{"id":859,"date":"2018-03-31T14:17:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2018-04-01T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T18:44:59","slug":"hired-and-fired-the-unprecedented-turnover-of-the-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Hired and Fired: The Unprecedented Turnover of the Trump Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0DENISE LU<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0KAREN YOURISH<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>

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President Trump\u2019s record-breaking staff churn continues, with departures of top officials becoming routine. It has not been this way in past administrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On March 28, President Trump announced in a\u00a0Twitter post<\/a>that he\u00a0<\/a>planned to replace David J. Shulkin<\/a>, the secretary of veterans affairs, with his White House physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Less than a week earlier, Mr. Trump had decided to replace Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, Mr. Trump\u2019s national security adviser,\u00a0with John R. Bolton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These shake-ups come after Mr. Trump\u2019s dismissal of Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson\u00a0via Twitter<\/a>\u00a0in mid-March and at least two dozen other departures during his tenure \u2014 so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some roles have been more volatile than others. For example, there have been four White House communications directors, with stints ranging from less than a week (Anthony Scaramucci) to more than six months (Hope Hicks). Sean Spicer, while serving as press secretary, filled the position twice \u2014 once in an acting capacity after Michael Dubke resigned.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The flurry of changes at the White House and cabinet level so early in a president\u2019s administration is \u201cunprecedented,\u201d according to Max Stier, the president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit organization that specializes in federal government management issues.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe disruption is highly consequential,\u201d Mr. Stier said. \u201cWhen you lose a leader, it has a cascade effect throughout the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A New York Times analysis of 21 top White House and cabinet positions back to President Bill Clinton\u2019s first term shows how unusual the upheaval is through the first 14 months of a presidency. Nine of these positions have turned over at least once during the Trump administration, compared with three at the same point of the Clinton administration, two under President Barack Obama and one under President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0On several occasions, Mr. Trump has filled newly open positions with officials already in his administration. He chose Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director, to replace Mr. Tillerson, and Mr. Pompeo\u2019s deputy, Gina Haspel, to replace Mr. Pompeo. Ms. Hicks, a longtime aide and confidant, took over communications after Mr. Scaramucci\u2019s disastrous tenure. And Kirstjen Nielsen, who now leads the Department of Homeland Security, crisscrossed from that department to the White House and then back again.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s a pull to fill from within, but that\u2019s often a bad idea,\u201d Mr. Stier said. \u201cNot only does it create a new vacancy but you\u2019re also not expanding the talent pool. One of the primary leadership challenges is getting information from outside the bubble you exist in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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