White House Survivor

alfaniner said:
If one thing comes out of this it will hopefully be the ability of pundits to pronounce "Rosenstein" correctly. (ends like "Frankenstein".)
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Yes, though everyone pronounces Weinstein like " weinstien" for some reason.
 
Well now,

Mr. Rosenstein has managed to dodg the Trump ax (at least for now):

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-attacks-on-kavanaugh-a-hoax/

Trump calls attacks on Kavanaugh a "hoax"

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The president also said he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who accompanied him to Orlando. Mr. Trump told reporters he has a "very good relationship" with Rosenstein, aside from the Russia investigation.

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Trebuchet said:
Who'd want to be UN Ambassador with noted UN-hater John Bolton in the White House?
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Oh heck!

I will take her job. After all, it probably pays about $150,000 per year plus expenses.

I will just milk it along for a year or two until Trump gets impeached or Trump fires me, and by then I will have my house paid off so that I can retire.
 
Trebuchet said:
Who'd want to be UN Ambassador with noted UN-hater John Bolton in the White House?
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Given the Trump management style of ignoring or actively denigrating positions that are "not in their political interest", they will likely just leave the position of US Ambassador to the UN vacant now.

As you say, they are actively opposed or at least could not care less about the UN as a concept. Just as they are with a whole lot of other government departments like State, or Education. So if they can ignore the whole thing, they will. Expect either some clueless flunky or nobody (much the same thing) to fill the vacancy.
 
Crossbow said:
Oh heck!

I will take her job. After all, it probably pays about $150,000 per year plus expenses.

I will just milk it along for a year or two until Trump gets impeached or Trump fires me, and by then I will have my house paid off so that I can retire.
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You'd have to live in NYC. Fine for many people, obviously, but not for me.
 
Crossbow said:
Oh heck!

I will take her job. After all, it probably pays about $150,000 per year plus expenses.

I will just milk it along for a year or two until Trump gets impeached or Trump fires me, and by then I will have my house paid off so that I can retire.
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Her base salary is $187,000. In addition, she resides in her official residence, a suite of rooms in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel provided rent free to her. She has representational funds and can use that money to pay for household staff but only to support "representational" functions. For instance, she can't hire a nanny for her kids but if she hosts an official function she can hire a nanny to watch the kids of her guests.
 
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Nikki Haley: the latest Trump enabler to ruin her shot at redemption

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/09/nikki-haley-trump-un-reputation

[blockquote] Nikki Haley wants you to know that she’s not quitting her awesome, once-in-a-lifetime job to spend more time with her family.

This is a rare thing among those permanently rising stars in the Republican party who just happen to announce their departures ahead of the expected train wreck of the midterm elections next month.

Paul Ryan, the outgoing House speaker, is leaving his awesome job because he honestly, truly wants to hang out with his own teenagers.[/blockquote]
 
TheSupermeerkat said:
Nikki Haley: the latest Trump enabler to ruin her shot at redemption
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Haley 2024! :thumbsup:

...but seriously if the GOP ever decides to go back to doing traditional conservatism instead of playing the politics of Know NothingWP isolationism & white Christian grievance, I think she has a good shot at becoming the U.S. version of Margaret Thatcher.
 
d4m10n said:
Haley 2024! :thumbsup:

...but seriously if the GOP ever decides to go back to doing traditional conservatism instead of playing the politics of Know NothingWP isolationism & white Christian grievance, I think she has a good shot at becoming the U.S. version of Margaret Thatcher.
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I think she may be positioning herself for a run in 2020, should Trump for any reason not run (impeachment, resignation, death, illness). I think she'll be true to her word if Trump does run for re-election, but she's ready to try to salvage the mess that the GOP has become if he doesn't.
 
CORed said:
I think she'll be true to her word if Trump does run for re-election, but she's ready to try to salvage the mess that the GOP has become if he doesn't.
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How exactly do you mean 'salvage the mess the GOP has become'?

Do you mean lead them to election victory? That may be possible (although i have no idea of how good a campaigner she is).

Or do you mean "fix the underlying problems with the GOP, getting rid of the incompetence, extreme partisanship and evangelical/tea party influence"? If its the latter, what makes you think she'd have that ability? She seemed to be quite happy living in the swamp that is Trump's administration, and seems quite eager to support him. Looks like she's just as much of a scumbag as all the other republicans.
 
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