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Trump cabinet selections and appointments

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by MojoMan, Nov 18, 2016.

  1. NewRoxFan

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    Whiny trump tweeted this out this AM:



    Certainly a problem with trump's administration. But a problem he has caused or at least contributed to... heck, he hasn't even submitted a nomination for 216 key posts that require confirmation. For example... he hasn't nominated anyone for the South Korea ambassador position... key because of the issues with North Korea.

    Here's a good writeup on trump's appointments...

    Andrew Coyne: Who’s at the White House? A helpful guide to Donald Trump’s appointments
    http://nationalpost.com/opinion/77193374
     
  2. NewRoxFan

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    Lets see. Carson had a dining room set. Zike had an office door. EPA Director Scott Pruitt said... hold my beer...

    Cost of Pruitt's soundproof booth close to $43k: report
    http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-pruitts-soundproof-booth-close-to-43k-report

    Pruitt thought he was getting this...

    [​IMG]
     
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    Speaking of HUD Secretary Ben Carson and his dining room set... Carson claimed he didn't know anything about the $32,000 dining room set ordered for his office dining room... well, emails now show he and his wife candy picked out the very set. What's worse, he and his wife spent like a drunken sailor on a lavishly expensive set, or he and his staff outright lied about doing so? Both?


    https://nypost.com/2018/03/14/emails-show-ben-carson-and-wife-selected-31k-dining-set/
     
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    w the specter of a trade war looming, after 3 days of triple-digit losses in the DOW, the pressure is mounting to calm the market.

    CNBC is reporting that the Kudlow announcement could be as early as tomorrow



    btw
    in terms of education and relevance experience, Kudlow is way more qualified than the mere talking head Dobbs

    also, while Cramer is an expert trader and understands Wall Street, he is not an economist nor policy wonk like Dudlow;
    most importantly, Cramer doesn't want the job,​
     
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    Yep he has an uncanny ability to be dead wrong, so he should fit right in with this White House.
     
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    Hmm... if this wasn't an MSNBC reporters I'd probably skip right past, but...

     
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    More spending by the HUD secretary... good to know where your tax dollars are being spent...

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secr...are-31k-dining-set-purchase/story?id=53413136
     
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    Kudlow will fit right in...


     
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    • Even if sarcasm is the goal, the use of this language won't be acceptable
    ...It sounded a lot worse when the n!gger (oops, sorry, half-n!gger) president offered it up...
    #SayItDontActivatorHairSprayIt
     
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    Has Nicky Haley been fired yet? She blamed Russia for the gas attack
     
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    this is the timeline as i understand it.

    Tillerson was the first Trump team member to call out Russia, even before the Trump WH had issued any statement on it.

    Trump's initial response, even after Teresa May had called out Russia calling for sanctions, was that we need more facts.

    Then other EU countries issue joint statement condemning Russia.

    then the WH, including Trump himself, and Nikki Haly issued similar condemnation against Russia​
     
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    Hold up. Trump pulled a Fox and Friends host into the State Department? The Kudlow news is bigger, but still....
     
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    ...and this is what I believe was once called "...leading from behind..."
    ...the horse's behind, that is....
     
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    Incoming CIA head causing lots of debate, even among republicans. And interesting see that the offensive BS didn't fall too from the Cheney tree...




     
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    Meh.

    She's just doing her job.

    ...granted, that's not the same job as White House Press Secretary, but still...

    ...when in Russia, dance the Cossack Dance...you Bolsheviks!
     
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