Trump47 Cabinet Picks & First 100 Days Agenda

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Even now, Trump has skirted the conventional transition process and refused to sign ethics agreements that would allow his campaign to begin working with the Biden administration on the handoff, a process that typically starts six months before the election. The holdup stems from Trump’s deep mistrust of federal agencies, certainly those not run by his own loyalists. This means his team has not had to disclose donors to his transition process but has also been blocked from national security briefings and from receiving millions of dollars in funding to aid the transition.

As the struggle over the wording in the agreements has become protracted, resulting in the missing of key deadlines, Trump’s aides are unable to obtain security clearances. (Some have floated conducting their own without the FBI.)

… Trump has a raft of executive orders, policy papers and regulation reversals ready to go as soon as he’s inaugurated, two sources familiar with the plan have said.

As they look to staff the new administration, Trump and his aides have made clear they are seeking loyalty above all else, stung by the high-level appointees that turned on Trump from the last administration. Trump has pointed to his personnel decisions as perhaps the biggest mistakes of his first presidency. …”
 
nycfan said:


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Even now, Trump has skirted the conventional transition process and refused to sign ethics agreements that would allow his campaign to begin working with the Biden administration on the handoff, a process that typically starts six months before the election. The holdup stems from Trump’s deep mistrust of federal agencies, certainly those not run by his own loyalists. This means his team has not had to disclose donors to his transition process but has also been blocked from national security briefings and from receiving millions of dollars in funding to aid the transition.

As the struggle over the wording in the agreements has become protracted, resulting in the missing of key deadlines, Trump’s aides are unable to obtain security clearances. (Some have floated conducting their own without the FBI.)

… Trump has a raft of executive orders, policy papers and regulation reversals ready to go as soon as he’s inaugurated, two sources familiar with the plan have said.

As they look to staff the new administration, Trump and his aides have made clear they are seeking loyalty above all else, stung by the high-level appointees that turned on Trump from the last administration. Trump has pointed to his personnel decisions as perhaps the biggest mistakes of his first presidency. …”
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That would make more sense if Republicans didn't control the Senate. But in any event, it's not surprising. One constant of Trump and those around him is the desire to consolidate power in the President's hands and make both Congress and the administrative state increasingly irrelevant.
 
As we've seen from his last administration, all it takes to be dismissed from the Trump administration is to disagree with the boss. "You're fired" is the order of the day for anyone who attempts to help guide his decisions. His cabinet will be filled with donors and toadies.
 
rodoheel said:
That would make more sense if Republicans didn't control the Senate. But in any event, it's not surprising. One constant of Trump and those around him is the desire to consolidate power in the President's hands and make both Congress and the administrative state increasingly irrelevant.
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Looking like their Senate majority will be slimmer than we thought last night. I would anticipate some more controversial nominees failing to pass muster, though we’ve put our faith in Murkowski and Collins too many times before and been burned to rely on that.
 
Is the Feeble turtle going to give up his presumed Senate Majority Seat? Did he say he would ??
 
Paine said:
Looking like their Senate majority will be slimmer than we thought last night. I would anticipate some more controversial nominees failing to pass muster, though we’ve put our faith in Murkowski and Collins too many times before and been burned to rely on that.
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Even if Slotkin and Gallego win, they have a 2-seat cushion already, so they need someone else with Murkowski and Collins to block anything.
 
mpaer said:
Is the Feeble turtle going to give up his presumed Senate Majority Seat? Did he say he would ??
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Yes he said he would. The internal GOP Senate campaign for the spot started months ago.
 
Callatoroy said:
You think the vaccines are going to be banned?
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No they won’t be banned. They will not be mandated for public schools and we will fall below the herd immunity threshold and will have regular outbreaks, Probably starting with measles. It’s already been getting increasingly difficult to get people vaccinated and that’s before we put rfk in a seat of authority
 
UNCBAdookJD said:
Probably not outright (except maybe the COVID vaccine), but I definitely suspect they will ban mandated vaccines for children at school and mess with the recommended vaccine schedules for kids.
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Aren't school vaccine requirements all imposed at the state level?
 
Calheel said:
Aren't school vaccine requirements all imposed at the state level?
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Yes, typically. But put a vaccine skeptic in charge when republicans have a “mandate” and i’m sure a lot of republican states will follow. Some diseases like measles need a large percentage (like 90-95+% vaccinated) for herd immunity
 
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