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The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants

Trump stands in front of Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi
‘How to explain the rise of so many incompetent and unprincipled people?’ Photograph: Will Oliver/UPI/Shutterstock

Last week, Trump officials reportedly left behind documents describing confidential planning for the Trump-Putin meeting in a public area of an Alaskan hotel.

That’s nothing compared with the actions of Emil Bove, Trump’s new nominee for the US court of appeals for the third circuit, who reputedly told subordinates at the Department of Justice that they should “consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’” and ignoring any court order blocking a planned deportation flight.

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