Even close aides to President Trump were baffled by his selection yesterday of Ronny Jackson, the physician to the president, to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who got the presidential boot on Twitter.
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Why it matters: Trump is taking personal instinct and disdain for normal preparation and expertise to its extreme conclusion. This appointment reflects the reality that for Trump, personal relationships are the whole ballgame.
Nobody in the White House that Jonathan Swan has spoken to can satisfactorily answer the question of how his personal White House physician is qualified to run the second largest agency in the federal government, and one of the most consequential and dysfunctional institutions in America.
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