Aclion wrote:Gormwood wrote:There would have been less griping if Trump did clean house in the beginning instead of this wait until they piss him off then replace them spree he's in the middle of right now. And it's rather paranoid to assume every single employee from a previous administration is mandated to sabotage the incoming one.
It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you. And yes, there would have been less griping, which is unfortunate. Really Trump should have been praised for not following Obama's example, and supported when he eventually had to force people out in order to fulfill his duties. But that's not what happened and it's not going to happen and so we can expect Republicans to begin participating in the politicization of the federal bureaucracy; after all, they've been given no choice.
Vindman was given his job by Trump. He became Director of European Affairs with the NSC in 2018. He wasn't some Obama era holdover or a lifelong civil servant.