Ramesh Ponnuru, Columnist

Trump's Vow to Hire the 'Best People' Isn't Panning Out

We're probably already seeing the highest-quality collection of staffers this administration will have to offer.

February 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM UTC

Ramesh Ponnuru is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the editor of National Review and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

This was the A team. — This *was* the A team.
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