Trump's Second Term

[Orphia Nay]

General thread.

To kick off, a list of appointees to key positions, notable for their loyalty to Trump.

Trump's picks for key positions in his second administration

Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his administration, putting an emphasis on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the campaign.

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[Athyrio]

For some reason in my mind I keep seeing Musk as Trump’s Albert Speer.

 

[TragicMonkey]

For some reason in my mind I keep seeing Musk as Trump’s Albert Speer.

I'm thinking more of Sejanus to Trump's Tiberius.

 

[dudalb]

For some reason in my mind I keep seeing Musk as Trump’s Albert Speer.

Not a good comparasion, gvien the history of Speer.
Of course, I think the two will part their ways before too long.
Trump;s has decided to continue his campaign against electric cars. SO if Musk was hoping to get concessions from Trump, he has failed.
Allhe has gotten is a unpaid job writing a report that will probably be ignored.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Given that Trump always had a massive turnover rate of people around him ... who will be the replacement, given that his current picks are already the worst of the worst?

Maybe Trump will end up running all the Agencies himself.

 

[dudalb]

Secretary of Agriculture - Clive Bundy
Secretary of Transportation - Sam Mullet

Nah, BUndy is a has been.

I'm thinking more of Sejanus to Trump's Tiberius.

Or Thomas Cromwell to Trump's Henry the Eight.
In the end, there is only room for one Boss Alpha Male.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Who's betting Trump tries to make Truth Social the official White House announcement platform?

 

[miatasport99]

Who's betting Trump tries to make Truth Social the official White House announcement platform?

That seems almost certain now that I think about it.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
-Oscar Wilde

Musk will need another trillion for his Dodge department to figure out how to save money

 

[Andy_Ross]

Not a good comparasion, gvien the history of Speer.
Of course, I think the two will part their ways before too long.
Trump;s has decided to continue his campaign against electric cars. SO if Musk was hoping to get concessions from Trump, he has failed.
Allhe has gotten is a unpaid job writing a report that will probably be ignored.

He's exactly like Speer.

A mercenary opportunist.

In a couple of years time he will write a book 'Inside The Trump Administration'It will be a self serving whitewash that absolves himself of any responsibility.

 

[Mike!]

Rather than putting together a kick-ass team to tackle problems he's decided a kiss-ass team would be more effective for his agenda. .

 

[Norman Alexander]

Anyone want to bet if anyone gets fired from their new assignment before the inauguration?

 

[a_unique_person]

Joe Manchin is suddenly going to allow Biden to confirm a whole bunch of judges before the end of the Senate session. Manchin has looked into the abyss and realised that he's been abetting a crime.

MSN

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

For some reason in my mind I keep seeing Musk as Trump’s Albert Speer.

What, a kind of incompetent boob who managed to trick the world into thinking he was a competent apolitical tecnocrat who curbed the worst excesses as best he could?

Galaxy Brain is the former, but I don't think he could pull off the latter, except to his groupies.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Who's betting Trump tries to make Truth Social the official White House announcement platform?

That seems almost certain now that I think about it.

In fact, I'm sure I've seen screenshots from Trooth Social from Trump with White House "letterhead".

I don't think he's even waiting to make it official. Like everything, he just goes ahead and does it, and thinks the repercussions will never catch up with him.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Better watch out all you foreign hoax types, Elon says

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

There will be consequences for those who pushed foreign interference hoaxes.

The Hammer of Justice is coming.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Better watch out all you foreign hoax types, Elon says

Trolling, hoping to make waves on his failing platform

 

[TragicMonkey]

Better watch out all you foreign hoax types, Elon says

Says the South African con artist.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Trolling, hoping to make waves on his failing platform

Yeah, remember when people said that about Dump in 2016? 'Oh, he's just trolling, he'll become more mature once he's in the Oval Office, he's got good people around him, give him a chance! What's the worst thing that could happen, that a million Americans die?'. Yeah, no. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

 

[esquel]

Anyone want to make a bingo card for all the ◊◊◊◊◊◊* crazy stuff that will be happening in the next few months around the next Presidency?