(Win McNamee/Pool/Bloomberg News)Donald Trump managed to be elected president both without the benefit of political expertise and in spite of it. When those answers aren’t helpful, though, the Trump administration often doesn’t embrace them. Conway, Brianna Ehley and Sarah Karlin-Smith write, is “quietly freezing out drug policy professionals and relying instead on political staff to address a lethal crisis claiming about 175 lives a day. The administration is elsewhere shedding experienced staff. At the State Department, for example, experienced diplomats have been departing at what the head of the American Foreign Service Association called “dizzying” speed.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2018 16:51 UTC