White House Survivor

[Pixel42]

Kelly to leave by the end of the year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46496756

 

[Minoosh]

Kelly to leave by the end of the year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46496756

I would just love it if Trump made Sean Hannity chief of staff. It wouldn't be good for the country, but it would be interesting to see the meltdown.

However I think Pence's COS is the likely pick.

Trump continues to alienate every halfway competent appointee he's named.

ETA: Also interested in how Trump will go about trashing Kelly's reputation.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

I think you will find there are checks and balances in place to prevent that......



And by checks and balances I mean we have to hope Twitter’s terms and conditions don’t allow you to declare war using their service!

... the last line of defense.

 

[fagin]

The only person remotely qualified to do the job he hired them for was Stormy Daniels.

 

[Stacyhs]

The only person remotely qualified to do the job he hired them for was Stormy Daniels.

That is funny. Really. But the nit picker in me needs to point out that Stormy wasn't paid for the sex. She was only paid not to talk about it. But, still...funny.

 

[dann]

It's hard to imagine anybody having sex with that despicable guy if they aren't paid. Why do you think she wasn't paid twice, the first time for sex, the second time for signing the NDA?

 

[Minoosh]

It's hard to imagine anybody having sex with that despicable guy if they aren't paid. Why do you think she wasn't paid twice, the first time for sex, the second time for signing the NDA?

I think it was a freebie based on her hope that he'd give her career a boost. But no way to know for sure, obviously.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

The more unhinged Trump gets the more likely the Senate is to impeach him. The economy will recover.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

The economy isn't in recession.
But it will be.

 

[Stacyhs]

It's hard to imagine anybody having sex with that despicable guy if they aren't paid. Why do you think she wasn't paid twice, the first time for sex, the second time for signing the NDA?

She said she wasn't paid for the sex and I take her at her word about it. She's far more credible than Trump. Daniels said that Trump offered to get her on The Apprentice and to help her cheat to stay on longer.

 

[Trebuchet]

The more unhinged Trump gets the more likely the Senate is to impeach him. The economy will recover.

Nitpick: The House would impeach him, the Senate would then conduct the trial to remove him from office.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Me, picking Kelly back on May 1. Was I the first?

 

[Beelzebuddy]

Me, picking Kelly back on May 1. Was I the first?

I had him in August of last year, but I also thought he'd quit before Trump could fire him. He didn't seem like the kind of person to suffer fools.

But this means I need a new dead pool pick. Who are you looking at? We're nearly down to just family left, aren't we?

 

[Norman Alexander]

I had him in August of last year, but I also thought he'd quit before Trump could fire him. He didn't seem like the kind of person to suffer fools.

But this means I need a new dead pool pick. Who are you looking at? We're nearly down to just family left, aren't we?

Jared? he's been putting his big fat foot in it lately over Saudi Arabia and making Donny look stupid. That's not acceptable. Just let's hope he isn't Kashoggi'd.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

So who is going to replace Don Jr. after his indictment?
No doubt Trump is shopping around for a suitable, less problematic son.

 

[Norman Alexander]

So who is going to replace Don Jr. after his indictment?
No doubt Trump is shopping around for a suitable, less problematic son.

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[Norman Alexander]

So who is going to replace Don Jr. after his indictment?
No doubt Trump is shopping around for a suitable, less problematic son.

He could buy one, I suppose.

 

[dann]

She said she wasn't paid for the sex and I take her at her word about it. She's far more credible than Trump. Daniels said that Trump offered to get her on The Apprentice and to help her cheat to stay on longer.

So if I understand you correctly, he cheated on Melania with Stormy Daniels, and he cheated Stormy Daniels by promising her to get her on The Apprentice, which he didn't, and he also promised her to help her cheat, which would have cheated the viewers, who probably wouldn't suspect the show to be rigged.
Is it as simple as that?!

 

[Giordano]

This site is a great summary of the easy come/easy go appointments in the Trump administration. An amazingly long list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short-tenure_Donald_Trump_political_appointments

Should we have a fractional point system for this thread in which "survivors" who back out before actually beginning the position (such as Ayers) are scored 0.25, those employed for less than a week are scored 0.50, and those whose appointments last less than a month are scored 0.75? Somehow I think that only those who last more than a month deserve a full 1.0 as a survivor, although I do not view that 1.0 as a positive measure of their character or integrity.

 

[Stacyhs]

So if I understand you correctly, he cheated on Melania with Stormy Daniels, and he cheated Stormy Daniels by promising her to get her on The Apprentice, which he didn't, and he also promised her to help her cheat, which would have cheated the viewers, who probably wouldn't suspect the show to be rigged.
Is it as simple as that?!

Pretty much.

Daniels says that Trump said he would get the show's challenges to her ahead of time so that she would have a leg-up on other contestants. The porn actress also says Trump's repeated promises to get her on the show is what kept her taking his calls. Once he admitted that he wouldn't be able to get her on the show, Daniels says she ceased communication.

(Hollywood Reporter)