Former Trump Aide Sounds Alarm On Current Administration: 'It’s So Much Worse'

When someone who once worked inside the Trump administration says the chaos is worse than people think, it tends to get attention.

Miles Taylor, a former official in Donald Trump’s first administration, appeared on MSNBC with host Chris Hayes this week and offered a blunt assessment of what he believes is really happening behind the scenes.

“It is not as bad as it looks. It is so much worse,” Taylor said during the interview.

According to Taylor, the Trump team often tries to present its actions as part of a clever strategy, even when there is little real planning behind the scenes.

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“Donald Trump and the people around him have a predilection for putting this veneer over their lack of planning,” Taylor explained. “They make it seem like it’s four-dimensional chess when it’s less than checkers. Sometimes it’s basically coin-flipping.”

Taylor made the comments as the situation in the Middle East continues to unfold following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The attack killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and quickly sparked reactions around the world.

Iran quickly retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important oil shipping routes in the world. Roughly 20% of global oil supply moves through that narrow waterway, and its closure has already created major disruption in global energy markets.

Hundreds of oil tankers are now waiting in nearby waters as shipping companies refuse to send vessels through the strait without military protection. The result has been a sharp rise in oil prices, which recently climbed above $100 per barrel.

Reports have suggested that the Trump administration did not fully anticipate Iran’s response. According to sources familiar with the situation, U.S. officials underestimated how far Iran would go after the strikes.

The White House has pushed back on those claims, calling them “fake news.” But the situation became more complicated when Energy Secretary Chris Wright acknowledged in a television interview that the U.S. Navy is not currently prepared to escort oil tankers through the strait.

“We’re not ready,” Wright said, explaining that U.S. military resources are currently focused on Iran’s military capabilities.

For Taylor, the situation fits a pattern he says he witnessed firsthand during Trump’s first term. He recalled a tense period during the standoff with North Korea, when officials inside the government were genuinely worried that the president’s rhetoric could spark a larger conflict.

“His Cabinet members thought he was as crazy as a fox,” Taylor said. “But there were moments when people feared he might accidentally lead us into a nuclear confrontation.”

Now the focus has shifted to Iran, and the stakes are extremely high.

Trump’s own envoy previously acknowledged that Iran had accumulated enough fissile material that could potentially be used in multiple nuclear weapons. Even without full enrichment capability, experts warn the country could still develop a “dirty bomb.”