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President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is starting to \u201ccollapse\u201d as Americans watch, at least according to a Republican who served under the previous president from his party.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe one thing that 70 percent of the country agrees on is that Donald Trump is incompetent,\u201d Steve Schmidt, who served under George W. Bush, explained for his Substack on Wednesday. \u201cThey don’t approve. He’s failing. And he is. He always has been. Everything he has ever been involved in, business-wise, before he had a license to \u2014 this deal has failed. Exhibit A, Atlantic City.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there Schmidt listed Trump\u2019s failings, including his choice of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense (\u201cthe religious crackpot, drunk, and credibly accused rapist festooned with Christian nationalist extremist tattoos\u201d), Scott Bessent as Secretary of Treasury (\u201cthe smuggest man of the administration\u201d who describes himself as \u201cbroke\u201d even though he is an \u201calmost-billionaire who’s helped raise prices on everything that everyone in America needs\u201d) and Tom Homan to lead Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigrants (\u201cthe marble-mouthed scumbag who took a $50,000 bribe in cash in a kava bag\u201d). He also criticized two Trump officials who have since lost their power, the former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her associate and alleged lover Corey Lewandowski.<\/p>\n

From there, Schmidt chided Democrats for not doing more to hold these individuals and Trump himself accountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats cannot tolerate this \u2014 a secret police with the license to kill whomever they please, and then the audacity to lie about it once again,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201c\u2018Oh, they tried to run us over with their car.\u2019 We live in a republic of lies. From the president on down, they think they have the license to delude us with their delusions, to poison us with their ambitious lies, to gain a seat closer to Trump on predator patio at Mar-a-Lago. And obviously the competition is fierce, given Lindsey’s open seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wrapping up by describing Trump\u2019s administration as full of \u201cimbeciles and scumbags\u201d who are \u201cdoing catastrophic damage to the country,\u201d he accused the president of failing in his war against Iran and in his health care policy, as well as creating immense fraud and waste in the American government. As the American people notice these things, Schmidt said, Trump\u2019s approval rating falls, and this will ultimately lead to the end of Trump\u2019s MAGA movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, they approximate the Star Wars Creature Cantina \u2014 a bar scene of nuttery,\u201d Schmidt concluded. \u201cAnd that is what MAGA is, in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Schmidt has simultaneously blasted Trump and also blasted the Democrats he believes are not reacting harshly enough to Trump. He has previously criticized Trump for violating the First Amendment by persecuting journalists who are critical of him, not following the ideals of America\u2019s founding fathers and aspiring to be an \u201cAmerican Caesar.\u201d<\/p>\n

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