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Trump White House Was Disaster from Start to Finish

Manny Otiko
5 min readJul 14, 2022

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There were many meetings like the infamous Dec. 18 one

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One thing I have learned from dealing with senior citizens is they’re often set in their ways. If you’ve created habits formed from a lifetime of doing things one way, it’s highly unlikely you’re going to change in the twilight of your life.

And the same applies to former President Donald Trump. He spent most of his life scamming people, running businesses into the ground, lying and going through several wives and mistresses. Naturally, he brought the same type of behavior to the White House.

That’s why the recent revelations from the House Jan. 6 Committee weren’t surprising. One finding to come out of the latest hearing was the train wreck Oval Office meeting on Dec. 18. The meeting featured an all-star team of conspiracy theorists such as Rudy Giuliani, Gen. (rtd.) Michael Flynn, former U.S. attorney Sidney Powell and, for some reason, former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne.

The Conspiracy Theory All-Stars

Everyone in the group had their conspiracy bona fides. Giuliani and Powell are on the verge of being disbarred because of the many lies they told representing Trump’s election fraud team. The team lost 62 out of 61 cases and many of them were laughed out of court. Powell, also…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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