commando Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said: This seems about right. we have to remember how and why trump chooses these people. he chooses people that will destroy the position they are appointed to but still be there to be his yes men. that's all Link to comment
NM11046 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 22 minutes ago, Moiraine said: Can the intelligence director be fired immediately January 2021 if we get a president who isn’t a waste of oxygen? I believe that is a polically appointed position - so yes. Will be interesting to see how backfills are prioritized WHEN we elect a new POTUS in 2021. I'm betting there is a list that goes to congress for votes on day 1 if the candidated elected is as sharp as we need them to be. edit: as I hit submit realized I wrote this wrong. Nominated not appointed. But I do think they'll have folks identified and to congress ASAP. Link to comment
commando Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Just now, NM11046 said: I believe that is a polically appointed position - so yes. Will be interesting to see how backfills are prioritized WHEN we elect a new POTUS in 2021. I'm betting there is a list that goes to congress for votes on day 1 if the candidated elected is as sharp as we need them to be. and moscow mitch will block every nomination he can if he is still majority leader. and i doubt the senate flips so he most likely will. of course we can go with the "acting" people and see what the repubs say then. Link to comment
NM11046 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, commando said: and moscow mitch will block every nomination he can if he is still majority leader. and i doubt the senate flips so he most likely will. of course we can go with the "acting" people and see what the repubs say then. If we could just get 5-10 of the current presidential candidates to run for senate we'd be so far ahead. 1 Link to comment
commando Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 where are we at now? about 90% turnover so far? Link to comment
TGHusker Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 More about turnover. Since it appears Trump only wants yes men/women around him - those who don't threaten is insecure emotions by their experience - the purge is about complete as Dan Coats & his deputy leave. This turnover should concern us all as Trump relies on his own judgement when it comes to these matters. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/dni-coats-gordon-last-day/index.html Quote The President has run through two national security advisers -- Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster. There have been rumblings of his unhappiness with his most recent pick, John Bolton. Trump has summarily fired a secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, by tweet after undercutting the former ExxonMobile CEO for months. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis resigned, reportedly in frustration over Trump's decision to pull out of Syria. The President has churned through two Homeland Security secretaries, John Kelly and Kirstjen Nielson, and a National Security Agency director, Mike Rogers. He's lost a deputy national security adviser, K.T. McFarland and an ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley. Michael Pompeo, Trump's former CIA director, has held on but moved over to helm the State Department. Amid that churn, Coats and Gordon have been a steady, stabilizing influence, Priess said. "The very fact that in this administration with the highest turnover in history, the people who are specifically designated to tell the truth to the President, whether he likes it or not, have remained in place, doing that day after day, means that by definition, they have been an island of stability," Priess added. While Trump's decision to name Maguire as the acting replacement has appeared to be well received, he remains somewhat of an enigma despite his impressive military credentials and counterterrorism experience. Maguire is not widely considered to be part of the intelligence "establishment," and sources close to him have told CNN that he has likely had limited interactions with the President. Link to comment
commando Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 check out these qualifications her twitter account is full of nothing but far right propaganda and praise for trump. that is her real qualification for a job in this administration. and i wonder if that is a real pic of our embassy.....no american flag but a trump flag? 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, commando said: check out these qualifications her twitter account is full of nothing but far right propaganda and praise for trump. that is her real qualification for a job in this administration. and i wonder if that is a real pic of our embassy.....no american flag but a trump flag? Hmmmm....I thought maybe those movies were porn. Link to comment
commando Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 only the best people. obviously a solid choice for this administration with those qualifications 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 hour ago, commando said: only the best people. obviously a solid choice for this administration with those qualifications Why do they even have this position anymore? Do they do press briefings anymore? Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: Why do they even have this position anymore? Do they do press briefings anymore? They do, you can see them at twitter.com/realDonaldTrump Link to comment
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