Trump's cabinet

[zoogs]

I am STUNNED that the former Exxon exec who managed their Russia accounts and then somehow became SecState is now skipping NATO meetings under Trump's administration to go to Russia.

 

STUNNED, you guys. We couldn't have known it would be this way. 2016 was definitely one of those elections you could basically sit out.

 

Good job, us.

[QMany]

Great thread on Tom Price's self-dealings:

[zoogs]

Lots of articles in there. I haven't been following, but I'll post the tweet summary:

 

2/ Price bought stock in Zimmer Biomet last year, then introduced a bill that would have benefited Zimmer. https://t.co/OOHtifO9oc

 

3/ Price got a sweetheart deal to buy stock in an Australian biotech firm targeting the U.S. market. https://t.co/3UiBUF4Bwf

 

4/ Price traded more than $300k in shares of health companies while pushing bills that could affect those companies. https://t.co/17r67b0eYq

 

5/ Price purchased shares of health supplier McKesson and then pushed legislation reversing cuts to such firms. https://t.co/OSalPeEV1B

 

6/ Price invested in 4 firms with manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico, then introduced bill that would benefit them. https://t.co/4aNhwfF7CE

 

7/ When a study cast doubt on a heart pill, the drug company turned to Price (its CEO was a contributor) https://t.co/ev50jeKpL8

 

8/ To be sure, the administration has defended @SecPriceMD and so has the @NRO: https://t.co/zctDtUpShM

 

9/ My colleague @RobertFaturechi reported that @PreetBharara was investigating Price’s trades before he was fired. https://t.co/mnbN2Y38pl

 

10/ Today, @robertfaturechi reported that Price intervened on a major pharma rule the day he acquired drug stock. https://t.co/CdtBR2twRM

 

11/ In sum, what to make of all this? Is all this a coincidence? Hoping @SecPriceMD provides some clarity. FIN

[zoogs]

Trump's NSA choice Michael Flynn was paid by Russian state propaganda network RT to give a speech and failed to disclose this.

 

But GOLDMAN SACHS.

[commando]

Trump's NSA choice Michael Flynn was paid by Russian state propaganda network RT to give a speech and failed to disclose this.

 

But GOLDMAN SACHS.

kasparov joked that he filed it on his russian tax returns.

[BigRedBuster]

Interesting.....

 

[NM11046]

Im waiting for the formal announcement that Jared Kushner is taking over the NSC.

[Whistlebritches]

Interesting.....

 

 

If this information from Peter Alexander is correct then the WH knowingly put someone who needed a babysitter onto the NSC.

[zoogs]

Important to bear in mind that the above is the "official" explanation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39508351

 

The reshuffle also restores the director of national intelligence, CIA director and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to full participation on the NSC's inner circle, its principals committee. (...)

 

In its 27 January memorandum elevating Mr Bannon, the White House had also downgraded the military chiefs of staff, provoking widespread criticism in Washington's foreign policy and security establishment.

[BigRedBuster]

[knapplc]

If he was smart he should quit before the sinking ship takes him down.

 

 

 

[BigRedBuster]

It has been said that Trump manages in a way that he thrives on turmoil and drama.

 

Well.....I have always found that to actually be a bad thing. I have worked under that and learned that it's just about the opposite way I want to manage.

 

Here is an interesting article about issues within the administration. Similar to my experiences in the work place, these idiotic drama episodes cause difficulty when real issues come up.

 

 

 

One of the more interesting points is......what ever happened to Kelly Anne?

[knapplc]

That was a good read, BRB. Hard to see that description of the inner turmoil of the White House as anything other than a Middle Eastern "strong man" government.

[Danny Bateman]

One of the more interesting points is......what ever happened to Kelly Anne?

 

She got in trouble for hocking Ivanka's shoes and started talking about Obama using microwaves to spy on Trump. Oh yeah, and "alternative facts." And "the Bowling Green Massacre."

 

I realize that regularly defending Trump publicly requires one to strip themselves of any and all shame, but even so, it appears she was cracking under the weight of it all.

[Danny Bateman]

I don't know. People wanted a reality TV president and they got one. Reality TV is awash with nauseating amounts of manufactured drama and conflict to help keep viewers entertained...

 

Are you not entertained?