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Hiring that new air talent is always risky, for both sides.
That’s one reason management checks references, and talent checks with other talent: To try to get the best picture possible of what may lie ahead.
Will this guy do something that will embarrass the company? Is he an alcoholic? Does he do drugs? Is he reliable? Does he get along with other members of the station staff?
Honestly, I can’t imagine any company hiring a new Morning Show without checking them out first, and going as deep as possible to do so.
Our reputation is important.
Which is why it’s useful to read direct quotes from high-ranking members of Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff.
Each of these men worked closely with him as President.
Each is deeply Conservative: Republicans to the core.
“He will always put his own interests, and gratifying his own ego, ahead of everything else, including the country’s interest.”
~ Bill Barr, Attorney General
“He puts himself before country. His actions are all about him and not about the country.”
~ Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense
“The depth of his dishonesty is just astounding to me…He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life.”
~ John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security and White House Chief of Staff
“His understanding of global events, his understanding of global history, his understanding of U.S. history was really limited.”
~ Rex Tillerman, Secretary of State
“Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States…President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution.”
~ Mike Pence, Vice President
“President Trump and other officials have repeatedly compromised our principles in pursuit of partisan advantage and personal gain.”
~ H.R. McMaster, National Security Advisor
“Trump has this impression that foreign leaders, especially adversaries, hold him in high regard, that he’s got a good relationship with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un. In fact, the exact opposite is true. I have been in those rooms with him when he’s met with those leaders. I believe they think he is a laughing fool.”
~ John Bolton, National Security Advisor
“The President has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.”
~ Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy
“He is more dangerous than anyone could ever imagine.”
~ James Mattis, Secretary of Defense
Would you hire anyone if you got that kind of feedback when you checked their references?
Then why would you risk handing him the reins of power again?
Each of those quotes can be found in The Atlantic magazine, with the cover “If Trump Wins” from January/February 2024.