The Official "Making America Great Again" Thread

[CAA Flagship]

A CIA guy tabbed as Sec of State. My chink stock drops.

[kalm]

Meanwhile...who the hell is Gina Haspel?

And what's with women in the Trump Administration. I thought Trump hated women?

She likes to dress like this for work...

[Skjellyfetti]

Never-ending deluge.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was escorted out of the White House on Monday, two senior administration officials said. The cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue, said a third White House official with knowledge of the situation.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declined to comment saying, “We don’t comment on personnel issues.” Mr. McEntee didn’t return a call seeking comment.

Tuesday morning, the Trump presidential campaign issued a statement saying that Mr. McEntee will join the 2020 effort as a senior adviser for campaign operations.

Mr. McEntee was one of the longest-serving aides to Mr. Trump, dating back to the earliest days of the campaign when some of the only aides around the then-candidate included Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser; Stephen Miller, the president’s policy director; White House communications director Hope Hicks, who announced her resignation two weeks ago; and Dan Scavino, who is the White House director of social media.

In additional staff turnover, Mr. Trump on Tuesday said Rex Tillerson was out as secretary of state, after months of speculation over his fate, and that Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo would be nominated to lead the State Department.

Turnover Under Trump
A tally of senior officials and aides who have left the administration

Mr. McEntee wasn’t as well known as the others, but had been a constant presence at Mr. Trump’s side for the past three years. He made sure Mr. Trump had markers to sign autographs, delivered messages to him in the White House residence and, over the weekend, ensured that the clocks in the White House residence were adjusted for daylight-saving time.

“It’s not going to be great for morale,” one White House official said about Mr. McEntee’s departure.

Mr. McEntee was removed from the White House grounds on Monday afternoon without being allowed to collect his belongings, a White House official said. He left without his jacket, a second White House official said.

It wasn’t clear exactly why Mr. McEntee was fired Monday. He indicated to colleagues that it was an issue in his background.

Several White House officials have lost their jobs over the past month since White House Chief of Staff John Kelly imposed a stricter security-clearance policy. Those changes were prompted by the departure of staff secretary Rob Porter, who quit after accusations of domestic violence were made public. Mr. Porter has denied the accusations, which had delayed final approval of his security clearance.

Mr. Kelly told reporters earlier this month that when he joined the White House as chief of staff this summer, he realized a large number of staffers still held interim clearances after more than seven months in the administration.

His review turned up “a couple spreadsheets worth of people” at the White House operating with interim security clearance after the first nine months of the Trump administration. He also found at least 35 officials who were inappropriately given top secret clearance.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-per ... 1520945928

[dbackjon]

Donald Trump is a traitor to the United States. He takes orders from Putin. End of Story.


Still support Trump? Move to Russia, comrade.

[dbackjon]

Meanwhile...who the hell is Gina Haspel?

And what's with women in the Trump Administration. I thought Trump hated women?

bush Admin Torture Queen, who destroyed evidence.

[Skjellyfetti]

White House fires the guy who announced the firing of Tillerson.

Contradicted the WH account.

[BDKJMU]

Tillerson is a big deal.

This John McEnroe guy is someone no one has ever heard of..

[Ibanez]

Tillerson is a big deal.

This John McEnroe guy is someone no one has ever heard of..

He's Trumps body man. Who cares. He probably had something really bad in his background. I've known people that were fired and lost a clearance - they were allowed to be escorted to their desk for their coat,wallet and keys. This guy couldn't even do that.

[CID1990]

Tillerson is a big deal.

This John McEnroe guy is someone no one has ever heard of..

He's Trumps body man. Who cares. He probably had something really bad in his background. I've known people that were fired and lost a clearance - they were allowed to be escorted to their desk for their coat,wallet and keys. This guy couldn't even do that.

He's under investigation for financial crimes.


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[BDKJMU]

Tillerson is a big deal.

This John McEnroe guy is someone no one has ever heard of..

He's Trumps body man. Who cares. He probably had something really bad in his background. I've known people that were fired and lost a clearance - they were allowed to be escorted to their desk for their coat,wallet and keys. This guy couldn't even do that.

Oops, John McEntee. I assume this is the same John McEntee, former UCONN QB. I'm sure a lot of the throws had to do a ton of takes, but extremely impressive none the less.

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[CID1990]

I liked Tillerson. He got no support from the rank and file at the department though - not that it would have mattered, but he was working on several things that even the partisans in the building agree on- particularly our horrible IT systems.

It isn't as bad as I thought it would be though- Pompeo was always on the short list, but I was afraid we could wind up with a real clown like whats her name from Alaska. The Langley types really like Pompeo. State types are a different animal, though.


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[Ivytalk]

Meanwhile...who the hell is Gina Haspel?

And what's with women in the Trump Administration. I thought Trump hated women?

bush Admin Torture Queen, who destroyed evidence.

Pompeo is bad enough: a partisan hack with no foreign policy cred. Torture Queen is a flat-out embarrassment.

[CAA Flagship]

Larry Kudlow accepted job as Cohn's successor.

[Ivytalk]

Rand Paul may oppose both Pompeo and Haspel. Makes sense.

[CID1990]

Rand Paul may oppose both Pompeo and Haspel. Makes sense.

I think McCain will vote against Haspel also.

[CID1990]

Meanwhile...who the hell is Gina Haspel?

And what's with women in the Trump Administration. I thought Trump hated women?

bush Admin Torture Queen, who destroyed evidence.

Is she? Did she?


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[CAA Flagship]

Factoid: Haspel is the originator of the Seersucker Suit.

[CAA Flagship]

bush Admin Torture Queen, who destroyed evidence.

Is she? Did she?

On Thursday evening, ProPublica issued a retraction and apology for a February 2017 article in which the news organization erroneously reported that Gina Haspel, the veteran CIA officer President Trump has tapped to lead the agency, was in charge of a secret CIA prison in Thailand when al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in one month. "The story also said she mocked the prisoner's suffering in a private conversation," ProPublica editor in chief Stephen Engelberg wrote. "Neither of these assertions is correct and we retract them. It is now clear that Haspel did not take charge of the base until after the interrogation of Zubaydah ended."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/761307/pr ... t-zubaydah

[CID1990]

Is she? Did she?

On Thursday evening, ProPublica issued a retraction and apology for a February 2017 article in which the news organization erroneously reported that Gina Haspel, the veteran CIA officer President Trump has tapped to lead the agency, was in charge of a secret CIA prison in Thailand when al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in one month. "The story also said she mocked the prisoner's suffering in a private conversation," ProPublica editor in chief Stephen Engelberg wrote. "Neither of these assertions is correct and we retract them. It is now clear that Haspel did not take charge of the base until after the interrogation of Zubaydah ended."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/761307/pr ... t-zubaydah

I was just wondering if Jon had a different source.

[Skjellyfetti]

Rand Paul?

[CID1990]

Rand Paul?

What did Rand Paul say?

[SeattleGriz]

Where are all the feminists backing Haspel?

[Ivytalk]

Where are all the feminists backing Haspel?

No worries, SG. Stop torturing yourself about it.

[houndawg]

Never-ending deluge.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was escorted out of the White House on Monday, two senior administration officials said. The cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue, said a third White House official with knowledge of the situation.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declined to comment saying, “We don’t comment on personnel issues.” Mr. McEntee didn’t return a call seeking comment.

Tuesday morning, the Trump presidential campaign issued a statement saying that Mr. McEntee will join the 2020 effort as a senior adviser for campaign operations.

Mr. McEntee was one of the longest-serving aides to Mr. Trump, dating back to the earliest days of the campaign when some of the only aides around the then-candidate included Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser; Stephen Miller, the president’s policy director; White House communications director Hope Hicks, who announced her resignation two weeks ago; and Dan Scavino, who is the White House director of social media.

In additional staff turnover, Mr. Trump on Tuesday said Rex Tillerson was out as secretary of state, after months of speculation over his fate, and that Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo would be nominated to lead the State Department.

Turnover Under Trump
A tally of senior officials and aides who have left the administration

Mr. McEntee wasn’t as well known as the others, but had been a constant presence at Mr. Trump’s side for the past three years. He made sure Mr. Trump had markers to sign autographs, delivered messages to him in the White House residence and, over the weekend, ensured that the clocks in the White House residence were adjusted for daylight-saving time.

“It’s not going to be great for morale,” one White House official said about Mr. McEntee’s departure.

Mr. McEntee was removed from the White House grounds on Monday afternoon without being allowed to collect his belongings, a White House official said. He left without his jacket, a second White House official said.

It wasn’t clear exactly why Mr. McEntee was fired Monday. He indicated to colleagues that it was an issue in his background.

Several White House officials have lost their jobs over the past month since White House Chief of Staff John Kelly imposed a stricter security-clearance policy. Those changes were prompted by the departure of staff secretary Rob Porter, who quit after accusations of domestic violence were made public. Mr. Porter has denied the accusations, which had delayed final approval of his security clearance.

Mr. Kelly told reporters earlier this month that when he joined the White House as chief of staff this summer, he realized a large number of staffers still held interim clearances after more than seven months in the administration.

His review turned up “a couple spreadsheets worth of people” at the White House operating with interim security clearance after the first nine months of the Trump administration. He also found at least 35 officials who were inappropriately given top secret clearance.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-per ... 1520945928

Who knew they had that kind of talent just laying around? Dude is a major fucking renaissance man..

[CID1990]

Never-ending deluge.



https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-per ... 1520945928

Who knew they had that kind of talent just laying around? Dude is a major **** renaissance man..

I still can't figure out why the media is treating it as a mystery why he was fired


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