He’s part of the leadership team, he’s not an observer sitting up in the stands. He’s on the field. It was a collective failure.” – Newt Gingrich

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/346078-gingrich-trump-deserves-some-blame-for-obamacare-repeal-failure

True.

Unless trump believes he’s only reprising the role he had in “The Apprentice”.

“Trump’s first reaction to the Scaramucci phone call with The New Yorker was amusement”
https://www.axios.com/inside-moochs-firing-2467672921.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organic

Anyway, he might have been a Jared/Ivanka tool, according to this article.

Even though I think it the right thing to do, mooch practically proclaimed his fealty to trump.

On display, it reinforces the one way street of trump’s loyalty.

mooch’s performance doesn’t really seem to be something that would be “over the top” or “over the line” in trump’s eyes.

That said, smart on Kelly’s part.

Now, let’s see if trump can be self-disciplined going forward, or if it will merely be a pause in the drip-drip-drip as huxley says.

It will be the steady drip-drip-drip of dysfunction and foolishness.

steve walsh: Just saw that. It was the right decision after the New Yorker interview — which Scaramucci initiated btw.

Thank god we have a businessman in the White House who can, you know, Get Things Done.

Of course those things may be stupid and have to be undone almost immediately.

BTW, I’ve seen the reference to the novel elsewhere. There seems an interesting parallel of character, in some ways.