9th Reason: He Can't Hire Good People
Unlike the movies, the best people don't go to work for startups. Sure, when Steve Jobs was fired from Apple and began a startup, premium talent lined up to work for him. But when Tom Herman, entrepreneur and ex-dishwasher, begins his startup, he'll have to take what he can get. More startups are headed by the "Tom Herman"'s of the world then the "Steve Job"'s. And note, besides Apple, Steve Job's other startup were not big successes. However, when looking for their next job, his employees did get to put Steve Jobs on their resume.Now, I'm not knocking startups. There are lots of talented people going into startups. Those looking for adventure, and those who have already made their fortune. But, chances are if you have a great resume or are the cum laude from an ivy league school, you're taking the best offer you can get, and those usually come from already successful corporations.
Instead the average startup gets the workers needing a break. Those average students from the average school. Those average employees escaping a dead end job. And, yes some are talented, but likely they ran afoul at their last job. And hey, I'm a sucker for stories about second chances, come backs, and overlooked talent getting the chance to prove their worth. It's why I watch those movies.
But would I invest in such a startup. The Dot-Com Bubble showed us the danger of that.
It's no different for political professionals. They too want the best offers and the best chances for advancement. In other words, they want to work for the best candidates. Working for a bad candidate can ruin a career.
This was a problem when Trump first started. He was unproven and looked like the next Herman Cain, so he could find few who would work on his campaign. Corey Lewandowski, his first campaign manager had no previous success. Now considering Trump won the Republican Primary, this worked out great for Lewandowski, but what should concern you, is that Trump is still having trouble getting good staff, after such a stellar win. The "Tom Herman" do have trouble getting top employees in the beginning, but when Wall Street is announcing a billion dollar IPO, you see the talent rush to jump on board. Unless of course, those that really know their industry can see it's just another hyped up sham.
But, let's look at his all star staff and surrogates.
Paul Manafort - former lobbyist for dictator, who had to leave the campaign after suspicious payments, from the Ukraine, were discovered.
Roger Ailes - Just fired from Fox News for sexual harassment.
Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani - generally considered political has-beens.
Chris Christie - currently fighting for his political career because of Bridge Gate.
Mike Pence - considered likely to loose his next election as governor because of a controversial bathroom bill.
Stephen Bannon - a hero of the extreme right wing, but until now a political nobody.
And the list goes on. Now most of the names are true political stars, but you will notice that either they just had a serious career set back, they are has-beens, or this their first break. In other words, even after all his success in the campaign, Trump is not "Steve Jobs", he's "Tom Herman".
His lower staff show similar lower quality, with too many similar stories to tell. Now, I'd love to say these are plucky underrated heroes and great warriors looking for redemption. But instead of the "Bad News Bears", they've been more like the "Keystone Cops".
Now maybe your thinking he has less visible staff keeping the ship afloat. Let's look at some of their work.
There are so many videos of Katrina Pierson like this, I expect her to become a YouTube star after the election.
And before Marco Gutierrez founded Latinos for Trump he was a failed businessman.
Honestly, we could do this all day. Finding videos of Trump surrogates being stupid is like finding cat videos. But, before I get too hard on them, remember they have to explain crazy Trump statement. Maybe I don't give them enough credit. They do have one of the most difficult jobs in the world.
This late in the campaign, political professionals are still not flocking to him (probably because they read my blog). And, if it's not changing now, it won't if he is elected. I hope you remember what happened last time someone just hired their friends. Remember Karen Hughes, who, with no previous experience, was given a major role in Iraq, and Brownie, who was made head of FEMA. His previous job was commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association.
A president has to appoint at least 1200 people. Chris Christie, currently in charge of his transition team, is who will be making his first hires. Here's what happened with the last staff he hired.
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