What an odd take. Every administration does this sort of petty stuff. nothing new under the sun.

Swenrekcah 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is demonstrably false. Previous administrations have not. It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents or not put up a mocking picture of your predecessor in the white house.

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dragonwriter 4 days ago | parent [-]

> It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents

This particular thing was not all that common between Presidents who succeed normally by election. I think the most recent was Robert Gates serving as SecDef across the Bush II/Obama transition, before that there were five kept across the Reagan/Bush I transition, and no more in the post-WWII period.

(It’s true that the pettiness level in this Administration is unprecedented, but this is not a valid example.)

	▲	Swenrekcah 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		True, I didn’t mean it was routine but it was somewhat normal. I just wanted to show the incredible range of professional behaviour that has disappeared.

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mgkimsal 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Petty as in 'small and does not really matter' or petty as in 'vindictive'. All administrations do many small things that may not ultimately have much impact, but often those may be for benign reasons. Understanding the reasoning behind the decisions would help in determining what kind of 'petty' this is.

	▲	baggachipz 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Absolutely vindictive. He goes out of his way to cite "DEI" in his comments.
	▲	TheOtherHobbes 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Both. It's so utterly juvenile and unprofessional. The kind of thing a petulant twelve year-old does for attention.