President Trump has an assortment of grave flaws, writes Steve Chapman. But no characteristic dominates this administration more thoroughly than Trump’s fundamental incompetence.
The case of staff secretary Robert Porter is damning not just because of Porter’s importance in the White House but because his record of domestic abuse elicited scant notice or concern from his superiors. It stemmed from a series of failures by multiple staffers and ended in a debacle.
When more information about the allegations of violence came to light, chief of staff John Kelly staunchly defended him. It took a shocking photo of one ex-wife with a black eye to force the White House to finally cut him loose.
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