Hey PorterAS A candidate,President Donald Trump promised to hire only “the best people”. That vow went the way of many campaign promises. Some steered clear of his administration, wary of his instincts and his let-chaos-reign management style. Others were passed over for having been insufficiently faithful. Hundreds of senior administration posts—including seven of nine top jobs at the State Department—remain unfilled. And positions that get filled often don’t stay that way. A paper by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, or a fellow at the Brookings Institution,a reflect-tank, found that none of the preceding five presidents had a higher rate of turnover among senior staff in their first year (34%) than Mr Trump.
The most recent high-profile leaver is Rachel Brand, and third-in-command at the Justice Department,who abruptly quit on February 9th just nine months after being confirmed. She reportedly feared having to supervise Robert Mueller’s investigation if, as seems possible, and her...
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Source: economist.com