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grennel over to be interm DNI until John Ratcliffe took over recently. Grennell declassified a slew of Russia documents that Adam Schitt had been stonewalling the release of for over a year. The joke was that Grennell was doing so much to hurt the dems that they fast-tracked Ratcliffe's nomination through the Senate so he could take over and get Grennell out.
So this process keeps repeating itself: Bring in the ballbuster temporarily to clean house, clear the deck for the guy that will replace him, who comes in with all the roadblocks removed, and he can get to work immediately.
What if.......President Trump is doing the same thing? What if Trump's job is to come in, clean house, clear out all the corruption in DC, and clear the deck for the next guy or gal to come in with a fresh start, roadblocks out of the way? If you think about it, that's precisely what Trump's been doing, isn't it?
So let's review:
Scaramuuci: Came in, ran off Reince Priebus, who was replaced by John Kelly. What changed when Kelly took over as COS? Leaks to the media suddenly disappeared. The Trump Admin leaked like a sieve under Priebus, that immediately changed when Kelly stepped in. Also, highly ineffective Press Secretary Sean Spicer quit, and was replaced by Sarah Sanders, who did an amazing job.
Whitaker: Came in, and assumed review of the Mueller investigation, which Sessions had completely checked out of. He came in, restricted the scope of the Mueller investigation, putting Mueller on a very short leash, and then handed off to Barr, who has been absolutely spectacular as AG.
Grennell: Came in, declassified a treasure trove of documents that both Adam Schiff and former DNI Dan Coats had sat on. Cleared the deck for John Ratcliffe to take over. Too early to judge him yet, but if he does as well as the others did for the reasons why he was brought in, he'll be exceptional as well.
So if we look at Trump in that same light, he's done an amazing job as the 'fixer', much like Scaramucci, Whitaker and Grennell did. But that also suggests he is clearing the deck for an equally exceptional person to take over as President in 2024.
I have no idea who that person would be. I will say that the conspiracy theories (which I find amusing but do NOT subscribe to), say it will be this guy in 2024:
Anthony Scaramucci was hired early on as Trump's Communications Director, and he lasted 10 days there. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus immediately quit when he was hired, so did Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Later, Trump fired Jeff Sessions as AG, and named Matthew Whitaker as interim AG. Whitaker assumed the role that would have gone to Rod Rosenstein, and let Trump bring in Bill Barr to be acting AG.
A few months ago, Trump fired DNI Dan Coats, and moved US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grennel over to be interm DNI until John Ratcliffe took over recently. Grennell declassified a slew of Russia documents that Adam Schitt had been stonewalling the release of for over a year. The joke was that Grennell was doing so much to hurt the dems that they fast-tracked Ratcliffe's nomination through the Senate so he could take over and get Grennell out.
So this process keeps repeating itself: Bring in the ballbuster temporarily to clean house, clear the deck for the guy that will replace him, who comes in with all the roadblocks removed, and he can get to work immediately.
What if.......President Trump is doing the same thing? What if Trump's job is to come in, clean house, clear out all the corruption in DC, and clear the deck for the next guy or gal to come in with a fresh start, roadblocks out of the way? If you think about it, that's precisely what Trump's been doing, isn't it?
So let's review:
Scaramuuci: Came in, ran off Reince Priebus, who was replaced by John Kelly. What changed when Kelly took over as COS? Leaks to the media suddenly disappeared. The Trump Admin leaked like a sieve under Priebus, that immediately changed when Kelly stepped in. Also, highly ineffective Press Secretary Sean Spicer quit, and was replaced by Sarah Sanders, who did an amazing job.
Whitaker: Came in, and assumed review of the Mueller investigation, which Sessions had completely checked out of. He came in, restricted the scope of the Mueller investigation, putting Mueller on a very short leash, and then handed off to Barr, who has been absolutely spectacular as AG.
Grennell: Came in, declassified a treasure trove of documents that both Adam Schiff and former DNI Dan Coats had sat on. Cleared the deck for John Ratcliffe to take over. Too early to judge him yet, but if he does as well as the others did for the reasons why he was brought in, he'll be exceptional as well.
So if we look at Trump in that same light, he's done an amazing job as the 'fixer', much like Scaramucci, Whitaker and Grennell did. But that also suggests he is clearing the deck for an equally exceptional person to take over as President in 2024.
I have no idea who that person would be. I will say that the conspiracy theories (which I find amusing but do NOT subscribe to), say it will be this guy in 2024:
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