In light of the widely reported request by the Trump Administration for certain Obama Administration officials to stay on, perhaps a trifle of schadenfreude is in order. Let’s have Steve Benen set it up:
What’s more, let’s also not forget that some of the people Team Trump have asked to stick around for a while have reportedly said no, which means those offices will be literally empty at 12:01 p.m. (ET) this today.
Christopher Lu, the Deputy Secretary of Labor and the former executive director of the Obama-Biden transition, talked to Rachel about this on the show last night, and he noted how unusual it is for an incoming administration, 24 hours before the inauguration, to reach out to current officials, pleading with them to stay. It’s evidence of a team that’s woefully unprepared.
Asked if he’s worried about the Trump administration’s preparedness, Lu said, “Of course.”
I can appreciate why this seems crazy, but the fact remains that Donald Trump and his aides knew they had a responsibility to find qualified, competent staff to run key agencies of the world’s dominant superpower, but they just didn’t try very hard to complete this task.
Giving her a title might be problematic, but you know her love of country would force her to serve.
Which just leaves me wondering: has Trump considered contacting Hillary Clinton for a little help? After all, she expected to win, and, more importantly, she not only took the job seriously, but she has experience in the field.
She’s competent.
Which is more than most of the members of the Trump Administration appear to be in the government arena.
