Trump Staff Picks, Co-Conspirators and the Revolving Door of Departures

[TX-Beau]

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Bolton is now saying he wasn't fired, he quit.

Jesus

...You didn't dump me, I dumped you!

Dear Lord save us all from what comes next, please Jesus, not Jared's little monkey.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Which Bachelorette or Bachelor from Fox gets the next rose?

 

[rareboy]

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I suspect that Trump will simply dispense with a national security advisor because no one knows as much about national security as he does.

 

[eddielee]

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I am glad that Bolton is gone, but we could get someone worse.

 

[rareboy]

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Maybe the peripatetic first daughter wife can fill the post?

 

[rareboy]

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Only a few more to go......

 

[rareboy]

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Another version.

 

[Telstra]

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Another version.

looks like a list of dead people and thats a good thing

 

[eddielee]

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When you show all of those faces, it really puts things in perspective. Has any White House had such a turnover?

 

[KaraBulut]

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Brookings has been tracking the turnover. President Trump’s “A Team” turnover is 77% as of Sept. 10, 2019. This first year turnover rate exceeded the past 4 Presidents. He's not even done with his 3rd year and he's already exceeded the 4 year turnover rate for the previous Presidents.

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration [Brookings]


It's not unusual for Presidents to have an exodus in year two. The jobs are difficult, they consume a lot of time, they're stressful and the pay is not that great. They require a lot of time away from home and family.

What is unusual is that there have been so many people who have walked away in disgust or have been fired via a Tweet based upon the whim of a mercurial President. Even more chocking is that very few of the Administration departees have come forward and told them truth about why they left.

 

[TX-Beau]

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"Mercurial" is such a diplomatic term.

Fucking batshit crazy is my preference - but them I'm just a caveman...

 

[smokeshadow]

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John Bolton's resignation letter is 2 sentences long. . .and it's scathing in what it doesn't say

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmoveme...nces-long-but-scathing-in-what-it-doesnt-say/

 

[TX-Beau]

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John Bolton's resignation letter is 2 sentences long. . .and it's scathing in what it doesn't say

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmoveme...nces-long-but-scathing-in-what-it-doesnt-say/

He so got fired.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Garrett Marquis, Deputy Assistant to the President - NSC Strategic Communications & Spokesman, and one of the few fuckable employees in the White House, has resigned.

Top Bolton aide out at White House [Politico]

The expected turnover at the National Security Council has begun.

A day after Trump ousted national security adviser John Bolton, Garrett Marquis, Bolton's top spokesman, has also departed the administration. Marquis ran communications for the NSC under Bolton, joining the administration shortly after Bolton came on board last year.

The longtime Bolton loyalist left the administration on good terms, a source familiar with the situation said, adding that it was simply a case of being lumped in with Trump’s third national security adviser.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Scalia... Scalia... where have I heard that name before?

Trump formally sends Labor secretary nomination to Senate [The Hill]

President Trump on Wednesday officially sent his pick of Eugene Scalia as Labor secretary to the Senate.

The formal measure moves forward the process for Scalia, a longtime labor attorney and son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider Eugene Scalia's nomination before he moves on to a vote before the full chamber.

Scalia served as the top legal officer at the Department of Labor during the George W. Bush administration and previously was a special assistant to Attorney General William Barr during his first stint as the top law enforcement officer under the George H.W. Bush administration....

If confirmed, Scalia will replace Alex Acosta, who resigned earlier this year amid scrutiny of his handling of a case involving Jeffrey Epstein while he was a U.S. attorney.

Trump intends to nominate Eugene Scalia and Labor Secretary. I've not heard of him, but...

One more attempt to write Obama out of the history books.

 

[frankfrank]

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I am glad that Bolton is gone, but we could get someone worse.

It's time for SARAH PALIN!!

She can see Russia from her back porch. D...ump should love her, because she knows so much about Russia.

"Mercurial" is such a diplomatic term.

Fucking batshit crazy is my preference - but them I'm just a caveman...

Seeing that he is fucking batshit crazy is so easy, that even a caveman can do it.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Five "finalists"? This is probably a swimsuit competition that you don't want to see...

Trump names top 5 finalists for national security adviser [Politico]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed his top five candidates to replace former national security adviser John Bolton.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while en route to California, Trump said he is considering Fred Fleitz, Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Keith Kellogg, Robert O’Brien and Ricky Waddell to lead his National Security Council.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Oh, this one is more like the usual Trump appointee...


Trump Wants a Torture Proponent to Lead U.S. Human Rights Policy. The Senate Should Say No [Politico]

Donald Trump has made no secret of his penchant for torture. It was, of course, a feature of his 2016 campaign. And while former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other senior foreign policy appointees have rejected the practice as unlawful and inappropriate, Trump has repeatedly nominated figures involved in or supportive of Bush-era torture for positions in both his administration and the federal judiciary.

Now, the president has nominated yet another official with a pro-torture background—Marshall Billingslea, who serves as assistant Treasury secretary for terrorist financing. This time, however, the nomination contains a particularly searing irony. If confirmed, Billingslea would become the top U.S. executive branch official directly responsible for human rights policy: undersecretary of State for civilian security, democracy and human rights.

 

[Sausy]

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Trump has no shame... never has, never will. Let's see how the Senate Republicans fall on this one. Not optimistic, but they did turn down ultraconservative Rep. John Ratcliffe from being nominated as National Intelligence Director succeeding retiring Dan Coats.

 

[KaraBulut]

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Eric's wedding planner is in trouble.

Senior HUD official reprimanded for Hatch Act violations [Politico]

The Office of Special Counsel has reprimanded Lynne Patton, a top Department of Housing and Urban Development official with ties to President Donald Trump’s family, for making political statements on the job.

Patton, a HUD regional administrator for New York and New Jersey, used her official government Twitter account to promote political tweets and displayed a red “USA” hat sold by the Trump campaign in her office.

The OSC issued Patton a warning letter after determining that both activities violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits executive branch officials from certain political activity while on duty. But the office cleared her of two other alleged violations, involving a tweet defending HUD Secretary Ben Carson and an appearance at an oversight hearing featuring Michael Cohen.