Their belief in this is not only individual, but also racial. Trump's "horserace theory" and belief his MIT uncle says something about his genetics is part of this. It's also the rise of "human biodiversity" as a re-framed race science.
The believe it deeply, and they are angered by its subversion.
Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies
They keep doing this because they genuinely believe that competence is genetic, and if you have the “right” people in positions of power and authority, their natural inheritance as leaders will kick in like a Marvel movie superpower.
Big Ol’ Mush
The Trump administration has been putting incompetent unqualified partisans in charge of intelligence and counter-terrorism agencies -- remember 22-year-old Thomas Fugate, the kid in charge of counter-terrorism at DHS?
Even if they're not *trying* to get us attacked, they're leaving us vulnerable.
Kevin M. Kruse
It’s almost as if they want there to be a major terrorist attack in the United States in the coming months or something
Michael P. Breen
The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN: https://cnn.it/4fWbQsE
The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CN...
