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Lassie MacDonald
State College
The fact is, there is no true leadership in the Trump Administration or the Republican Congress.
Trump is an amoral narcissist who has surrounded himself with sycophants. As with all narcissists, he has no thoughts of leadership for the good of the nation, only thoughts of glorifying and promoting his own image and desires.
The current sycophantic Republican Congress is beholden to Donald Trump, having willingly ceded significant constitutional powers to the Trump administration, eroding Congress's influence and authority at the expense of the needs and wishes of their own constituents.
The Trump administration's staffing and cabinet picks demonstrate a total disregard for traditional qualifications and expertise. Trump chose highly controversial appointments to shock and overwhelm the system, thereby straining what the system could tolerate. Loyalty and ego-stroking is the priority; incompetence is the result.
National security, the economy, education and 80-year relationships with allies suffer and all manner of oversight obligations disappear. We're embarrassed as a nation by battle plans shared on social media, A-1 (sauce) confused for artificial intelligence (AI) by the Department of Education, and aggressive retaliation against anyone who dares to question Trump administration choices.
Chaos has been the unifying theme of the Trump government. Agencies have been butchered and institutional memory has been gutted. Trump's economic policies deliver huge benefits to those who want for nothing while harming average Americans.
We are less safe, less prosperous -- and the U.S. is no longer seen as a force for good in the world.