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Kid In Charge Of National Drug Policy Fired From His Firm For Not Showing Up To Work

This guy digs deep to find incompetence.

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Generally speaking, it’s not fair to make professional judgments about someone based on what they did when they were 22. They’re still learning how to comport themselves in the work world while being torn apart by twin poles of youthful arrogance and existential fear. It’s miserable and magical oh yeah.

But when Donald Trump chose to pass out a senior role in crafting America’s drug policy to a 24-year-old campaign worker, his exploits as a 22-year-old became incredibly relevant. Taylor Weyeneth set off the latest gnashing of teeth when lawmakers concerned about the opioid crisis started wondering why Skippy the MAGAhead got tabbed to guide policy while the Office of National Drug Control Policy still doesn’t have a permanent director.

Now comes news that as an undergrad — like, a couple years ago — Weyeneth was fired from his job as a legal assistant at New York law firm O’Dwyer & Bernstien because he, “just didn’t show” according to Brian O’Dwyer.

Note that he wasn’t let go for shoddy work product or improper conduct, but for consistently not even bothering to show up. Weyeneth failed at the threshold of professional conduct. Say what you will about the drunk who punched the boss at the holiday party, at least that guy showed up. Consider the hubris required to take a job and just… not go. Think about the contempt you must have for your employers to see that work has to be done, but spend the majority of your time golfing at a luxury estate while the whole operation shuts down. Actually, I’m starting to see Weyeneth’s appeal to this White House.

During the W. Bush years, his supporters adopted the mantra that “he surrounds himself with good people.” It was always a nonsensical maxim used to sidestep the cognitive dissonance of turning over a world power to a moron. One year into the Trump administration, he’s put his son’s wedding planner who tried to mislead people about having a law degree in charge of a housing office, a blogger on the Sixth Circuit, and tried to hand a lifetime appointment to a ghost hunter.

With this guy’s nose for talent, it really makes you question the bona fides of those Apprentice champions.

Trump’s Deputy Drug Czar Is A 24-Year-Old With A Flimsy Work History [Huffington Post]
Trump’s 24-year-old drug policy appointee was let go at law firm after he ‘just didn’t show’ [Washington Post]

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