If you have brothers and/or sisters, there is no doubt that when you were young, if rules were broken in your home, you would blame each other. “You did it.” “No, you did it.”

This is Donald Trump. He is immature, a bully and a coward. In just 15 months and four days Trump has altered our nation. It is more angry, more divided, less compassionate, and we are led by a completely dysfunctional government controlled by Republican politicians.

Donald Trump has a lifelong pattern. When he makes a mistake, and that appears to be with everything he does, he blames someone else; he is perfect and has never made a mistake. His first two marriages failed because of the women, not because they were too old for his salacious desires, or learned of his affairs and multiple sexual assaults.

Trump’s administration is the worst and most corrupt in history. The turnover in the West Wing is historic; and there are likely to be more firings and resignations in the near future. Trump appointments as close advisers, and his nominations for his cabinet are deplorable at best. None of them are qualified for their positions.

His latest failure is his nomination to head the office of Veterans Affairs.

His name is Ronny Jackson. He is currently the White House physician, and a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. What he is not is qualified to lead the office of Veterans Affairs. This is a huge organization, which is in charge of utilizing a $180 billion per year budget to service former members of our nation’s military. Jackson has no experience with the supervision of 377,805 employees, working in 170 VA medical centers and 1,063 outpatient facilities which serve nine million of our nation’s veterans.

Just days ago, it was revealed by the Admiral’s staff that Jackson has a drinking problem and has created a ‘toxic work environment’ in the White House.

Trump has hinted at the possibility that Jackson will withdraw from the nomination. But the word is that Jackson wants to continue with the process. Although Jackson was not properly vetted, like every other member of Trump’s cabinet, he is blaming Democrats.

“The Democrats have become obstructionists,” Trump groused Tuesday, during a bilateral news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. “That’s all they’re good at. They’re not good at anything else. They have bad ideas. They have bad politics. The one thing they do is obstruct.”

The biggest lie in this statement is insinuating that Democrats have been invited to join in any legislative action since his inauguration. Trump has acted in a purely fascist manner.

This was a secondary statement which convinced everyone that Trump was asking Jackson to withdraw.

“I said to Dr. Jackson, what do you need it for?” Trump noted, suggesting that he was now graciously offering an exit ramp to the guy he had practically railroaded into taking the nomination. “I don’t want to put a man through a process like this. It’s too ugly and too disgusting.”

Trump is incapable of admitting even the slightest mistake; and Jackson was not a little mistake.

The situation is in limbo. No one is positive what will happen in the next week. The fact is that once again the truth is harmful to Trump and his failed administration. This is another major f**k up by Donny Boy. More will follow and that fact is fitting. His presidency was the biggest f**k up by voters in American history.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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