The right wing media is making a huge deal out of Chief of Staff Ron Klain’s resignation, insisting that it has something to do with the document pseudo-scandal. The mainstream media hasn’t gone there yet, merely juxtaposing the two events in ways that insinuate without saying it. As a matter of fact, Klain had said he was resigning some months back and then they agreed that he would stay on for a while longer. It has nothing to do with the documents.
And let’s be clear about something, if we’re going to compare Biden and Trump, take a look at the turnover, particularly how many of his top staff resigned under pressure, in the first two years of his administration:
Set out below is a list of the senior level departures from the executive office of the president since the beginning of the Trump administration (each of the 65 “A Team” positions is only counted once toward the turnover rate, thus, this chart only includes the first person to hold/depart a given position). Highlighted text indicates a position that went through multiple instances of turnover:
It’s not uncommon for Chiefs of staff to only do a couple of years because the job is an incredible burnout.And there have been plenty of resignations in the Biden administration, as per usual. But the level of turnover in the Trump administration was ridiculous with multiple corruption scandals among his top aides and in the cabinet. (Remember Tom Price, Scott Pruitt, Rick Perry and Ryan Zinke?) There were even domestic violence scandals fergawsakes.
But sure, Ron Klain resigning is a clear indication of a totally corrupt administration.