It's simple–he is incompetent

The administration and it's head twit often blow smoke about how the the government about how the government needs to run more like a business. Putting aside for the moment that that is a truly stupid notion it would be interesting if it were. Presumably the government would seek to maximize taxation and minimize services and benefits provided in order to maximize profits. Those profits would probably be stashed over seas someplace I against the day that the whole enterprise collapses.

But let's think more about this concept. Let's assume that Donnie interviewed with a major business Corporation for the job of CEO. During the process he stated that the corporation was a mess, That he was going to cancel all of its supplier and sales contracts, bring in new executive vice presidents and department heads, reorganize and revitalize the entire enterprise. He stated his intention to do this quickly and named specific actions he was going to take. Then, after taking control and naming his new team, he started changing his mind and/or simply not doing the major changes  promised. He immediately fired one of his top executives for being a liar and we now know he might also be a criminal. As the company has certainly environmentally sensitive Business lines, he names as his environmental executive someone who detests the environment. He names as his head of human resources and training someone who has no experience and believes it should be done somewhere else. He names as his chief legal officer someone who embarks on a campaign to bring legal action against its employees and subsidiaries. He names as one of his closest advisers a person who wants to dismantle the entire corporation and reduce its size. Then he brings it in his children as executives notwithstanding that they have no experience that would qualify them for those posts. One, his son-in-law he puts in charge of nearly every thing, assuming apparently he is a jack of all trades. It becomes clear that he certainly is a master of none.

When he begins to be criticized for nothing positive happening, he points to a series of memos he is sent saying" make something happen". When criticized for not and budget plan, he sends his financial officers to the Board of Directors with a proposal that says" raise profits and decrease expenses". Having done to change the benefit programs of the company, he does nothing but says it will be great. When the criticism gets more vocal, he calls his entire executive headset department heads to the office, tells them nothing new and sends them back after a lot of photo ops.

Now I am pretty sure that if this were a business corporation , Donnie would be out of there. When asked about his performance, the members of the board who voted to hire him say they knew he was and inexperienced jerk so they got what they wanted. If things aren't working out, it must be someone else's fault.

Of course, the government is not a business corporation and there are no quick mechanisms for eliminating an incompetent CEO. As far as the satisfied voters who put him in there, about all you can say about that is that it is a good time to read cognitive science.

It becomes increasingly clear that there is little point and discussing one by one his changes, inconsistencies, lies and stupid actions. He is ignorant and incompetent and that says it all.