Trump's administration is off the rails because it's unqualified to do the job

[Zorro]

Why is it so much to ask that President Trump follow the law and ask his administration to do the same?

When President Donald Trump was asked whether everyone deserves due process in early May, he responded, “I don't know. I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.”

That answer highlights a glaring problem within this administration.

Trump is not a lawyer, so who he surrounds himself with really matters. This administration is a trainwreck because of the people Trump hired to help run the country. The result is an administration that's not qualified enough to be trusted within the guardrails of the law or to do what is best for the country.

Between trying to write birthright citizenship out of the Constitution and the attempts to flaunt due process in immigration proceedings, the Trump administration's lack of legal guardrails is hindering its ability to get things done. Trump is actually deporting fewer illegal immigrants than Joe Biden did during his presidency, in part because of the self-inflicted legal battles. If he just used the same tools as Biden, he could be far more effective in deporting than he is right now.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/28/trump-due-process-deportations/83824951007/

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump is not interested in governing. He wants to be the richest man the world.

The world's first trillionaire.

And he is very good at grifting and swindling others.
And wiping out the US Treasury for himself.

[gab13by13]

2. From my point of view

Project 2025 is ahead of schedule. Everything is going according to plan.

[Aristus]

3. I think the columnist wrote 'flaunt' when he meant 'flout'.

A little editing would have helped that.

[Ocelot II]

5. Beat me to it. Either the writer or the proofreader (if there was one) missed it.

A spelling-checker wouldn't have picked it up, so it was missed by some human who should have known better. Flout/flaunt is a little pet peeve of mine...

[bucolic_frolic]

4. All of it by design

US has a lot of enemies who resent our success, morality, prosperity, claim on the world's resources. Those enemies all backed Trump, just very quietly.