Day 695: More turnover for Trump’s team

Embroiled in a litany ethics probes, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is set to depart from his Cabinet position at the end of the year, Donald Trump announced Saturday morning.

In addition to flying around on private jets, Zinke has drawn scorn for excessive spending, like the time he spent $139,000 from the taxpayers on new office doors. More concerning is his role in securing a $300 million government contract related to rebuilding Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The no-bid contract was awarded to a virtually unknown company in Whitefish, Montana, with just two full-time employees, and the CEO just so happened to be an acquaintance of Zinke, who is from Whitefish.

The number of high profile departures from Trump’s circle in less than two years is staggering. Multiple National Security Advisors, multiple Cabinet members — including an Attorney General and Secretary of State — and multiple Cabinet-level officials are gone. Add that to senior staff and other aides, and the turnover is never-ending. There is constant rejiggering of jobs and responsibilities to account for the departures.

Trump has had so much trouble filling certain roles, that people are showing up to the White House for one reason and are thrust into a completely different role. For instance, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney showed up to chat with Trump on Friday to discuss budget issues and left as the acting chief-of-staff after Trump was embarrassingly unable to hire any of his top choices.

Trump was so desperate that not only did he hire the next person he came across, that person has publicly called him a “terrible human being.”

Many Cabinet members are woefully unqualified for their jobs. Nary a peep is heard from many of them, such as HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Who’s next to go is anyone’s guess, but history has shown it’s only a matter of time.

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