The fact is, while some parties are known, others aren't. When politicians are controlled by blackmail, you don't need to know the politician, you need to know whoever holds their blackmail. With multiple parties being simultaneously controlled by multiple entities with different motives, it's a difficult game. You also don't know which ones will follow orders from whom, if given conflicting orders by different handlers. You have to place each one in a situation where their true nature comes to the surface. That's what he was doing. Each pick not only needs to be analyzed for their integrity and ability to perform the job, but also analyzed as to whether they get approved by other politicians that are known enemies.

If he brought in total outsiders or trusted military, none of his picks would've ever gotten past Congress. Reagan had that problem big time, and was less effective because of it, saddled with entrenched bureaucracy who pretended to be on his side but secretly sandbagged his cleanup efforts. This plan knowingly took in a ton of bad actors to use them temporarily, sift them and replace them. Trump fired more advisors, executive staff and cabinet than any president I can remember. Genius of temporary appointments and last minute switcheroos.

it doesn't seem like that at all, if you're paying attention. you know there's a plan, right?

I think that, like all people, trump is not infallible. Combine that with the fact that he has all the forces of evil allayed against him and he’s bound to accidentally hire some bad apples. The good news is that it doesn’t really matter, we press on and continue the fight. In the end we will prevail, that’s what is important.

If Trump has a fault, it is in extending too much charity and loyalty to those who prove sadly lacking. But you never know until you know. He does not play Lot's wife when he sends someone packing.