This is an adapted quote 20 October Episode “Velshi”

Donald Trump He has repeatedly said he only hires “the best people.” The claim started as a line on the campaign trail during his first presidential race.

In June 2015, long before he took over the Republican Party, Trump told the crowd in South Carolina: “I know the best people. I know the best managers. I know the best deal makers. I know people who can make us this strong. I know some very nice men.”

This was a line that stuck. He matched the outside appeal that carried him to victory in 2016. The government’s cases were either corrupt or stupid, and he would replace them with only the best.

But once inside the White House, a different story emerged: The idea was for Trump’s Cabinet to resemble the boardrooms of the old reality show. “Apprentice.” But what we actually encountered was closer to an episode of “Survivor.”

Saw Trump’s White House higher staff turnover -Cabinet secretaries and senior advisors – more than any president since at least Ronald Reagan, According to the Brookings Institutionion data This dates back to 1980. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and more cabinet officials from the Trump administration left their posts to replace Obama. Joe Biden merged.

And Trump is not in favor of an amicable separation. Jeff Sessions fifirst USA S.Enator will support Trump in 2016. Sessions, who served as Trump’s first attorney general in 2017. dismissed himself Justice Department’s investigation into Russian interference In the 2016 elections. Trump appeared to think the attorney general was his personal lawyer, not the country’s, and never pardoned him. After tweeting his dissatisfaction with Sessions for a year, Trump eventually fired him.

When Trump appointed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, he said in a statement He said the former ExxonMobil chairman was “one of the most successful business leaders and international deal-makers in the world.” It was December 2016. Two years later After firing Tillerson on Twitter, Embers said Tillerson. “He did not have the necessary mental capacity. He was stupid as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. “He was lazy as hell.”

We know Trump will take any opportunity to attack anyone he wants. “They were expelled like dogs” But it’s not a one-way street. Some of Trump’s loudest critics now are the same people who once saw him lead the country up close.

Former Trump national security advisor John Bolton and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper were also fired via tweet in 2019 And 2020 respectively — Both said Trump was unfit to serve.

And of course, Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, whose life was threatened on January 6 after refusing to comply with his order to cancel the 2020 election, now says: He cannot in good conscience support his former running mate in 2024.

There were scammers too. Tom Price, Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, lasted less than a year in the job after spending almost $400,000 of government money on charter flights. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke resigned in 2018 After a federal investigation was launched into the secretary’s travel habits and conflicts of interest. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, He resigned after being the subject of 13 different ethics investigations – but not before making a request for help buy a used bed for him From the Trump International Hotel.

At one point, Trump grew tired of the lengthy appointment process for new cabinet officials. To avoid Senate confirmation after each tweet is sent, Trump begins appointing “acting secretary” The entire government, which does not need Senate approval and already has the air of interchangeability about it.

One February 2019 interview with CBS News, Trump defended this system, telling Margaret Brennan that he “liked acting (roles) because I could move so quickly.” “This gives me more flexibility.”

It is worth noting that Project 2025, The next Trump administration’s conservative playbook encourages making this tactic explicit policy.

Trump’s reliance on “acting” secretaries was further revealed after Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election. As Trump searched for ways to deny his loss, he looked helplessly at the “yes” men at every level of government.

According to Washington Post According to the report, in those final days, Trump turned to an incorrigible named John McEntee to purge his disloyal employees. McEntee was 30 at the time and passed a security check at the White House in 2018.

McEntee, who had no experience in politics, was allowed to clean house. He will reportedly give pink slips to officials, firing some and demanding that others refuse to communicate with Biden’s presidential transition team.

McEntee was running the Presidential Personnel Office in line with Trump’s wishes and all the recommendations in Project 2025: purge the disloyal, remind everyone who they work for, and reward obedience. that now Senior advisor of Project 2025, Responsible for the presidential personnel database to pre-screen potential personnel for the next administration.

So when Trump tells you and shows you how he will run the government and who he will hire, believe him the first time.

Ali Velşi

Ali Velshi is the host of the program “Velshi”, which airs Saturdays and Sundays on MSNBC. “How Did Wheels Come About?”, about the near-collapse of the American auto industry. He was deemed worthy of the National Pioneer Award in Business and Consumer Reporting for his special program called. Her work on disabled workers and Chicago’s 2016 red light camera scandal earned her two News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations, adding to her 2010 nomination for her coverage of terrorism.

Armand Manukyan And Allison Detzel contributed.