Molly Ball

We don't know if it was the air traffic controller's fault at all. We don't know if it was, as Trump also said on social media, if it was the helicopter pilot's fault. We don't know if those diversity initiatives, while real, had anything to do with any of the staff who were involved in this.

We don't know if it was the air traffic controller's fault at all. We don't know if it was, as Trump also said on social media, if it was the helicopter pilot's fault. We don't know if those diversity initiatives, while real, had anything to do with any of the staff who were involved in this.

We don't know if it was the air traffic controller's fault at all. We don't know if it was, as Trump also said on social media, if it was the helicopter pilot's fault. We don't know if those diversity initiatives, while real, had anything to do with any of the staff who were involved in this.

So I think it was shocking to a lot of people that the president didn't hold off on sort of casting blame for this, but also deeply familiar. You know, Trump was president before for four years. He has been on the political scene for a decade. He has never hesitated to point to his enemies and point to scapegoats for whatever is happening on his watch.

So I think it was shocking to a lot of people that the president didn't hold off on sort of casting blame for this, but also deeply familiar. You know, Trump was president before for four years. He has been on the political scene for a decade. He has never hesitated to point to his enemies and point to scapegoats for whatever is happening on his watch.

So I think it was shocking to a lot of people that the president didn't hold off on sort of casting blame for this, but also deeply familiar. You know, Trump was president before for four years. He has been on the political scene for a decade. He has never hesitated to point to his enemies and point to scapegoats for whatever is happening on his watch.

And so in a lot of ways, I think this felt deeply familiar in Trump's political style. And I think those some of his allies would say this is what people like about him is that he's not politically correct. He's not pulling punches. He's not going to sort of be unifying and nice when when what you need is actually a fighter.

And so in a lot of ways, I think this felt deeply familiar in Trump's political style. And I think those some of his allies would say this is what people like about him is that he's not politically correct. He's not pulling punches. He's not going to sort of be unifying and nice when when what you need is actually a fighter.

And so in a lot of ways, I think this felt deeply familiar in Trump's political style. And I think those some of his allies would say this is what people like about him is that he's not politically correct. He's not pulling punches. He's not going to sort of be unifying and nice when when what you need is actually a fighter.

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Well, I wonder, you know, because I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, the whole move fast and break things idea is that if you try to go at these things slowly, deliberately, incrementally, they'll just never get done, right? They'll get caught up in this bureaucratic black hole where everyone in the agency finds a reason to object to it.

Well, I wonder, you know, because I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, the whole move fast and break things idea is that if you try to go at these things slowly, deliberately, incrementally, they'll just never get done, right? They'll get caught up in this bureaucratic black hole where everyone in the agency finds a reason to object to it.

Well, I wonder, you know, because I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, the whole move fast and break things idea is that if you try to go at these things slowly, deliberately, incrementally, they'll just never get done, right? They'll get caught up in this bureaucratic black hole where everyone in the agency finds a reason to object to it.

And, you know, you spend 10 years writing memos about something that never actually gets implemented. So the idea is you rip off the Band-Aid, you go extreme all at once and And then you can always walk back the parts that people object to. And then whatever you do end up doing looks relatively moderate by comparison.

And, you know, you spend 10 years writing memos about something that never actually gets implemented. So the idea is you rip off the Band-Aid, you go extreme all at once and And then you can always walk back the parts that people object to. And then whatever you do end up doing looks relatively moderate by comparison.

And, you know, you spend 10 years writing memos about something that never actually gets implemented. So the idea is you rip off the Band-Aid, you go extreme all at once and And then you can always walk back the parts that people object to. And then whatever you do end up doing looks relatively moderate by comparison.

I don't know if we're going to get to that point with this, given that the whole thing's been undone, right? I mean, I think it's important to recognize that like this didn't, actually affect anyone, right? And even then, there's a question about whether the executive branch has the power to do this, right?

I don't know if we're going to get to that point with this, given that the whole thing's been undone, right? I mean, I think it's important to recognize that like this didn't, actually affect anyone, right? And even then, there's a question about whether the executive branch has the power to do this, right?