Piers Morgan is a megalomaniac who has axes to grind with everyone from Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to Omarosa Manigault Newman. He’s famous in conservative circles primarily for getting bested by Ben Shapiro so badly in a gun control debate that CNN canceled his television show just one month after.
He could also make a great chief of staff for President Trump.
The prospect sounds insane because it is. This is also a relatively insane presidency, after all.
Morgan lays out the case in his latest column for Daily Mail, citing his own personal relationship with the president (Morgan won the Celebrity Apprentice in 2008, and the two have maintained positive personal rapport since) as well as his willingness to be honest but loyal.
Most importantly, who’s left in the running? After the slew of awful reports of the trials faced by the exiting John Kelly, a four-star general and Purple Heart recipient, what military man or swamp creature with any good intentions would even want the job?
That leaves extremely fringe figures or personal friends of Trump. Both types of hires have backfired on the president, most notably with the public implosion of Steve Bannon and the unending rage of Omarosa. Morgan is a known quantity, and his values — sycophancy, fame, and winning — are almost identical to Trump’s.
The Kelly era proved that we don’t need an adult in the room because Trump doesn’t listen to them anyway. For better (moving the embassy to Jerusalem and pushing for criminal justice reforms) or for worse (botching the travel ban and ignoring healthcare reform), Trump follows his instincts. Morgan is realistic enough to acknowledge that Trump needs to tweet less and publicize the economy more, but not so grounded that he doesn’t understand Trump’s refusal to be told what to do. Choosing Morgan would be a total shot in the dark, but it’s not as though the other standard candidates for the job wouldn’t be either. Trump clashes with regular politicians just as well.
So why not Piers Morgan? All bets are off. It could be an explosive disaster.
But you know you would be entertained.
