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he fail to cut some regulations because he had morally bottomed out? I don't remember that story. I think he just cut regulations really quickly. Did we not get ventilators on time because the president had morally bottomed out? I don't remember that story. I feel like we got ventilators and more than we needed. And just go down the line. You pick any topic: trade deal, taxes, you name it, the Su…
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In the same article, the very first sentence, the author of the article, Frank Bruni, questioned Joe Biden's mental ability. I'm not even making this up. I mean I'm reading it to you right here. So the statement is that anybody who had questioned Joe Biden's mental acuity is being morally low. And the author does that in his first sentence, questions Joe Biden's mental acuity in the first sentence. And that's his best example of what's wrong with Trump is the thing he did in his first sentence.
Now if you're telling me that these people have a great awareness of their own actions, I would say maybe not. I'm being told in the comments that the pronunciation is Bruni. I hope that's right.
And then Frank Bruni goes on to talk about Biden and he says, "Besides, the precise agility of his mind has nothing to do with the fundamental decency of his values. At the end of the day" — and by the way, anybody who says "at the end of the day," they should no longer be writers. You should have to change professions if you ever use this sentence in public writing. "At the end of the day." That's your writer's tip of the day. The most hacked writing in the world uses the phrase "at the end of the day." I mean really, you couldn't find another way to express that?
All right. At the end of the day, Biden can be trusted to do what Trump didn't and won't, meaning to stock his administration with qualified professionals. Now is that true? Do you think that Trump has not stocked his administration with qualified professionals? I would say he's got — I would say Steve Mnuchin is a superstar. I would say that all of the departments seem to be doing their jobs for the most part. I've got some questions about the FDA. I would say that Pompeo is great. I would say that I think you could name a whole bunch of people who were actually really, really good, couldn't you?
I woul
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d put Jared on the list as being a superstar. I don't know. I've got a feeling that you could pick apart any administration and you could find a number of political hires. Aren't they always political hires? It's sort of built into the process. I don't know that Trump is doing any better or worse in terms of staffing. That's just an opinion. Well, what would be your — yeah, well, Perdue. Okay. So…
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