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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment​


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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he can "absolutely" guarantee the deregulatory actions announced last month won't have an adverse impact on people and the environment.
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"When the American public went to vote last November, they were talking about economic concerns, about struggling to make ends meet," Zeldin added. "What we've also heard are the costs of compliance, which amount into the trillions and what that does to the American economy as well."
 


Lee Zeldin and Trump’s “reformed” EPA are fine with this as long as American companies are responsible …
 

‘Bonkers crazypants’: American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts​

A purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.


“… Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports of the document as “fake news,” but the jitters underscored how alarmed many are about the lengths the Trump administration will go to to reshape the State Department as part of a so-called efficiency drive.

… Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.”

The diplomat added: “There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.” …”
 
nycfan said:

‘Bonkers crazypants’: American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts​

A purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.


“… Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports of the document as “fake news,” but the jitters underscored how alarmed many are about the lengths the Trump administration will go to to reshape the State Department as part of a so-called efficiency drive.

… Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.”

The diplomat added: “There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.” …”
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“There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.”

This seems like an outstanding opening sentence for the definitive history of the Trump years.

ETA -- Although this would be equally true -- "You could give one drunk money a broken typewriter and he would almost certainly come up with something better than this."
 
nycfan said:

‘Bonkers crazypants’: American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts​

A purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.


“… Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports of the document as “fake news,” but the jitters underscored how alarmed many are about the lengths the Trump administration will go to to reshape the State Department as part of a so-called efficiency drive.

… Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.”

The diplomat added: “There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.” …”
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“Trump’s Director of Homeland Security fails to secure bag” ... you can't make this stuff up!

 
nycfan said:

‘Bonkers crazypants’: American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts​

A purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.


“… Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports of the document as “fake news,” but the jitters underscored how alarmed many are about the lengths the Trump administration will go to to reshape the State Department as part of a so-called efficiency drive.

… Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.”

The diplomat added: “There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.” …”
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That's the name of my next cat.
 
lawtig02 said:
While I don't have a huge conceptual problem with this, it seems strange for a man who less than two weeks ago dodged the dignified transfer ceremony for US soldiers who died abroad in order to attend the Saudi Golf League tournament at his resort in south Florida.
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He didn't write that. Scene in the WH

Staffer: Maybe we should show some respect to the Catholics after Vance messed it up
Trump: Why?
Staffer: So the next pope isn't anti-Trump
Trump: Do I have to do anything?
Staffer: Not if you let me tweet the announcement
Trump: Then OK. Whatever. You're blocking the TV and it's my favorite part of Fox and Friends.
 
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