This is not the systematic move toward small government that conservatives have long sought. It’s a lurch toward bad government, inadequate government, incompetent government.
Mike Litt, left, Kaitlyn Vitez, and Ruth Susswein, gather with other members of consumer advocate groups to protest outside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, during a news conference with consumer groups that oppose Mick Mulvaney being named acting director for the bureau. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Washington - The Trump administration’s approach to governance is that of a bratty toddler confronting a neat stack of blocks: Knock it down and scatter the pieces.