President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Chuckling at the use of the word "broad" there ...

 

A new broad role?

 

A President Without an Administration

In the weeks after the election, Trump made a show of naming members of his Cabinet in rapid succession, giving the impression that his transition was proceeding speedily, faster even than many people expected after such a shocking result on November 8. But the slew of nominations obscured an important detail: Trump’s team had done little or no vetting of those appointees before or immediately after the election, as the Obama transition had done. Potential picks were rarely asked to submit information for a standard FBI background check or financial documents needed for disclosure requirements and an ethics agreement. That meant that a process that takes weeks or even months did not begin until late November or December in some cases.

And for Trump, there’s another complication: His Cabinet is stacked with wealthy executives whose vast and complex financial portfolios must be combed for potential business conflicts and then untangled before they receive Senate confirmation hearings. They include Rex Tillerson, the Exxon Mobil CEO nominated to be secretary of state; Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary; Andrew Puzder for labor secretary; Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary; and Betsy DeVos as education secretary.

 

Must they? Trump could argue, perhaps justifiably, that people don't care about any of that, or they wouldn't have voted him in.

 

"New Episodes". LOL.

Has anyone told Keith that this "show" he's doing from his spare bedroom isn't being watched by anyone?

Does he know it's not actually broadcast anywhere?

 

Please, you're waiting with bated breath.

 

That's WAY more hall-of-fame than any altered Journey lyrics could be ...

 

George W. Bush and Bill (and Hillary) Clinton to attend Trump's inauguration.

 

She'll be irrelevant soon.

A daytime show, and a Sunday night show? Neither will get ratings, and both will get cancelled.

FOX News meanwhile will hum right along like nothing happened.

She'll end up doing a couple of specials a year.

 

As far as I know, they're required for any nominee to even get out of committee.

Guess what else is required -- an endorsement from the Office of Government Ethics. Hmm.

 

Why?