Trump47 Cabinet Picks & First 100 Days Agenda

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farce© said:
“The real purpose of Donald Trump’s controversial, unqualified Cabinet picks is to allow the president-elect to recreate an “imperial presidency” in which he has complete and total control, legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki on Monday.

Trump wants to utterly destroy the system of government and is essentially saying with his inexperienced Cabinet choices ― such as Fox News’ Pete Hegseth for defense secretary ― that, “I can do whatever I want, it’s up to me alone,” explained Woodward.

“Having written three books on Trump, spent hours with him, the goal is to give him all the say, all the power,” the veteran journalist suggested.

The “check engine light has just gone off and we’ve pulled into the wrong store,” Woodward concluded. “It makes no sense and it’s a form of giving his middle finger to the American people.”
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Comments like that one by Woodward are ones that I think may not really be helpful at this point. Like, if you say Trump is going to make himself emperor, then anything short of that will feel not that bad. Save the outrage for when he actually does the imperial shit. I really think that's part of the problem with how voters reacted to the last Trump presidency - until COVID it really felt like things were business as usual, when liberals were all doom and gloom about how Trump was going to be a dictator. (Of course it's absurd that people just basically choose to forget COVID and J6, but, well, we can't really fix that at this point.)
 
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uncjhodges said:
This just pisses me off. Of course that is that case. But where were these stories/journalists/companies pre election?
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To be fair there were numerous stories pre-election about the fact that tariffs would raise prices. But no one should be surprised that a company like Wal-Mart wouldn't speak out against a Trump presidency during the election.
 
rodoheel said:
To be fair there were numerous stories pre-election about the fact that tariffs would raise prices. But no one should be surprised that a company like Wal-Mart wouldn't speak out against a Trump presidency during the election.
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Then they should keep their yaps shut after the fact.
 
rodoheel said:
Comments like that one by Jen Psaki are ones that I think may not really be helpful at this point. Like, if you say Trump is going to make himself emperor, then anything short of that will feel not that bad. Save the outrage for when he actually does the imperial shit. I really think that's part of the problem with how voters reacted to the last Trump presidency - until COVID it really felt like things were business as usual, when liberals were all doom and gloom about how Trump was going to be a dictator. (Of course it's absurd that people just basically choose to forget COVID and J6, but, well, we can't really fix that at this point.)
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I don’t think any of those quotes was attributed to Psaki, but I agree with the point about “worst case scenario” talk. It sets the lowest bar possible, on every front. He could clear every one of them and still cause immense harm, but the table is set for MAGA to say “see, he wasn’t that bad.”
 
BlooVooDoo said:
I don’t think any of those quotes was attributed to Psaki, but I agree with the point about “worst case scenario” talk. It sets the lowest bar possible, on every front. He could clear every one of them and still cause immense harm, but the table is set for MAGA to say “see, he wasn’t that bad.”
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You're right, it was Woodward to Psaki, I've corrected.
 
farce© said:
The real purpose of Donald Trump’s controversial, unqualified Cabinet picks is to allow the president-elect to recreate an “imperial presidency”
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This reminds me of when folks got shouted down for “overreacting” to ttump’s 2016 win - then hundreds of thousands of Americans died as a result. Lots of folks, with not particularly sophisticated understandings of history and human psychology, have been saying ttump and the GQP are fascists, with the intent of cementing authoritarianism in 2025.

Lots of folks continue to be blinded by the inculcation of some mythological American exceptionalism.
 
CFordUNC said:


There is not one single Democrat nor one single liberal in existence who has as much disdain for Trump voters than Donald Trump himself.
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I'm old enough to remember Pubs running to "fix inflation" all the way back in the 2022 midterms. Of course they did no such thing and, in fact, attempted to obstruct every effort the Biden administration made to curb inflation.

As far as Trump "fixing" inflation when he takes office, it's already been fixed. Inflation has returned to normal levels. The dumb dumbs expecting prices to return to pre-pandemic levels don't understand how inflation works and are going to be very disappointed, especially if Trump executes his inflationary plans of mass tarrifs and deportations.
 
uncjhodges said:
This just pisses me off. Of course that is that case. But where were these stories/journalists/companies pre election?
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Why would companies like Wal-Mart have been ringing the bell before the election? They WANT prices to go up. It gives them cover for that extra 20% they add on top of the tariffs that goes straight to the bottom line.
 
I have another theory on why Trump’s picks are so bad. I think he seriously wants to shrink the size of the federal government and do so in a way that favors loyalists. He may be counting on a significant number of DOJ and DHS employees resigning in frustration.

I hope that most who consider it try to stick around.
 
Looks like Pete is getting replaced with a former MTV Real World personality/Fox Businesses co-host, but at least he has some experience in politics (US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019). It wouldn't surprise me if Trump saw that Sean's Real World/Fox News alumni wife was badly injured in a car accident and thought that made him qualified to be Transportation Secretary.

Trump picks former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as next Transportation secretary​


https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary/index.html

President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday he has selected former congressman and recent Fox Business co-host Sean Duffy to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Transportation.

Duffy served in the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. He most recently was co-host of Fox Business’ “The Bottom Line,” after first joining Fox News as a contributor in 2020.

Duffy’s last day as a Fox News employee was Monday, a network spokesperson confirmed to CNN. Wednesday marked his last day appearing on Fox Business, and he interviewed for the role of transportation secretary later in the week, according to a source.

Trump in a statement praised Duffy as a “tremendous and well-liked public servant” and said he was “a respected voice and communicator in the Republican Conference” during his time in Congress.

“He will prioritize Excellence, Competence, Competitiveness and Beauty when rebuilding America’s highways, tunnels, bridges and airports. He will ensure our ports and dams serve our Economy without compromising our National Security, and he will make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers,” Trump said.

Duffy, who served as chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and on the House Committee on Financial Services during his time in Congress, has little to no experience in the transportation field.

If confirmed by the Senate, he would oversee projects that involve companies run by Elon Musk, a close Trump ally who has been tapped by the president-elect to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency. Musk’s companies have billions of dollars in contracts with the federal government across a number of agencies, including the Department of Transportation.
 
lawtig02 said:
Why would companies like Wal-Mart have been ringing the bell before the election? They WANT prices to go up. It gives them cover for that extra 20% they add on top of the tariffs that goes straight to the bottom line.
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Well, in this particular case, the CFO's comments were part of earnings guidance. This wasn't some corporate messaging strategy. It's just investor relations.
 
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