While obviously House of Cards would be a better choice for this, though maybe it would reveal too much of Pence end-game.

I’m beginning to believe Trump thought the position was largely ceremonial, like the Queen of England.

“In preparation for assuming the highest office in the land, Trump and his inner circle watched half a season of the West Wing, and think they have the gist of it now.” I made that up, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if that’s how that article ended...

You mean Donald Trump—the person whose only truly successful venture was a reality show—got into a complicated arrangement with no idea of the scope of the project, how much it would entail he actually do, the prospects for actual work and even more so, possible failure, or how to put people in charge who could…

Oh for sure, they’re thinking they could just assign Donald the same secretary Obama used, and he/she would be able to just.. you know.. type up all the same stuff. But Donald likes whipped cream on his coffees, thank you very much.

And the guy who said he was going to “drain the swamp” was just planning to keep BARACK OBAMA’S staff around?????

I agree. This seems impossible. I mean, I knew that. It just seems like a thing that anybody with a moderate interest in politics would know. Why didn’t Kellyanne Conway know that? It just seems impossible. Yet there it is.

This is my favorite part from the WSJ article: