What I don't get is the narrative that all of this somehow does not reflect badly on Trump. It just boggles my mind.
In any other context if the person at the top had demonstrated such abismal decision making and inability to evaluate the people they hire they would be held responsible.
But not so with the maga crowd. I really and non-sarcastically don't understand it.
Trump is a wrecking ball aimed at the deep state. The deep state doesn't like Trump and so has tried to air the dirty laundry of everyone associated with him. But look at Manafort, for example. His dirtyness all stems from his activities with Tony Podesta, brother of John Podesta, who is in Hillary's inner circle. And the only reason Manafort and not Tony was held to legal scrutiny is because someone tipped Tony off so he could submit all the paperwork "late", just before Manafort got picked up. And Manafort's activities was lobbying for Ukraine, against Russia. And sure, Trump was running his campaign by the seat of his pants, do you really think he could take the time to vet everyone who wanted to work with him?
So long as Trump delivers on what the populists want, the other stuff is really just same schit different day.
I think the thing is that you don't see the system as fundamentally corrupt, but that view is pretty much fundamental to any populist perspective.
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