Pruitt’s EPA Mess Kept Growing, and Trump’s ‘Back’ Problem Was Showing
Scott Pruitt spent April 23 still mired in the kind of scandal that turns an agency head into a weekly ethics exhibit. The EPA chief was under fresh scrutiny over spending, perks, and favoritism, and the White House’s posture toward him kept looking like protection for the wrong reason: not because the facts were good, but because the politics were bad. At some point, the administration stopped defending competence and started defending survivability.
First recorded Apr 23, 2018·Meaningfully updated Apr 23, 2018
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Pruitt’s EPA Mess Kept Growing, and Trump’s ‘Back’ Problem Was Showing
Scott Pruitt spent April 23 still mired in the kind of scandal that turns an agency head into a weekly ethics exhibit. The EPA chief was under fresh scrutiny over spending, perks, and favoritism, and the White House’s posture toward him kept looking like protection for the wrong reason: not because the facts were good, but because the politics were bad. At some point, the administration stopped defending competence and started defending survivability.
Scott Pruitt spent April 23 still mired in the kind of scandal that turns an agency head into a weekly ethics exhibit. The EPA chief was under fresh scrutiny over spending, perks, and favoritism, and the White House’s posture toward him kept looking like protection for the wrong reason: not because the facts were good, but because the politics were bad. At some point, the administration stopped defending competence …
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