The unofficial "Trump's cabinet" thread

[Glen]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/02/sam-clovis-trumps-nominee-for-usdas-top-scientist-confirms-he-has-no-hard-science-credentials/

Another awesome pick.

[red321]

2 minutes ago, Glen said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/02/sam-clovis-trumps-nominee-for-usdas-top-scientist-confirms-he-has-no-hard-science-credentials/

Another awesome pick.

Sam Clovis is going to have more to worry about than his online ag science for dummies class. 

Campaign rep in question in a lot of the Papadopolous charges, and dude was interviewed by the grand jury a few days before indictment made it clear Papadopoulos had flipped. Wonder how many questions he’d like a redo on.  

You also have the question of how is it 2 of the 5 people Sam the Ag expert picked for trumps foreign policy team extraordinaire appear to have been compromised by Russia (Carter Page being the other)

[red321]

17 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

Next thing you know someone might quote the Golden Rule.

 

Well if Pruitt is basing his decisions on that he must have a serious supply of ky 

[fan_since79]

Reports are that Tillerson is out at State and will be replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo.

 

Edited November 30, 2017 by fan_since79

[red321]

Awesome...Pompeo is one of Trump's biggest yes men and Cotton loves him nothing more than bombing him some brown people. This has success written all over it </sarcasm>

[Adam]

Bombing brown people is what America does best.

[Blarg]

Dresden dissagrees.

[Kevin]

I can't tell if this is what winning looks like because it's looking an awful lot like Angels baseball. 

[red321]

 

[red321]

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/26/trump-cabinet-agenda-secret-319046

Quote

 

The Cabinet members carrying out President Donald Trump’s orders to shake up the federal government are doing so under an unusual layer of secrecy — often shielding their schedules from public view, keeping their travels under wraps and refusing to identify the people and groups they’re meeting.

A POLITICO review of the practices of 17 Cabinet heads found that at least eight routinely decline to release information on their planned schedules or travels — information that was more widely available during the Obama and George W. Bush administrations. Four other departments — Agriculture, Labor, Homeland Security and Education — provide the secretaries’ schedules only sporadically or with few details. The Treasury Department began releasing weekly schedules for Secretary Steven Mnuchin only in November.

In addition, at least six Cabinet departments don’t release appointment calendars that would show, after the fact, who their leaders had met with, what they discussed and where they traveled — a potential violation of the Freedom of Information Act, which says agencies must make their records “promptly available to any person.” Two departments — Education and the Environmental Protection Agency — have released some of those details after watchdog groups sued them.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2017 by red321

[mtangelsfan]

23 minutes ago, red321 said:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/26/trump-cabinet-agenda-secret-319046

 

That is so the alligators wont know that the swamp is being drained right in front of them..........

[red321]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-equifax-cfpb/exclusive-u-s-consumer-protection-official-puts-equifax-probe-on-ice-sources-idUSKBN1FP0IZ

You know that company that let personal data of 143 million get swiped. They got a new best friend!

Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to people familiar with the matter.

[Glen]

Less regulation!

[mtangelsfan]

Lame

[Thomas]

Having the FTC be the sole investigators would hardly seem to be a bad thing in a vacuum. The downside of course being that we don't live in a vacuum and the FTC also is managed by the current executive branch. Granted if we properly punished every company that didn't manage customer data properly there wouldn't be any companies left in this country. 

[Glen]

Kelly keeping Cooper on his staff despite his interim security clearance expiring, and giving him access to classified information, is a federal crime. Kushner still doesn't have a clearance and several staffers haven't received them. 

Congress is doing nothing.

[Lou]

10 minutes ago, Glen said:

Kelly keeping Cooper on his staff despite his interim security clearance expiring, and giving him access to classified information, is a federal crime. Kushner still doesn't have a clearance and several staffers haven't received them. 

Congress is doing nothing.

As usual. 

[Glen]

The day after the SoS says Russia is involved in a chemical attack, he's gone. Just another coincidence of timing.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/13/555597223/trump-replacing-secretary-of-state-tillerson-with-cia-director-mike-pompeo?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180313

[mtangelsfan]

Trump, sigh.

After her speech at the UN, I expect Nikki Haley to be next.

[Kevin]

Meh.

Elect a clown, expect a circus. 

[RallyMo]

Trump is an absolutely terrible leader. There's just no way around it.

[red321]

State department spokesperson who says Tillerson was taken by surprise and not informed ahead of time...fired shortly after releasing statement that contradicted whitehouse narrative he was told on Friday. 

 

 

[Taylor]

5 hours ago, Glen said:

The day after the SoS says Russia is involved in a chemical attack, he's gone. Just another coincidence of timing.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/13/555597223/trump-replacing-secretary-of-state-tillerson-with-cia-director-mike-pompeo?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180313

Nothing to see here.

[tennischmp]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Nothing to see here.

At least he was allowed to live

[mtangelsfan]

32 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

At least he was allowed to live

That's because he didn't work for Hillary.