[ncr100]

> Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blamed congressional Democrats

Something traitorous about the Secretary of a Federal office blaming a political party

[darknavi]

Its also the president's role to lead and unite to get an agenda done. They need to work with Congress to pass laws that they can then sign into law.

Trump does the complete opposite, all while vomiting garbage about anyone who doesn't directly do his bidding.

[mindslight]

Well said. The outcome with the tariffs should be a clear indicator of the administration's complete incompetence. Unfortunately Trump's one skill is confidence games and his hardcore supporters will end up writing it off as something like "deep state" sabotage.

This utter lack of leadership being displayed so clearly in ~June of 2020 was what really soured me on Trump. Up until then I had been both sidesing and figuring that when push came to shove, he'd actually lead (and get a shoe-in second term to boot!). But no, rather than accepting Covid as a national emergency that he needed to lead us through, it was just some new backdrop to foment division over.