Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Mick Mulvaney Was a Deeply Unimpressive Chief of Staff

Too bad his replacement is more of the same.

March 9, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

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March 9, 2020 at 11:53 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Might as well be blunt about it: Mick Mulvaney, ousted Friday evening, was probably the worst White House chief of staff ever. And there’s no reason to believe his replacement, Mark Meadows, will be any better. If anything, he looks like an even worse fit for the job than Mulvaney.