When Donald Trump became president the first time, he took over Washington like … Jimmy Carter.

Like Carter, Trump came to Washington almost by surprise. Like Carter, he knew almost no one in Washington. The big shots he did know were in the business, sports and entertainment worlds and not well matched to the petty skulduggery of Washington, and the people who were well-versed in the ways of Washington were unknown to him and contemptuous of him.

Like Carter, he attempted to paper over this problem by hiring people on the recommendation of others and by retaining a lot of people from the previous administration. Instead of providing a steadying hand to a fledgling administration, many in this phalanx took advantage of their positions to destabilize and undermine the administration.

We're now seeing proof through the documents Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released that people working in the Trump I White House betrayed him and the country by concocting "crimes" to try to slow down or end his presidency.

Trump learned from this. In his second administration, he has gotten rid of the dissenters. Prosecutors at the Department of Justice. Top people at the FBI, CIA, EPA, DHS and other alphabet agencies. Military leaders. Almost the entirety of the public health........

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