The author of a book on the history of White House chiefs of staff said in a Sunday Washington Post op-ed that Mark MeadowsMark MeadowsHow scientists saved Trump’s FDA from politics Liberals howl after Democrats cave on witnesses Kinzinger calls for people with info on Trump to come forward MORE is the worst to ever hold the position.
Chris Whipple, author of “The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency,” acknowledged what he said was stiff competition, including former President Nixon’s chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, who went to prison for his role in the Watergate scandal.
However, he said, “Meadows, Trump’s fourth chief of staff, has been a yes-man straight from central casting, the see-no-evil West Wing minder Trump wanted but could never find.”
Whipple included harsh words for President TrumpDonald TrumpBiden: ‘I’m tired of talking about Trump’ Hacker claims to have stolen files from law firm tied to Trump: WSJ Texas governor faces criticism over handling of winter storm fallout MORE’s previous chiefs of staff, Reince PriebusReinhold (Reince) Richard PriebusOn The Trail: Little GOP interest in post-election introspection Author: Meadows is history’s worst White House chief of staff Ex-White House officials urge Trump to condemn violence at Capitol MORE, John KellyJohn Francis KellyMORE and Mick MulvaneyMick MulvaneyOMB nominee gets hearing on Feb. 9 Republicans now ‘shocked, shocked’ that there’s a deficit Financial firms brace for Biden’s consumer agency chief MORE, but wrote that “Meadows, a former congressman from North Carolina, has raised sycophancy to an art form. When Trump chose paths that were destructive to himself and to the country, there is little evidence that Meadows forced him to reconsider.”
Whipple went on to castigate the current chief of staff for his part in the White House handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the presidential election.
He also highlighted Meadows’s participation in a call in which Trump demanded that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) “find” enough votes for the president to win the Peach State, calling it the former congressman’s “lowest moment.”
Whipple concludes by lambasting Meadows’s handling of the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“As the insurrectionists sacked the Capitol, chanting ‘Hang Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceOvernight Health Care: Biden administration ups vaccine distribution to states | HHS pick to get Senate hearing next week | Average daily new coronavirus cases dip below 90K Fauci says he was nervous about catching COVID-19 in Trump White House Republican support for Trump to play role in party up 18 points from early January MORE,’ Meadows reportedly tried to persuade the president to do something to quell the crisis. He couldn’t get through to Trump. By then, the monster Meadows had helped to create was beyond anyone’s control,” Whipple wrote.
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