The Art of "You're Fired".

President Donald Trump's philosophy is rather simple:  Get the best people you can, and make sure everyone's on the same page as you.  It might have worked for him when he was running his own company, but when it comes to running a country he's had mixed results.  When you have people working for you who don't necessarily agree with you, that's when you wonder why they were hired in the first place.

Maybe that's why the White House has been like a revolving door for employees and Cabinet members ever since Trump took office.  Either he didn't like the person he hired, or his staff felt like rats fleeing a sinking ship.  With the number of scandals plaguing this administration (Russia, Stormy Daniels, etc.), who could blame then for getting the heck out while they've still got careers?

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the latest Trump figure to be shown the door.  A former oil company executive who used to run ExxonMobil, Tillerson wasn't anyone's first choice to head the State Department, much less having to be the one to explain to the rest of the world his boss' peculiar decision-making.

To say that Tillerson and Trump did not get along is an understatement.  They disagreed on such things as the Iran nuclear agreement, Trump's imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel, and on how to handle North Korea.  As a result, Tillerson was kept out of the loop by the President on important decisions.  Oh, and calling his boss a "moron" didn't help either.

Tillerson said his learned about his firing the same way everybody else did--through one of the President's many tweets.  His replacement, pending Senate approval, is Mike Pompeo.  He is currently CIA director, and is thought to have views that are more in line with Trump's than Tillerson's.  Gina Hempel would succeed Pompeo at CIA, once the Senate gets through questioning her about policies that allegedly endorse torture.

Diplomatically, this is an interesting time for Trump to change course.  The unexpected opportunity for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has left the United States woefully unprepared.  There is currently no ambassador to South Korea, and the chief envoy to Pyongyang has chosen to retire.  The President only gets his intelligence via word of mouth.  If he thinks he can strike a deal with Kim that won't end in disaster, let's just say we'll be very surprised.

Here's who else in recent weeks is no longer serving at the pleasure of the President:

• Chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, who quit after questioning the wisdom of Trump's tariffs.  He is being replaced by Larry Kudlow, a CNBC financial analyst who used to work for President Ronald Reagan.
• White House communications director Hope Hicks, and her deputy director Josh Raffel.

Jared Kushner is still around, even though he lost his security clearance.  So is his wife, Ivanka Trump.  HUD secretary Ben Carson canceled a $31,000 order for office furniture.  Education secretary Betsy DeVos gets vilified every time she opens her mouth. 

Confidence in this administration is at an all-time low, but that's the way it's been ever since Trump took office.  The only ones who still seem to believe in him are Republicans in Congress, and the cheering crowds at Trump's rallies embracing his 2020 re-election slogan of "Keeping America Great".

Meanwhile, those who continue to work for President Trump would be well advised to update their resumes.  They're going to need it.