Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 Straightforward topic, who will Trump tap to help make America Great Again? My picks: Secretary of State - John Bolton Secretary of the Treasury - Speaker Newt Gingrich Secretary of Defense- Sen. Jeff Sessions Attorney General- Mayor Rudy Giuliani Secretary of the Interior- Gov. Sarah Palin Secretary of Agriculture- Gov Ric Perry Secretary of Commerce- Gov. Chris Christie Secretary of Labor- ??? Secretary of Health and Human services- Dr Ben Carson Secretary of Housing and Urban development- Gov Jan Brewer Secretary of Transportation- Donald Trump jr Secretary of Energy- Sen. Bob Corker Secretary of Education- ??? Secretary of Veterans Affairs- Gov. Mike Huckabee Secretary of Homeland Defense- Stephen Hadley White House Chief of Staff- Renice Priebus National Security Adviser- Retired Lt General Mike Flynn White House Press Secretary- Kellyanne Conway Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Federal law would prohibit President Elect Trump from appointing family members to his cabinet. This resulted from JFK/RFK in early 1960's. Edited November 10, 2016 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Hal 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 Some good picks there, I especially like Bolton, Newt and Kellyanne Conway, she should get a blank check for the work she did. Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 8 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Federal law would prohibit I did not know that....scratch Trump jr Quote
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, Hal 9000 said: I especially like Bolton, Newt and Kellyanne Conway Bolton, to me, only seems natural.......Newt should be given back the public purse strings, he did yeoman's work as Speaker.........Conway, I agree, if she doesn't go to the White House, I pick Sean Hannity as my second choice.....then Conway to FNC It's not a Trump cabinet though without Palin.......... Quote
sharkman Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 These are all known names and people. I'd like to see a few surprises to fill out the cabinet. I'm sure there are some Donald Rumsfeld types that can help. And Kelly-Anne Conway is a rock star. She should be in the inner circle as she's proved herself as a king maker. Quote
kimmy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 I think Trump would be wise to cut ties with Chris Christie ASAP. One of the items that went overlooked in the week prior to the election was the conviction of Christie's top aide Bridget Kelly and New York And New Jersey Port Authority exec Bill Baroni on all charges relating to the George Washington Bridge closure scandal. Kelly and Baroni both testified that Chris Christie knew full well what was going on. Another Port Authority official, David Wildstein, plead guilty and rolled over on Christie earlier. For people who might have forgotten, the G.W. Bridge closure scandal (known as "Bridgegate" because people aren't very creative) was a plan concocted to reduce the world's busiest bridge to just a couple of lanes, deliberately intended to cause traffic gridlock in Fort Lee because the mayor didn't endorse Christie's re-election campaign. People couldn't get to work, schoolbuses spent all day stuck in traffic, the damage to workers and businesses from the resulting absenteeism must have been enormous, people probably lost jobs, emergency vehicles were unable to move, and an old lady died because her ambulance was stuck in traffic jams. This was all done in the name of a bogus "traffic study" which they had planned in advance. Bridget Kelly's email "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee!" became infamous. During the trials, all three of them testified that Christie knew what was going on with the bridge before, during, and after. Inflicting this kind of punishment on the people of a city for no reason other than you're mad at the mayor is utterly despicable. Doing so by misusing state resources is utterly despicable plus criminal. Christie himself may or may not face charges himself, but if you're Trump and you just campaigned promising to "Drain the Swamp!", why would you want somebody tainted with this kind of scandal on your team? If Trump does insist on keeping Christie, I hope he at least has the decency to make him Secretary of Transportation, because that would be hilarious. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 19 minutes ago, kimmy said: If Trump does insist on keeping Christie, I hope he at least has the decency to make him Secretary of Transportation, because that would be hilarious. Bill O'Reilly had Giuliani on tonight and suggested, jokingly, exactly the same thing......conventional wisdom would suggest Trump dump Christie.....and that is why I think Trump won't dump him, but put him into cabinet... Quote
kimmy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Derek 2.0 said: Bill O'Reilly had Giuliani on tonight and suggested, jokingly, exactly the same thing......conventional wisdom would suggest Trump dump Christie.....and that is why I think Trump won't dump him, but put him into cabinet... I just can't picture why Trump would stick his neck out for a guy like Chris Christie. Christie brings this awful baggage with him, and doesn't bring any benefit to offset it. His approval numbers are roughly the same as Ebola, Boko Haram, and dealcoholized beer. -k 1 Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, kimmy said: I just can't picture why Trump would stick his neck out for a guy like Chris Christie. Christie brings this awful baggage with him, and doesn't bring any benefit to offset it. His approval numbers are roughly the same as Ebola, Boko Haram, and dealcoholized beer. -k Simple........loyalty......Christie torpedoed Rubio during the primaries, in true Kamikaze fashion, and was one of the first also rans to endorse Trump....bridge gate, outside of Democratic New Jersey, just isn't an issue.........and if Trump stuffs him in one of the lesser cabinet positions, who really would care? Quote
TimG Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, kimmy said: I just can't picture why Trump would stick his neck out for a guy like Chris Christie. Trump brings a lot of baggage. Did not hurt him. Trump seeks to reward friends and punish enemies. Christie, as an early supporter, is in line for a reward. It appears that massive tax cuts are going to top of agenda which will blow the budget. The Obamacare repeal will be a clusterf**k because whatever they replace it will take years to plan and will likely be screwed up by the ideologues during implementation. I am guessing that 3 or so years into his mandate when Russia or China will invade a US ally and Trump will repudiate all defense treaties that the US has signed (my guess is China will take the opportunity to seize Taiwan). Japan will be forced to build nukes. Edited November 10, 2016 by TimG Quote
TimG Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Derek 2.0 said: Simple........loyalty......Christie torpedoed Rubio during the primaries, in true Kamikaze fashion, and was one of the first also rans to endorse Trump....bridge gate, outside of Democratic New Jersey, just isn't an issue.........and if Trump stuffs him in one of the lesser cabinet positions, who really would care? Cabinet positions are supposed to staffed by competent people. Not given out as rewards. The only hope that Trump the idiot has is if he surrounds himself with competent people. If he stuffs his cabinet with loyal cronies his administration will crash and burn. Edited November 10, 2016 by TimG Quote
kimmy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 Well, it wouldn't surprise me if he does it... I just don't think it would be smart. Suppose your new Secretary of Transportation ends up charged with felony official misconduct a couple weeks after he's sworn in. What kind of start would that be for a guy who promised to clean up Washington? Christie's conduct re:Fort Lee is the worst kind of abuse of political authority, and I don't think Trump could give a worse signal to the people who voted for him expecting change. I also don't think spending the whole campaign griping about the Washington political establishment, then putting a Newt Gingrich in a top post makes a lot of sense either, but I'm sure he'll do that too. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 13 minutes ago, TimG said: Cabinet positions are supposed to staffed by competent people. What makes Christie, or any of the other proposed Cabinet officials, incompetent? Quote
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 12 minutes ago, kimmy said: Well, it wouldn't surprise me if he does it... I just don't think it would be smart. Oh I agree, again though, that would only seem to apply to a conventional President. 13 minutes ago, kimmy said: I also don't think spending the whole campaign griping about the Washington political establishment, then putting a Newt Gingrich in a top post makes a lot of sense either, but I'm sure he'll do that too. -k From the onset though Trump has said he will look for the "right kind of experienced people" to help and advise him........I think that translates more so into State's Governors, but some like Gingrich and a handful of Senators and Congressmen will be needed if only to know how the mechanics of Washington work. Quote
kimmy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 Gingrich can also give Trump some pointers on the best places to stash your mistresses in Washington. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Derek 2.0 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Posted November 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, kimmy said: Gingrich can also give Trump some pointers on the best places to stash your mistresses in Washington. -k I was thinking more along the lines of knowing all the senior lawmakers and lobbyists, and perhaps even knowing where a few skeletons are buried.......not so much grab-ass. Quote
betsy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, Derek 2.0 said: Straightforward topic, who will Trump tap to help make America Great Again? My picks: Secretary of State - John Bolton Secretary of the Treasury - Speaker Newt Gingrich Secretary of Defense- Sen. Jeff Sessions Attorney General- Mayor Rudy Giuliani Secretary of the Interior- Gov. Sarah Palin Secretary of Agriculture- Gov Ric Perry Secretary of Commerce- Gov. Chris Christie Secretary of Labor- ??? Secretary of Health and Human services- Dr Ben Carson Secretary of Housing and Urban development- Gov Jan Brewer Secretary of Transportation- Donald Trump jr Secretary of Energy- Sen. Bob Corker Secretary of Education- ??? Secretary of Veterans Affairs- Gov. Mike Huckabee Secretary of Homeland Defense- Stephen Hadley White House Chief of Staff- Renice Priebus National Security Adviser- Retired Lt General Mike Flynn White House Press Secretary- Kellyanne Conway Ivanka Trump is likely to be there somewhere. Apparently, she played a big role as his adviser during the campaign.....and in one of his interviews, he mentioned that some folks had made that suggestion. If played right, I'm betting that Ivanka Trump could become the first female US President. Edited November 10, 2016 by betsy Quote
Hal 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 22 minutes ago, betsy said: Ivanka Trump is likely to be there somewhere. Apparently, she played a big role as his adviser during the campaign.....and in one of his interviews, he mentioned that some folks had made that suggestion. If played right, I'm betting that Ivanka Trump could become the first female US President. I told my wife the exact same thing last night. However, in 4 years, the dems will likely play the female angle once again. Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
kimmy Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 I expect she'll want to stay clear of the Trump administration to preserve her clothing line's marketability. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Hal 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 BC has said there may be legal issues regarding family members, but I guarantee Ivanka will be visibly active somewhere. Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
Wilber Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Hal 9000 said: I told my wife the exact same thing last night. However, in 4 years, the dems will likely play the female angle once again. Why is a female running for President an "angle" to you? Just curious. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
segnosaur Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Trump's cabinet: - National Security Advisor: James Comey (Hey, Trump owes him!) - Attourney Genera: Judge Judy - Secretary of Education: Jeff Epstien (seems to know about children) - Secretary of health and human Services: Dr. Oz - White House Press secretary: Julian Assange - Secretary of the Treasury: Bernie Maddof (hey he must be a financial wiz! And he'd probably have some financial ideas that are right up Trump's alley) - White house chief of staff: Johm Miller Actually, Trump's preferred Cabinet: Secretary of State - Donald Trump Secretary of the Treasury - Donald J. Trump Secretary of Defense- D. J. Trump Attorney General- Trump, Donald Edited November 10, 2016 by segnosaur Quote
Hal 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 5 hours ago, Wilber said: Why is a female running for President an "angle" to you? Just curious. It's an angle for the democrats - haven't you been paying attention? Quote The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan I have said that the Western world is just as violent as the Islamic world - Dialamah Europe seems to excel at fooling people to immigrate there from the ME only to chew them up and spit them back. - Eyeball Unfortunately our policies have contributed to retarding and limiting their (Muslim's) society's natural progression towards the same enlightened state we take for granted. - Eyeball
Smallc Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 It was an angle for the GOP once too. Quote
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