Sean Casten5d ago
This is part and parcel with the signal scandal and the dysfunction at DoD. No one chooses to work with Trump unless they (a) agree with his fascism, (b) are incompetent and therefore manipulable or (c) sycophantic cowards. It is a team designed to make mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

The New York Times
Show threadCM Harrington
@SeanCasten @eschaton counterpoint: ‘it was a mistake’ is a retcon. This is literally in their playbook whenever anyone stands up to them. Also see ‘I was joking …’
Apr 19 at 10:47pmWeb