I wish I could say that I hope Trump is learning something, but I doubt that he is. It seems that appointing attractive young women to high positions in his legal team has drawbacks — not that he should discriminate against young women, but that being blonde is not sufficient qualification before the law.
So the Trump administration’s cases against Letitia James and James Comey have been thrown out, on the basis that the lead prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan was not qualified, and that she was illegally appointed. She was sternly rebuked by the judge, which must have been embarrassing for her.
Then a panel of judges disqualified Alina Habba straight out of her job as the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Trump hadn’t bothered to get congressional approval for her appointment, as part of his ongoing campaign to become the authoritarian emperor who doesn’t need laws, legislatures, or courts.
Their qualifications seem to have been being attractive enough to catch the king’s eye, and then being slavishly sycophantic. Please, can Pam Bondi be next in line for public disgrace?
Again, this isn’t about their looks, although Trump definitely has a type — it’s about letting their appearance override their lack of competence.
Which might have seemed a mere formality, since the Republicans had a majority in both houses of Congress, and none of those legislators dared speak out against the Dear Leader for fear of the MAGA base. But now Trump’s ratings are in the sewer, and seem unlikely to improve as his awful policies are beginning to devastate the economy.
Letitia James, who is not blonde, is extremely competent. I strongly suspect she would have beaten the charges if the trial had been allowed to proceed.