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Trump Hiring Practices

BobTheCoward said:
2? I bet the Truman and the Eisenhower administrations had way more domestic abusers in them than this current administration. And I can't imagine how bad it was during the Millard Fillmore administration.
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Who knows ? Spousal abuse likely wouldn't even have caused much in the way of comment back then - then again I may be being unfair to people in the past.

Suffice it to say that we now live in an age where physically assaulting a spouse is, in general, a career constraining move - and I'm glad that we do.
 
You know, I almost forgot this fine Trumpian fellow:

Sebastian Gorka (Security advisor)

Despite questionable academic credentials (supposedly 2 of the referees on his doctoral committee were undergrads) he was considered an 'expert' by the Trump administration. He had access to classified intelligence, despite the fact that: 1) he had been caught trying to bring a gun on a plane, and 2) was subject to an arrest warrant in his native Hungary.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-academic-fraud-of-trumps-terrorism-expert-1.5465216
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ka-hungary-arrest-warrant-20180118-story.html
 
BobTheCoward said:
Another resignation due to potential spouse abuse: David Sorenson (speechwriter).
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2? I bet the Truman and the Eisenhower administrations had way more domestic abusers in them than this current administration.
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Uhhh... so?

As others have pointed out, societies attitudes have changed over time. The fact that things like spousal abuse or bigotry were not condemned in the past doesn't mean that they are acceptable now. People who are civilized now realize that abuse and bigotry are wrong, and having even one person with such a history associated with the president should be considered a bad thing.
 
Segnosaur said:
You know, I almost forgot this fine Trumpian fellow:

Sebastian Gorka (Security advisor)

Despite questionable academic credentials (supposedly 2 of the referees on his doctoral committee were undergrads) he was considered an 'expert' by the Trump administration. He had access to classified intelligence, despite the fact that: 1) he had been caught trying to bring a gun on a plane, and 2) was subject to an arrest warrant in his native Hungary.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-academic-fraud-of-trumps-terrorism-expert-1.5465216
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ka-hungary-arrest-warrant-20180118-story.html
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Gorka is such an unmitigated asswipe.

Is there a Hungarian "KKK", or is that just the Nat. Socialists? :(

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Jim_MDP said:
Gorka is such an unmitigated asswipe.

Is there a Hungarian "KKK", or is that just the Nat. Socialists? :(

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Order of Vitez. Gorka is a supporter.

The United States Department of State included this Order of Vitéz as an institution "under the direction of the Nazi Government of Germany," along with the ruling Arrow Cross Party and other contemporaneous organizations.[2][3]
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FCC Director Ajit Pai:

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is being probed by the agency's inspector general about whether he inappropriately favored a conservative-leaning broadcast company, according to a lawmaker.
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Linky.

What is Kushner up to, besides everything?

President Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official.

The Washington Post reports that Kushner, whose portfolio encompasses issues ranging from the Middle East peace process to modernizing the federal government’s use of technology, has put in more requests for U.S. intelligence information than any White House staffer not working for the National Security Council.

Kushner holds a Top Secret/sensitive compartmented information (SCI) security clearance, the highest level, which allows him to review some of the nation’s most closely-guarded secrets and allows him access to the presidential daily briefing, according to the Post.

He is one of reportedly dozens of White House officials who have been operating with temporary clearances during Trump’s first year in office, and his clearance could be in jeopardy following chief of staff John Kelly’s changes to the clearance process, the Post said.
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Linky.
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
FCC Director Ajit Pai:
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is being probed by the agency's inspector general about whether he inappropriately favored a conservative-leaning broadcast company, according to a lawmaker
Linky.
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What, you mean the man who seems to be behind the ending of net neutrality may have ethical concerns? I am shocked I tell you! Shocked!
 
One other that I forgot:

Tom Marino... ("Drug Czar")

Was supposed to head the National Office of Drug Control Policy, but had to withdraw when it became widely known that he played a part in a bill that limited the ability of the police to deal with opioid problems.
 
Trebuchet said:
Gorka is such an unmitigated asswipe.

Is there a Hungarian "KKK", or is that just the Nat. Socialists?
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Order of Vitez. Gorka is a supporter.
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Isn't that where the 'v' in his name comes from, when he calls himself "Sebastian v. Gorka"?

Gorka denies he's a member of any neo-Nazi group, but between the groups themselves saying "he's a member", his use of the 'v.' initial in his name, and his wearing of a Vitez medal in public appearances certainly don't make things look very good.

Its like someone giving themselves the nick name John "Hitler-lover" Smith, wearing a swastika, and then claiming "I'm not a neo-Nazi", followed by all sorts of explanations about how "the swastika is an ancient symbol" and "there were other people named hitler besides Adolf".
 
Bannon. Steve Bannon. Perhaps the most intelligent person in Donny's White House, but also the least classy. And he had the temerity to contradict Donny, so where is he now.
 
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Remember Ben Carson?

Secretary Ben Carson reportedly dropped $31,000 worth of federal funds to swap an old table in his Department of Housing and Urban Development suite with posh dining room furniture.

The custom wood table, chairs and hutch were ordered for $31,561 in 2017, The New York Times reported Tuesday, when the housing agency proposed stripping more than $6 billion from its affordable housing budget.

The Baltimore vendor in charge of building the furniture has not yet delivered it to Carson’s office, according to the paper.

The lavish purchase became a point of contention for HUD’s former chief administrative officer who lodged a whistleblower complaint to claim she was demoted for trying to stop the order.

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The Guardian, which first reported on Foster’s missive, reported that another $165,000 was spent on “lounge furniture” from an Indiana company at the Washington headquarters.
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Linky.

Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans to slash HUD’s programs for the homeless, elderly and poor, according to federal procurement records.

The purchase of the custom hardwood table, chairs and hutch came a month after a top agency staff member filed a whistle-blower complaint charging Mr. Carson’s wife, Candy Carson, with pressuring department officials to find money for the expensive redecoration of his offices, even if it meant circumventing the law.

Mr. Carson is also facing questions on another front. Under pressure earlier this month, he requested that HUD’s inspector general investigate his son’s involvement in a department-sponsored listening tour of Baltimore last summer. Department lawyers had warned Mr. Carson that including Ben Carson Jr., an entrepreneur who does business with the federal government, could create a conflict of interest.
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Linky.
 
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Robert Weaver... (Indian Health Services)

Was nominated by Trump, but later withdrew his nomination after it was found out that he lied about his qualifications. (He initially claimed that he was a management-level employee at a hospital he worked at, while he was more likely a low-level clerk.)

He also filed for personal bankruptcy and had liens put against one of his businesses over failure to pay taxes. (Given the number of times Trump's businesses have filed for bankruptcy, I can see why Trump would have liked him.)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/politics/indian-health-services-nominee-withdraws/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-...les-1518517801?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

Remember folks, Trump only hires the best!
 
The job of White House Communications Director is open again.

Is there anyone here at the Forum who is interested in applying?
 
Trump seems to give as much thought to his hires as he gives to his tweets.
 
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