Col. Daren K. Margolin, who retired from the Marine Corps, was fired from a command position as head of security at Marine Base Quantico in 2013 for negligently firing a gun into the floor of his office.

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    His reluctance to devolve power, his lack of loyalty towards his most zealous followers, his readiness to chop and change policies, his preference for mediocrities and sycophants over men of natural ability, and, most of all, his increasing tendency to believe his own rhetoric about the state of the nation ensured that the new state was never going to be a meritocracy

    Nature of Fascism, R Griffin

    This is in reference to Mussolini, but it’s a valid description of Trump as well.