ninja edit: i didn't read your reply to totes, and some of this is addressed there. i do still disagree that this isn't trump's fault. he's the commander-in-chief. he is responsible for every decision he makes and the decisions of his subordinates. that's like, leadership 101.
personally the thing i hate most about trump is that he will never, ever,
ever take responsibility for his actions. he's gonna be the president of "the buck stops literally anywhere but here."
lol. so you think that being appointed national security advisor counts as being "one of the first in line on the swamp-draining train"?
Of course not, but you knew that much before you started typing. I think he was appointed because it seemed like a convenient thing to do (past popularity + lots of current Republican support = good if you're trying to get in bed with the Republicans), but he was also under more scrutiny than other Trump appointees (because he was an Obama person). Hence the rapid discovery of his controversial dealings and his prompt firing.
are you serious?
Always. Just stop putting words in my mouth and try to listen to what I'm saying. It's perfectly possible that I'm wrong, but I put more thought into what I say than you do into your strawman dismissals.
fair enough, i was being a bit of a dick, and fwiw i do presume you've put thought into what you're saying; but, c'mon, i'm not making up "first in line on the swamp-draining train." you're making it sound like flynn was some beloved obama holdover trump was just waiting to fuck up so trump could get rid of him.
but obama fired flynn. trump personally selected him. as you say, flynn was a
conservative darling during the primaries, consulting for other gop primary candidates, too. i don't believe flynn was even a government official at the time of his selection. i mean, if flynn wasn't in the swamp, how could be be first in line to be removed from it?
i just think it's a
little ridiculous to pin flynn on the democrats and spin it like 'oh thank god trump finally got rid of that obama guy.'
Pointing out that he was being being kept afloat for 2 years among widespread criticism until the administration realised that they simply can't keep it going is definitely gonna give me what for. You go, Gary!
so now the problem is that obama didn't fire him fast enough? how was the administration 'keeping him afloat'? he had a three year service contract and they terminated it a year early because they didn't like the job he was doing.
i'm also not making up "a person appreciated by the previous administration." or "the administration realised that they simply can't keep it going." sorry if you think it's a strawman, but you're the one using language that implies this is someone the obama administration liked and supported and wanted to do the job in spite of widespread criticism. btw i'm not sure how that jives with "He was [considered] super-good [by democrats] and everyone loved him under Obama's administration," but whatever.
the actual fact is that obama fired him and trump hired him.