INCOMPETENCE SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED. IT SHOULD BE FIRED

Today’s edition of ‘How in the World Did They Get Their Jobs?’ President Trump is scheduled to meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15. The WSJ is reporting that Trump’s special envoy to Russia Steve Witkoff, who is not a trained diplomat and does not speak Russian, appears to have misunderstood the terms Putin was offering for a ceasefire. After saying at first that Putin would withdraw his troops from parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in exchange for complete control of Donetsk, Witkoff later clarified that the only offer Putin had made was for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk. “This is deeply damaging incompetence,” former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul posted. “Witkoff should finally start taking a notetaker from the U.S. embassy for future meetings. That’s how professional diplomacy works.” Well, none of us expect competence anymore. Loyalty is the only metric to get a job in the Trump administration. And this is what we the people get in return. Can’t wait to see what the president ends up giving away by a simple failure to communicate.