Trump's cabinet appointments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:They're still mad because it was "her time" - but she got rejected.

+1,000,000

Oh, look, it's the million poster!

Be kind. Million poster has a severe case of multiple personality disorder (all of them sociopaths).

Not NP, but your response is so juvenile. Take your pacifier out and grow up. This is a discussion and OP is trying to understand where our mindsets are, take your playground mentality somewhere else. This type of "humor" is why HRC lost, but I'm sure you can't wrap your little mind around that fact. Keep laughing while the rest of the world tries to figure this out through conversation, you will continue to get left behind.

[Anonymous]

Try to learn English pp

[Anonymous]

"Rather, this has to do with the fact that he has picked people who are philosophically opposed to the very mission of the agency they will lead: a climate change denier for EPA, a charter school champion for Ed, and a crazy person who believes subsidized housing is communism and fair housing laws are social engineering for HUD. Plus, he's picked people who are known (and seemingly proud) racists for other key posts. "

+1 Trump's picks aren't really conservatives. They are marginalized fringe extremists or screw ups that have been passed over by both conservatives and moderate republicans for competency, criminal, or toxic reasons.

The problem here is that Trump is prioritizing who was loyal to him during the election and the best and the brightest Republicans were against him. With the exception of Priebus, you really are stuck with just a collection of losers looking for any on-ramp back into relevance and leadership. Trump is also making a circus out of this parading each candidate through the wall of media, having them wait outside visibly like contestants. This showmanship is to counter the real problems that this transition team is having finding 4000 qualified people willing to choke down working for the clown car administration. He is trying ti create a visible show of how many people want to work for him when the pickings are slim for him.

[Anonymous]

Once you accept the basic premise that a president has the right to nominate people who align with his viewpoint on issues, then Trump's choices are more defensible - as were Obama's choices.

Liberals may not like Trump's nominations - just as conservatives did not like Obama's appointments - but it is a president's prerogative to choose his cabinet subject to the advise and consent provisions in the constitution.

Some of his more controversial selections in key slots are controversial mainly because of these philosophical differences.

[Anonymous]

You assholes wanted Hillary indicted because someone who donated to the Clinton Foundation asked for a meeting with the State Department.

Trump giving appointments to cronies who have literally put money in his pockets.

Linda McMahon who with her husband gave $5 million to the Trump Foundation for Trump to publicly pass around claiming it was coming out of his pocket.

Wilbur Ross was the guy who agreed to let Trump out of bankruptcy in the early 90s by swapping equity in failing casinos for debt cancellation - the deal that allowed Trump to claim almost a billion dollars of other people's losses to avoid paying income taxes for 18 years.

[Anonymous]

I am Conservative who voted for Trump (while holding my nose). I will tell you that I am baffled by so many of my fellow Trump voters who boil everything down to “Libs are just mad – suck it Libs” about everything that Trump does. Frankly, I am very concerned about a couple of his picks and some of his less affluent voters should be too. His guy for the EPA did impose a moratorium on fracking AFTER his state got hit by a couple quakes. But everyone knows that man-made environmental hazards occur in rural or less affluent areas. His pick for education has no affinity for public education – that impacts lower SES people the most. His SBA pick has talked about dismantling the agency although many experts think the SBA, with a few tweaks, would be a useful tool in jobs creation. His Labor pick is anti-minimum wage. Hey, that does not just impact POC in the cities (like many of you think), it impacts rural and White America too. Sure, his picks are Conservative. But they are all rich Conservatives – none of them truly understand the current plight of the low SES GOPers who expected Trump to be for them. This Conservative “populist” message that he campaigned on is going by the wayside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once you accept the basic premise that a president has the right to nominate people who align with his viewpoint on issues, then Trump's choices are more defensible - as were Obama's choices.

Liberals may not like Trump's nominations - just as conservatives did not like Obama's appointments - but it is a president's prerogative to choose his cabinet subject to the advise and consent provisions in the constitution.

Some of his more controversial selections in key slots are controversial mainly because of these philosophical differences.

They're controversial in large part because these people have no experience working on the topics they are going to be in charge of, or because they are completely opposed to the mission of the agency they will be heading, witness Ben Carson at HUD and the fossil fuel guy at EPA. It's the proverbial fox in charge of the hen house in those cases. And well, in Carson's case it's both not being qualified to run a huge government agency whose mission he has no clue about, and the fact that he doesn't believe in governmental help to keep people living off the streets.

So it may be a "president's prerogative" to put his cronies into positions of power no matter how unsuitable they are to the job, but it's also the public's prerogative to make a big stink about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Conservative who voted for Trump (while holding my nose). I will tell you that I am baffled by so many of my fellow Trump voters who boil everything down to “Libs are just mad – suck it Libs” about everything that Trump does. Frankly, I am very concerned about a couple of his picks and some of his less affluent voters should be too. His guy for the EPA did impose a moratorium on fracking AFTER his state got hit by a couple quakes. But everyone knows that man-made environmental hazards occur in rural or less affluent areas. His pick for education has no affinity for public education – that impacts lower SES people the most. His SBA pick has talked about dismantling the agency although many experts think the SBA, with a few tweaks, would be a useful tool in jobs creation. His Labor pick is anti-minimum wage. Hey, that does not just impact POC in the cities (like many of you think), it impacts rural and White America too. Sure, his picks are Conservative. But they are all rich Conservatives – none of them truly understand the current plight of the low SES GOPers who expected Trump to be for them. This Conservative “populist” message that he campaigned on is going by the wayside.

I am a liberal - and I sure as hell did not vote for Trump - but his choices reflect a political philosophy whether it is on illegal immigration, regulations, trade, tax policy, education, etc.

If when the time comes, he does not deliver - and he may well have overpromised - then come 2018 and 2020 he and the Republicans will pay the price.

It is no different than Obamacare which turned out to be different than was promised and I am sure part of the reason Hillary lost was this legislation and how it impacted people especially with high premiums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with them being conservative.

Heck, this has nothing to do with their lack of substantive and managerial experience.

Rather, this has to do with the fact that he has picked people who are philosophically opposed to the very mission of the agency they will lead: a climate change denier for EPA, a charter school champion for Ed, and a crazy person who believes subsidized housing is communism and fair housing laws are social engineering for HUD. Plus, he's picked people who are known (and seemingly proud) racists for other key posts.

If you can't understand why people---both liberals and conservatives alike---are concerned, then you should probably try harder.

Dr Ben Carson is NOT a crazy person, dr jill biden probably is, but that's another story. You are angry, it shows and you are one of those people who will never get over HER loss. Too bad, pop another xanax and sit back, it's going to be a bumpy ride for you.

I'm not a big HRC fan. I'm liberal, and I actually work in the advocacy arena related to HUD.

I also have friends who have worked at Hopkins for decades, and I've heard stories about crazy Ben Carson. I'll just leave it at that and won't go into those details.

All you need to do is read what Carson has publicly said about HUD to realize that he shouldn't lead this agency. And all you need to do is listen to one interview to question his mental health (which has been questioned by his very own friends and colleagues).

I'm not going to weigh in on HRC or Dr. Biden since neither one will run a federal agency or hold an office that impacts my life or anyone else's. No clue why Trumplethinskin's followers are so obsessed with these women who aren't involved in our government. Befuddling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Conservative who voted for Trump (while holding my nose). I will tell you that I am baffled by so many of my fellow Trump voters who boil everything down to “Libs are just mad – suck it Libs” about everything that Trump does. Frankly, I am very concerned about a couple of his picks and some of his less affluent voters should be too. His guy for the EPA did impose a moratorium on fracking AFTER his state got hit by a couple quakes. But everyone knows that man-made environmental hazards occur in rural or less affluent areas. His pick for education has no affinity for public education – that impacts lower SES people the most. His SBA pick has talked about dismantling the agency although many experts think the SBA, with a few tweaks, would be a useful tool in jobs creation. His Labor pick is anti-minimum wage. Hey, that does not just impact POC in the cities (like many of you think), it impacts rural and White America too. Sure, his picks are Conservative. But they are all rich Conservatives – none of them truly understand the current plight of the low SES GOPers who expected Trump to be for them. This Conservative “populist” message that he campaigned on is going by the wayside.

I am a liberal - and I sure as hell did not vote for Trump - but his choices reflect a political philosophy whether it is on illegal immigration, regulations, trade, tax policy, education, etc.

If when the time comes, he does not deliver - and he may well have overpromised - then come 2018 and 2020 he and the Republicans will pay the price.

It is no different than Obamacare which turned out to be different than was promised and I am sure part of the reason Hillary lost was this legislation and how it impacted people especially with high premiums.

If you think Trump has a philosophical bone in his body I've got a bridge to sell you.

These choices are in large part because of perceived "loyalty" and payback - to big donors. This is it, pure and simple.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too many ex military/generals. Is Trump planning a military coup? If this doesn't scare you, you must be brain dead!

If that happens, you hyperventilating liberals can thank us second amendment nuts for protecting your behinds from the tyranny of such a government.

Seriously, can you hear yourself?

Well you, really? How would you protect the country should a coup occur?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many ex military/generals. Is Trump planning a military coup? If this doesn't scare you, you must be brain dead!

If that happens, you hyperventilating liberals can thank us second amendment nuts for protecting your behinds from the tyranny of such a government.

Seriously, can you hear yourself?

Well you, really? How would you protect the country should a coup occur?

* will you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too many ex military/generals. Is Trump planning a military coup? If this doesn't scare you, you must be brain dead!

If that happens, you hyperventilating liberals can thank us second amendment nuts for protecting your behinds from the tyranny of such a government.

Seriously, can you hear yourself?

Well you, really? How would you protect the country should a coup occur?

* will you

If you believe a few 2d Amendment Yahoos with AR15s are going to be able to put down a coup with the backing of the US military -- or that such a thing is possible given the meaning litarization of local police and the role of the National Guard -- then you're actually even crazier than you otherwise sound. But keep on living your hackneyed Chuck Norris fantasy.

[Anonymous]

I don't see how an intelligent guy like Carson is any less qualified than and unintelligent guy like Julian Castro. Hell, Andrew Cuomo had the job, how hard can it be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Conservative who voted for Trump (while holding my nose). I will tell you that I am baffled by so many of my fellow Trump voters who boil everything down to “Libs are just mad – suck it Libs” about everything that Trump does. Frankly, I am very concerned about a couple of his picks and some of his less affluent voters should be too. His guy for the EPA did impose a moratorium on fracking AFTER his state got hit by a couple quakes. But everyone knows that man-made environmental hazards occur in rural or less affluent areas. His pick for education has no affinity for public education – that impacts lower SES people the most. His SBA pick has talked about dismantling the agency although many experts think the SBA, with a few tweaks, would be a useful tool in jobs creation. His Labor pick is anti-minimum wage. Hey, that does not just impact POC in the cities (like many of you think), it impacts rural and White America too. Sure, his picks are Conservative. But they are all rich Conservatives – none of them truly understand the current plight of the low SES GOPers who expected Trump to be for them. This Conservative “populist” message that he campaigned on is going by the wayside.

Said better, "was a sham"