Chai Komanduri on DHS Turmoil: ‘You Don’t Really See Anything Like This in Other Administrations’

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KOMANDURI: “Yeah, I would say that you don’t really see anything like this in other administrations. I mean, yes, you see some mismanagement, some minor unfortunate petty corruption, but this is of of a totally different scale. This is, you know, this is you know, Trump is the reality star president. And this is like the real housewives of Washington, D.C. If that Washington Wall Street Journal article had included an anecdote about a glass of wine being thrown in somebody’s face, it would not have been at all surprising. These this whole thing is a soap opera. But I think for Trump and for the people around him, they kind of like the soap opera. You might remember with the episode with Elon Musk, you know, having somebody else who draws attention, who can be blamed for things, is extremely useful for Trump. Trump’s approval ratings did much better when Elon Musk was there, and people were blaming him for everything bad that was going on. And I do”