Steele, you are correct, I erred. Thankyou for the polite correction.

IG’s are similar to Prosecutors.
They are appointed by presidents. They are his employees.
It is not their task to investigate him or his administration. Their task is limited to inspecting the activities within the agency they oversee.

If they are showing political bias then they would’ve expected to be sacked.

Given the state of many of the US Agencies where many jare filled with the deep state actors similar to Comey and his swamp mates, there is a fair chance they would’ve been acting against the administration and not genuinely overseeing as they should.

Trump did promise to ‘Drain the Swamp’. This is part of his manifesto ... approved by the US voters.

There is a council of IG’s with oversight of Integrity and efficiency and more broadly holds a government to account. None have been sacked.,

Trumps actions are reasonable, given the disgraceful actions of the Democrats and other deep state actors during the last 4 years.

The fact is despite 4 years of investigation and allegation nowhere has Trump been found to be corrupt or dictatorial, by anyone.

Obviously politically motivated IGs should be sacked for not doing their job properly and wasting everybody’s time on a presidential witch-hunt.

Runner,

That's either-or thinking: of course, I take for granted that draining any swamp means that pretty soon there's no swamp - that mechanisms are put in place, checks and balances, like the Federalist planners intended, which hinder the development of any swamp, any appointment of cronies and family members, and that can at least partly ensure any appointments are totally transparent.

Frankly, as an Australian I don't really care who wins elections or gets appointed in the US, AS LONG AS they are competent and not corrupt (so setting a high bar, admittedly) and that their election or appointment is open to scrutiny.

Of course, it's your right to believe otherwise, and to champion the re-election of an incompetent and corrupt sleaze-bag like Trompf, if his moral standards match yours :)

Joe

'Of course, it's your right to believe otherwise, and to champion the re-election of an incompetent and corrupt sleaze-bag like Trompf, if his moral standards match yours :)'

you obviously have recently become concerned about US corruption after 8 years of Obama. As I said before Joe, hatred blinds. You certainly prove that. I doubt also that you are in a position to judge my moral standards but feel free as I doubt your compass is accurate.

Well said Joe :)

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More of James Palmer's excellent Foreign Policy article http://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/24/trump-administration-division-china-deeper-than-ever-trade-deal-peter-navarro-john-bolton-xinjiang-coronavirus/

"Divided team. There have always been factions within Trump’s administration on China: the business-first approach of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; the racism of advisors such as Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon; the full-blown hawkishness of Navarro; the human rights-led policy of Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger.

As Bolton’s book shows, Trump—who has praised the 1989 Tiananmen massacre as showing “strength” couldn’t give a damn about human rights in China.

As in the rest of his foreign policy, personal need and flattery have shaped [Trump's] attitude toward Beijing."

Runner,

So you do believe otherwise ? Or would you propose a third alternative to probity and honesty on one hand, and croneyism and incompetence on the other ?

Joe

Dear imajulianutter,

My politeness is hopefully always extended to those who do not denigrate those who disagree with their opinions whether specifically or in general.

Trump stripped 5 inspector generals who were leading their departments of their jobs over a 6 week purge. There are more likely to come.

The President gets to nominate people to the role of Inspector General but it is the Senate which ultimately confirms the positions.

Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson did exactly what he was suppose to do by law with the whistle blower complaint he received.

“Not later than the end of the 14-calendar-day period beginning on the date of receipt from an employee of a complaint or information under subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall determine whether the complaint or information appears credible. Upon making such a determination, the Inspector General shall transmit to the Director a notice of that determination, together with the complaint or information.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3033

Trump called the complaint fake which it demonstrably wasn't and afterwards claimed he had lost faith in Atkinson. How on earth is that preserving the checks and balances of government? Clearly for Trump retaining confidence is protecting him from scrutiny.

Even Republican Senators were concerned. Senator Burr said “"Like any political appointee, the Inspector General serves at the behest of the Executive. However, in order to be effective, the IG must be allowed to conduct his or her work independent of internal or external pressure. It is my hope the next nominee for the role of ICIG will uphold the same important standards laid out by Congress when we created this role”

This is a corrupt and venal politician who had a mandate to make changes which would have benefited many ordinary Americans but instead has looked after himself and his class.

Dear loudmouth2,

runner's particular brand of faux Christianity relies on a deep subservience to an authority figure. Trump messianic projections has runner on his knees in adulation because he pushes buttons directly wired to runner's unconditional worship matrix. Trump Derangement Syndrome writ large.