President Trump's Cabinet

[GannonFan]

Agreed. And besides, Gingrich has been out of the establishment for years now so although he knows Washington, he hasn't really been a part of it recently. And for all of his faults, Newt's a pretty smart guy - Trump could do much worse than Newt. And yes, Guiliani doesn't look all that with it anymore. He's hitting the senile times and I'd rather someone else be the AG.

That's all we need , a tired old political hack advising the new President to shut down the economy..

Huh? We're talking about Newt being the Secretary of State. Economic theory and advice doesn't really come with that job.

[CitadelGrad]

That's all we need , a tired old political hack advising the new President to shut down the economy..

Huh? We're talking about Newt being the Secretary of State. Economic theory and advice doesn't really come with that job.

I believe houndawg meant to say, ".... shut down the government." Progtards have some difficulty distinguishing between the two, as they desire the economy to be centrally planned by the government.

[houndawg]

CID is apparently taking Trump at his word on FP. It's CID's version of "HOPE".

And I hope CID is right!

I'm not taking him at his word, because he hasn't said anything other than "make America great again", "beautiful wall", and something about grabbing poonannies

If you have some tea leaves that tell you what his foreign policy will be then good for you

The ONE area where he seems to start to drift into any area of detail is when he's talking domestic policy and actual physical homeland security. The very first thing he referenced in his acceptance speech was infrastructure. He's short on detail but he is obviously leaning that way, and I'm inclined to think that our overseas activities are going to have a paradigm shift over the next few years




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If he does it right he could wind up looking pretty good.

Somebody should show him the youtube of the Mexican dude trying to explain that the wall won't be necessary because they build tunnels.

[houndawg]

That's all we need , a tired old political hack advising the new President to shut down the economy..

Huh? We're talking about Newt being the Secretary of State. Economic theory and advice doesn't really come with that job.

Newt needs to go away, and take his old agenda with him. The election was about change, there are plenty of modern wackjobs to choose from

[DSUrocks07]

Trump to name Preibus as his Chief of Staff

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[Pwns]

So can we now say Trump's cabinet will be Republicans who supported him through the campaign?

[CID1990]

So can we now say Trump's cabinet will be Republicans who supported him through the campaign?

Not sure why this is even a thing


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[SDHornet]

The Breitbart guy (Bannon?) is getting a senior advisory position.

Strike 1.

[BDKJMU]

The Breitbart guy (Bannon?) is getting a senior advisory position.

Strike 1.

Nope. That is a + 1. Bannon played a key role in getting Trump elected.

[SDHornet]

The Breitbart guy (Bannon?) is getting a senior advisory position.

Strike 1.

Nope. That is a + 1. Bannon played a key role in getting Trump elected.

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

[YoUDeeMan]

Nope. That is a + 1. Bannon played a key role in getting Trump elected.

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Trump better make some really good decisions going forward.

[Grizalltheway]

Nope. That is a + 1. Bannon played a key role in getting Trump elected.

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Are you really surprised that BDKKK thinks it's a good thing?

[Pwns]

John Bolton finalist for SoS. LoL.

[SDHornet]

John Bolton finalist for SoS. LoL.

Here is the full list of finalist per theNYT. Other cabinet posts also mentioned.
John R. Bolton Former United States ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush

Bob Corker Senator from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Newt Gingrich Former House speaker

Rudolph W. Giuliani Former New York mayor

Zalmay Khalilzad Former United States ambassador to Afghanistan

Stanley A. McChrystal Former senior military commander in Afghanistan

[SDHornet]

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Are you really surprised that BDKKK thinks it's a good thing?

No...but then again BDKKK probably thinks a wall is actually going to get built and all illegals will be deported (Trump already backed off those positions in the 60 minutes interview, whoops ).

[BDKJMU]

Nope. That is a + 1. Bannon played a key role in getting Trump elected.

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Well people said having a so called 'alt right' guy heading up Trump's campaign was a bad idea, and we see how that work out.

[BDKJMU]

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Are you really surprised that BDKKK thinks it's a good thing?

Aww look, a member of the butthurt left...

[BDKJMU]

Are you really surprised that BDKKK thinks it's a good thing?

No...but then again BDKKK probably thinks a wall is actually going to get built and all illegals will be deported (Trump already backed off those positions in the 60 minutes interview, whoops ).

Newsflash, there ALREADY IS about 700 miles (out of 2k+ southern border) of fence...

No, but a lot more will be deported than would have been under Clinton, and a lot less will be let in (illegals & refugees)

[SDHornet]

I think the only plus is he will be able to combat the leftist media that will attack Trump non-stop. Outside of that, yeah I don't think having an alt-right guy hanging around the WH would be good for this country given the current racial divide.

Well people said having a so called 'alt right' guy heading up Trump's campaign was a bad idea, and we see how that work out.

Heading up a campaign is one thing, having input on policy is another.

[SDHornet]

No...but then again BDKKK probably thinks a wall is actually going to get built and all illegals will be deported (Trump already backed off those positions in the 60 minutes interview, whoops ).

Newsflash, there ALREADY IS about 700 miles (out of 2k+ southern border) of fence...

No, but a lot more will be deported than would have been under Clinton, and a lot less will be let in (illegals & refugees)

Really there are already walls up? Gee who knew?

Go ahead and watch the interview, clearly there won't be a dual wall spanning the entire southern border as promised to the dumb asses that literally believed it. Hell, his own words were "some of it won't be a wall but a fence". Yeah no shit, large potions of the boarder are already just a fence.

[BDKJMU]

Newsflash, there ALREADY IS about 700 miles (out of 2k+ southern border) of fence...

No, but a lot more will be deported than would have been under Clinton, and a lot less will be let in (illegals & refugees)

Really there are already walls up? Gee who knew?

Go ahead and watch the interview, clearly there won't be a dual wall spanning the entire southern border as promised to the dumb asses that literally believed it. Hell, his own words were "some of it won't be a wall but a fence". Yeah no ****, large potions of the boarder are already just a fence.

I don't remember hearing him say a 'dual' wall during the campaign. Even if he did, most of the time it was just 'wall'. And there's not a big difference between a wall and fence.

[CID1990]

John Bolton finalist for SoS. LoL.

Here is the full list of finalist per theNYT. Other cabinet posts also mentioned.
John R. Bolton Former United States ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush

Bob Corker Senator from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Newt Gingrich Former House speaker

Rudolph W. Giuliani Former New York mayor

Zalmay Khalilzad Former United States ambassador to Afghanistan

Stanley A. McChrystal Former senior military commander in Afghanistan

I think there are only two with a realistic shot here- Bolton and Corker. McChrystal being on the list is intriguing... every time DOS has had a former general as SecState the department has benefitted. We have serious, institutional leadership problems at State and the military types always recognize that and make pretty good fixes.

Of course, eventually along comes another naive academic and resets it all again.


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[93henfan]

Here is the full list of finalist per theNYT. Other cabinet posts also mentioned.
John R. Bolton Former United States ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush

Bob Corker Senator from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Newt Gingrich Former House speaker

Rudolph W. Giuliani Former New York mayor

Zalmay Khalilzad Former United States ambassador to Afghanistan

Stanley A. McChrystal Former senior military commander in Afghanistan

I think there are only two with a realistic shot here- Bolton and Corker. McChrystal being on the list is intriguing... every time DOS has had a former general as SecState the department has benefitted. We have serious, institutional leadership problems at State and the military types always recognize that and make pretty good fixes.

Of course, eventually along comes another naive academic and resets it all again.


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You know where I work. These tender snowflakes here would need safe spaces if they brought in a DoD person. It would be priceless.

[CID1990]

I think there are only two with a realistic shot here- Bolton and Corker. McChrystal being on the list is intriguing... every time DOS has had a former general as SecState the department has benefitted. We have serious, institutional leadership problems at State and the military types always recognize that and make pretty good fixes.

Of course, eventually along comes another naive academic and resets it all again.


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You know where I work. These tender snowflakes here would need safe spaces if they brought in a DoD person. It would be priceless.

With a McChrystal, you're largely right. But Colin Powell is still revered at State. He had no legacy aspirations and instead turned his attention internally to the horrible HR issues (that still exist) and lack of access to basic things like email for all employees.


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[93henfan]

You know where I work. These tender snowflakes here would need safe spaces if they brought in a DoD person. It would be priceless.

With a McChrystal, you're largely right. But Colin Powell is still revered at State. He had no legacy aspirations and instead turned his attention internally to the horrible HR issues (that still exist) and lack of access to basic things like email for all employees.


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They went to GMail here. It works well for getting access for everyone worldwide, but the loss of functionality of MS Office is challenging. GMail labels are far inferior to just building folders.