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Nick @Nickiquote@mstdn.social
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity” underestimates the number of malicious assholes who are also wildly incompetent.
Like, accidentally appointing the wrong person as head of the FBI.
![Following the 2024 presidential election, the Trump transition team asked Driscoll to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI underneath Robert Kissane as acting director.[5]
In 2025, following the inauguration of Donald Trump, Driscoll became acting director of the FBI because the White House website "incorrectly listed" him as acting director and Kissane as deputy director.[5] "Instead of fixing the error, the pair swapped their temporary FBI roles," according to the Wall Street Journal.[5]](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/963/317/252/936/540/original/08656777d5df5f4e.jpeg "Following the 2024 presidential election, the Trump transition team asked Driscoll to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI underneath Robert Kissane as acting director.[5]
In 2025, following the inauguration of Donald Trump, Driscoll became acting director of the FBI because the White House website \"incorrectly listed\" him as acting director and Kissane as deputy director.[5] \"Instead of fixing the error, the pair swapped their temporary FBI roles,\" according to the Wall Street Journal.[5]")
@Nickiquote "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity" gives the malicious a good reason to support and champion the stupid. A thought that seems particularly salient right now