Some say the ground work has been being laid for years in preparation that the next war would be played out in Syria, I don't know if that's just conspiracy theorist at work but if there's another war it seems about right they'd use Syria as a base for it. The other reasons he could be hiring these people is the lack of people willing to go to work for the administration and the endless bombardment of harassment, fake news, digging though closets to come up with anything to disparage those willing to work for a man that half the country just can't seem to get a grip on the fact that he was duly elected just like any other president.