MCMANUS: Trump needs trust, not purges, to face coronavirus
By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times (TNS) President Donald Trump chose a bad time to launch a purge of his national security team. After he was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial on Feb. 6, Trump said it was high time to get rid of anyone on his staff who isn’t completely devoted to his every wish. “We want bad people out of our government!” he bellowed on Twitter. So heads began to roll. Army