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Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men. Robert Reich

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
16 Dec 2024, 22:20
#1
16 Dec 2024, 22:20#1

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/06/trump-cabinet-picks-robert-reich


All of Trump’s nominees are unprincipled enablers who are unlikely to push back when he makes reckless decisions

Fri 6 Dec 2024 11.00 GMT

The media has it all wrong about Trump’s picks for his administration. The conventional view is they’re “Trump loyalists” whom Trump “recruited”.

Rubbish.

First, they’re not loyalists; they’re subservient hacks.....................................

All knew that Trump liked to be fawned over. So they debased themselves by giving him gushing compliments.


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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
17 Dec 2024, 06:52
#2
17 Dec 2024, 06:52#2
No Blo... Trump has picked group of successful business people...the most succesful people. Tell me, did Musk get where he was by being a "yes man"? What about Vivek? What about Tulsi who literally left the Dems because she is not a "yes woman". The list goes on... Trump has picked a business heavy leadership group of people with proven track records for success and being true to their OWN BELIEFS and who have the confidence born of being INDEPENDENTLY SUCCESSFUL. And if anything, it shows that far from being the ego maniac that you guys would love to portray him as, he is someone that recognises the problem and knows that he doesn't have all the answers so he gets people around him who are independent thinkers and problem solvers. Another article of pure embarrassing cope.
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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
17 Dec 2024, 08:34
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17 Dec 2024, 08:34#3

To get embarrassed one has to have some self awareness which implies you have a level of intelligence that poor blobbrain clearly doesn't possess!

Here we have the most servile gimp who sucks up all the Globalist proaganda fed to him without a second thought. He has zero independence of mind and is a willing slave of people who want to rid the world of useless eaters like him. What a dummy! 

Bwahhaahahhahahahahahahaha how daft do you get, How utterly gullible.

Plum you can add in RFK Jr who bucked the demonrat establishment head on.  A man who has taken on huge Corporations and won.

Trump has chosen highly capable fighters. Trump and these fighters have beaten all the Globalist traitors have thrown at them.   

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 09:48
#4
17 Dec 2024, 09:48#4

No  BB

 Another ticle of the biggest B S spreader ever in te history of journalism.   They are orse than Herr Goebbels were and as Beria was under Stalin.

You know what ahppened to Beria?   After the death of Stalin  Beria saw himself a automaic successor - after all he onec told Stalin - "Show me a person and I will find the crime he is guilty of".   Anyway the other contenders smmoned Beria to a meeing i the Kremlin and ther they ad him arrested.     He wzs  then handed a loaded revolver and left alone in the room to think about his crimes and use it.   He waited for 20 minutes  befre he committed suicide.

Unfortnately BS spraders cannot be treatd like that and the Guardiann will remain a pest in how world media because brainwashed idiots believe what they come up with.    They hated truth and always lie.

What the picks want is a return to real demcoracy and not destruction of it that became the nrm under Biden.   What they want is stopping fruiless and corupt expenditure by both politicians and bureuxcrats and that is what they will strive for.  What precvail will be honest adminisration - while he crooks will be conicted for cimes they did commit.   

Tha is not what "lackeys" want - it is what the people of the USA want  and that is supposed to be the final arbiters of their own  believes.     Trump will not act against criminals  that is he responsibility of the Justice Department and FBI and he needed peope in tha positions that do not undermine law and order in he USA by being weaponized by Biden and Garland  against the  people of the USA who oppose dictatorial Government personified by Biden and Harris

So live with it    Over the enxt four years there wil be amssive growth in aupport in what the Republican Pary beleives in which the Communist and ultra-leftist terrorists like BLM and Antifa are all that would keep suppoting the DP.    The anwser is th USA citizens will decide how the Govenment should function - not the ultraleft Communists,   Ther i ne waythe DP can survive and that is sop hate=-spreadingand become centrist in their policies,    That is alrady causing thinking Demoocats like Kennedy and Garbabrd to become Trump nominees,   

Most people realize that bribery and corrup tion coupled to maladminisration and mindless policies are endamging the USA and that is where the DP problem is.       .  .           .

 

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
17 Dec 2024, 10:00
#5
17 Dec 2024, 10:00#5

And if anything, it shows that far from being the ego maniac that you guys would love to portray him as, he is someone that recognises the problem and knows that he doesn't have all the answers so he gets people around him who are independent thinkers and problem solvers.

Time will tell is all I'm saying at this point in time. 

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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
17 Dec 2024, 10:14
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17 Dec 2024, 10:14#6
Well if he's not an ego maniac he's got an odd way of showing it. Here are all the times he said nobody knows more about.
  • Campaign finance: "I think nobody knows more about campaign finance than I do, because I'm the biggest contributor." (1999.)
  • TV ratings: "I know more about people who get ratings than anyone." (October 2012.)
  • ISIS: "I know more about ISIS than the generals do." (November 2015.)
  • Social media: "I understand social media. I understand the power of Twitter. I understand the power of Facebook maybe better than almost anybody, based on my results, right?" (November 2015.)
  • Courts: "I know more about courts than any human being on Earth." (November 2015.)
  • Lawsuits: "[W]ho knows more about lawsuits than I do? I'm the king." (January 2016.)
  • Politicians: "I understand politicians better than anybody."
  • The visa system: "[N]obody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. ... Nobody else on this dais knows how to change it like I do, believe me." (March 2016.)
  • Trade: "Nobody knows more about trade than me." (March 2016.)
  • The U.S. government system: "[N]obody knows the system better than I do." (April 2016.)
  • Renewable energy: "I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth." (April 2016.)
  • Taxes: "I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world." (May 2016.)
  • Debt: "I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me." (June 2016.)
  • Money: "I understand money better than anybody." (June 2016.)
  • Infrastructure: "[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump." (July 2016.)
  • Sen. Cory Booker: "I know more about Cory than he knows about himself." (July 2016.)
  • Borders: Trump said in 2016 that Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was endorsing him for president because "you know more about this stuff than anybody."
  • Democrats: "I think I know more about the other side than almost anybody." (November 2016.)
  • Construction: "[N]obody knows more about construction than I do." (May 2018.)
  • The economy: "I think I know about it better than [the Federal Reserve]." (October 2018.)
  • Technology: "Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me." (December 2018.)
  • Drones: "I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have." (January 2019.)
  • Drone technology: "Having a drone fly overhead — and I think nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology certainly, than I do." (January 2019.)

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 10:46
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17 Dec 2024, 10:46#7

He was by meaning more than I do when compairing the BStes comprising the ultra-corrupt DP and the fake media knows.

Let em refer to the las drone saga when the BSters in the Defnse Force clai they do not know what te housands of done sightings mean?  They are liars  because tey nw exactly wha is ahppening and what the Defense  Force involvement in it is.   

The answer is what is th aim of the DP and DOD is in respect of h housands of drones seen by people    Is it going to terrorism as feared by millions of people since it is lied about by yhe D OD/  Ther are aready Terrorist threats iro Trump nominees .where te FBI not ant the origins of  the threas and arrest peope who made the threats.  Are the rogues and .criminals inside he FBI and DOD going to try and promee terrorist attacks on people who oppose thier present leadership.

That will only become clearer when people involved in more terrorist attacks on TrumpVance nd te popel TRump nominated actually happen - and is encaptures is in  phase " as sure as God made littl green apples".   That is when teroristatacks on Trump, Vance and nominees ar attacked ny terrorists,  

   .           .   .    

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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
17 Dec 2024, 11:14
#8
17 Dec 2024, 11:14#8

Nobody cares what you say at any point, Denise.

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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
17 Dec 2024, 11:17
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17 Dec 2024, 11:17#9

Hey Star...guess who is known known for saying all of these...

  1. “I will never force anyone to do something I would not do myself.”

    • Appears to reflect leadership by example.
  2. “The man who has no sense of history is like a man who has no ears or eyes.”

    • Encourages understanding and respect for history.
  3. “Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”

    • Highlights resilience in the face of failure.
  4. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

    • Encourages focus on strengths and action.
  5. “To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.”

    • While manipulative in his context, it could appear as a commentary on empowering people.
  6. “The art of leadership consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.”

    • Taken at face value, it seems to emphasize unity and focus under leadership.
  7. “Those who are not willing to fight for their freedom do not deserve it.”

    • Could sound noble as a call to defend liberty.
  8. “The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.”

    • Without the context of his ideology, this might sound like a motivational quote about not compromising personal excellence.
  9. “What luck for rulers that men do not think.”

    • Seems like a warning about critical thinking and blind obedience.
  10. “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”

  • Could be seen as a call to inspire and educate younger generations.



    HITLER...

So tell me, what is this an exercise in?
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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
17 Dec 2024, 11:30
#10
17 Dec 2024, 11:30#10

Nobody cares what you say at any point, Denise.

'I can't stand ou Dentsie.'

Sounds like an awful amount of care in that....

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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
17 Dec 2024, 11:39
#11
17 Dec 2024, 11:39#11
So tell me what is this an exercise in?
You trying to create a distraction. Also at least 2 of those quotes are false.


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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 12:09
#12
17 Dec 2024, 12:09#12

No need to create a distraction - what you wrote is total garbage. and it remains garbage,   You refer to drones and I enlarge on the drone crisis in the USA at present.    The Biden Administration claims they do not know what caused te plague.   The DOD claims they do not know what is happenming - but it does not entail danger to the people.   If they do not know what is happening - how the hell do they know it is not dangerous,?

What is clear as the drone system is being used by the DOD and FBI and that is not dangerous because it is a cover-up for what is really being planned by them is an upcoming terrorist attack that they could blame on Russia  so as to start WW3.   That is why the claim what is happening is  not dangerous because it  entails internal terrorism by traitors in the USA that is looking for a way to sidetrack their own involvment in it.

Wh at is really going to happen is the DOD, FBI and CIA know what the objectives of the attacks will be  coming and they know who they are going to blame for the atacks.    Nobody can trust the corrupt scum that are  running and ruining the USA at present.

         

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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
17 Dec 2024, 15:58
#13
17 Dec 2024, 15:58#13
Lol Star...you trying to distract from the fact that Trump chose a group of very strong personalities for his cabinet...which is contrary to what an ego maniac would do and is about as far from surrounding yourself with "yes men" as is possible.
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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
17 Dec 2024, 16:28
#14
17 Dec 2024, 16:28#14
We have years worth of evidence that Trump is incredible vain and an ego maniac. He's picked people that are strongly ideologically aligned with him, not for their competency. If you think RFK Junior should be anywhere near the health department your insane.

The cardinal rule for all of them working for Trump is that they can do and say pretty much absolutely anything they want, but the one thing they can't do is up stage Trump, if they do will be out on their asses lickety-split. That's why I think there is a very good chance Trump and Musk will fall out, because Elon's ego is just as large as Trump' s.



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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 16:33
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17 Dec 2024, 16:33#15

By the way the US A Federal Government has no idea about financial management and the country is in chaos from a financial perspective.

I can give you a list of Government  Departments were there are chaotic finaincial management ending in huge mismanagement,   I will sick to 4 examples:-

*    In ee Energy Department there were $283 billion spent the audit revealed that nobd y knows what the money  was spen on.  

*    Since 2003 the books of the DOD was nt audited and  lat year the Republicans demanded tat auditing started or they will not provid any further money,    

*    I the navy money was made available for construcion of 2 new nuclear powered sbmaines each capable of carrying  16 nuckear rockets    The authority was gicven  construct two submarines in 2019 and they wee completed .   Frm  2021 to dte here ws one submaie completed by he one fo 2 such submarines per  year vanised from sight.     Aside from that money was made available  for maintenance f existing submarines - but at this stage 20 of the 60 sbmarines are awaiting mantenance programs - but ose are not attented to and nobody knows what happened to the money,

*     The same hing happened in the case of he Airr Force where delivey of planes hve stared but h price which the producers waned for the planes and agreed o sell a was S2,18 billion pe plane,    Trump told te producers ho wanted $2,3 Billion   lane that if h finds out tei were bribery involved he would see that the company ad th staff involved would be charged in Court  - amoun deducted by Trump was h standard  fee of 15%  to cover routine kick-backs to officials and olitcins.   Th amount paid per plabne went back to the original quote of he coompany, so the bribey and coruption is back in full force.

*     The US Government is noted for being  controlled by incompetent politcianho ave no ida abou busiess management,     Beside hat 90% of the Fedeal Public servants have not been  at their ffices for more tan 3 years,   It is claimed ht working from homes the public servants nee secretarial support - which include bubble bath paticipants,     

Trump decided he had enough from the shit and decided that Government Departments should be run on private business management principles and he acted on introducing DOGE  to look at all Goverment Deprtments of he Federal Gvernment and cu out te waaasteand briebery and coruption in Departments,   

He also appointed Secretaries who in te main have  strong management credentials and you would find too some people that would deal with bribery and coruption irrespectov of who is invovled,

That is why top business execuives like Zukerberg and Bezos  as well as scores of others are now rushing to support Trump.   They suffe under  regime bribery and coruption was out of conmtrol as well.

I have been a public sant fo ll my career and always promoted privatization of services where public service incompetnce caued huge losses by Governmnt.   That is why I believe Trump's nominees are spot on and will improve servnt delivey 100%.    I will cause adowward tend in taxation and a downward trend in inflation,    Tt is wh a number of DP Senaors and House members are rushing in to help DOGE to deal with what they identified  temselves is BS.

 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 18:30
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17 Dec 2024, 18:30#16

Stav and others

You moan about the Trump nominees - but neve conside the Biden nominees,   They were so bad and so incompetent and even crooked that  the House voted to reduce their salaries to $1 a  year,   based on the fact tha tey deserve nothing in remuneration at all.   The three were -

Secretarary of Homeland Security  -  Mayorkas

Secretary of  Defense                      -   Austin

Secretary of   Transport                   -   Butigieg

The Secretaries are Heads of Departments and the above indicates they fucked up royally in their positions.   I CANNOT REMEMBER ANY OF YOU LOT COMPLAINING ABOUT BIDEN'S IDIOTIC NOMINEES,    

       

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
17 Dec 2024, 19:54
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17 Dec 2024, 19:54#17

Donald Trump surrounding himself in the White House with billionaires and cable news pundits that sing his praises on national TV portends an agenda that will serve himself and wealthy, well-connected special interests – while working people get tuned out."

Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
17 Dec 2024, 19:57
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17 Dec 2024, 19:57#18

Roundup of Fox News Hosts and Contributors President-Elect Trump Has Chosen for Top Administration Positions: 

  • Sean Duffy, Trump’s pick for Transportation Secretary, is co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business and joined Fox News as a contributor in 2020. Duffy was swept into Congress as part of 2010’s “Tea Party wave.”
  • Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick for Surgeon General, is a doctor and Fox News contributor. She is one of the directors of an urgent care center company, CityMD, that was recently accused of COVID fraud and agreed to pay over $12 million to settle the allegations brought by the DOJ.
  • Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, had a talk show on Fox News called Huckabee from 2008 to 2015. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, has been staunchly pro-Israel throughout his career.
  • Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice for Director of National Intelligence, has appeared frequently on Fox News and has filled in as host for Tucker Carlson Tonight. Gabbard is a veteran and former Representative of Hawaii. Her nomination raises many national security concerns.
  • Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s pick for senior director for counterterrorism, was a Fox News contributor from 2017 to 2019. Gorka “joined the network as a national security strategist in November 2017” but did not renew his contract in 2019. After not renewing his contract, the far-right commentator said he would continue to appear on Fox News occasionally.
  • Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s pick for White House press secretary and the youngest person tapped for the position, interned at Fox News while in school. She “also served in the White House press office during the first Trump administration.”

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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
17 Dec 2024, 21:52
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17 Dec 2024, 21:52#19
Dana White and Trump have been pals for years. A guy that deals with all sorts of wild personalities and has done so much business with so many people, rates Trump as a stand up guy. The amount of people that talk about Trump remembering small details from the briefest encounters, is very long. People that meet him for five minutes and years later when they meet again he asks them questions about the topic they discussed in their first brief meeting. Small things about family or a problem the person was having. You guys love to paint Trump as some disgusting arrogant guy... But so many people, that have actually met him, say the complete opposite. So you can believe all these activists that call themselves journalists if you want. But I'll take my direction from the accounts of real people with no agenda and nothing to gain. And Stav, for heavens sake, if I say "Nobody knows more about (insert topic here) than me...", you know it's used as a figure of speech? But sure, Trump actually wanted people to inject bleach and yes, of course Trump thinks he knows more about economics than economists. I bet if Trump said that nobody loves Xmas more than he does, you'd probably think that Trump honestly believes he loves Xmas more than a 5 year-old kid that knows he's about to get exact present he asked for. It's very weird seeing TDS from the outside. You guys can't see it, because you are right in it. But I promise you, it looks weird AF. Also, why on earth should Elon not have a massive ego? I mean, if he can't have one then who can? He's loved, successful, hyper intelligent and is actually changing the world. What did you do today? I think that in the end it's just super embarrassing for you chaps. You bought all the BS because you wanted to be trendy and jump on the Trump hate bandwagon. But that wagon took you so far down the road, and you posted so much shit the process, that there is no way you can turn back now. Even when it's obvious that you were to. There's actually a very easy test for TDS. Yep, you guessed it...the bleach test. It goes like this... Do you actually believe that Trump thought injecting bleach was a remedy for COVID? If the answer to that question is "Yes"...then you suffer from TDS. Why? Well, do you know a single person, just one, that would ever inject bleach into themselves? I don't. And nobody that I know knows anybody that would think it's a good idea. But you've convinced yourself that a guy that has done business in an extremely competitive, difficult to navigate and highly regulated environment, and managed to become the US president, actually believes injecting bleach is some kind of remedy. You've suspended all logic in order keep believing what you believe. ...all I'm saying is, don't ever make fun of religious people again, okay ;)
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 Dec 2024, 23:44
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17 Dec 2024, 23:44#20

BB

  • Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, is a former Fox News host. Hegseth has a history of defending the January 6th insurrectionists and denying the results of the 2020 election. He is also a climate denialist and has made transphobic and sexist comments in the past.
  • Was just a  poorly manage popaganda stunt subsequeently proofed by the House investigation as well as the publication of the Securtity camera

    Sean Duffy, Trump’s pick for Transportation Secretary, is co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business and joined Fox News as a contributor in 2020. Duffy was swept into Congress as part of 2010’s “Tea Party wave.”

    At lrsst he did soething in life - his predecessor di ero when he was  Secretary of Transport and the Houe apprvd that his saly be reduced to $1pe year.  A  uge disgrac he sahres with two cole agues

    Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice for Director of National Intelligence, has appeared frequently on Fox News and has filled in as host for Tucker Carlson Tonight. Gabbard is a veteran and former Representative of Hawaii. Her nomination raises many national security concerns.

    She wa a house member for the Democrats who foud  up the Paty is anyting  but democraic and controled by Gates and Soros.   left  D P nd she is beter qualified than a;; Biden's nominees combindd.   She is not a traitor like her predecessor was. 

    It is NOT a SIN to comtribute to Fox News - at least they are a news agency and not a BS spreader like  the Guardian is,    Fox News also had  Democrat Particiants and commentators,   That is a hell of a lot bettre than your media sources,   They only have brainwashed idiots who suck news strories from the cocks of their partners,    

     

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
18 Dec 2024, 00:20
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18 Dec 2024, 00:20#21
ouMaaikZ, if counting sheep doesn't help with your insomnia then start counting conversions with Naas in the starring role. But, make sure all the kicks go over ............... striking the poles can lead to an instant resumption in play creating multiple scenarios which will subsequently endanger any slumber opportunities.
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