Closing thought–17Aug20
That seems to be a major theme running throughout the Trump administration…..at this point we could be talking about many within the White House
Trump has an actor from a TV show as an economic adviser….He has a family member that is his foreign policy adviser that would not recognize foreign policy if it bit him in has ass…..then there is a major donor that gets the Postal Service…….. and the list goes on and on…..
The latest unqualified person to get a seat at the big table in the White House is the newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf……
The top two officials in the Department of Homeland Security were improperly appointed to the posts under federal law by the Trump administration, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said Friday. The Government Accountability Office says acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and his acting deputy, Ken Cuccinelli, are ineligible to run the agency under the Vacancy Reform Act, per the AP. GAO said it has asked the DHS inspector general to review the situation and determine if the violation affects decisions they have taken at a time when Homeland Security has been at the forefront of key administration initiatives on immigration and law enforcement. Both men should resign, said the Democratic chairs of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
“GAO’s damning opinion paints a disturbing picture of the Trump Administration playing fast and loose by bypassing the Senate confirmation process to install ideologues,” Reps. Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Maloney said in a statement. DHS had no immediate comment. The GAO analysis traces the violation back to a tumultuous period at DHS in 2019 when Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned. It found that she was improperly replaced by Kevin McAleenan under the rules governing succession in federal agencies. McAleenan altered the rules of succession after he was subsequently removed, but GAO’s legal analysis concluded that the later appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli were invalid. DHS is the third-largest Cabinet agency, with about 240,000 employees.
The only qualification one needs to be part of the Trump White House is to be an ass kisser and a yes man…
And now you know why our standing in the world sucks so bad….we have NO ONE capable of putting this country on the right path….or even to return it to it’s former self.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Dont worry, Chuq! In my opinion the solution will come with the overnight express. 😉 In times like these, it’s always good to be unpredictable. Trump is masterful at this.Michael
But not if it comes from our Post Office…LOL chuq
Lol – Here in Germany its not so clear, but at least our officials will be stockholders of all the former state businesses.No one of them (Post, Railway, Telecom) is fully privatized.;-)
Trump and his cronies are like one of those ‘family’ dictatorships in the old eastern Europe. They had their day, and Trump will hopefully soon have his.
Best wishes, Pete.
We can only hope for the best chuq
I do not write but i still am.
Chuq, you are just as i remembered; well thought out and expressed. Points are clear and succinct enough to pass on. See you on the FLIP, i hope. dRU
Thanx for the kind words….I try to keep it as short and clear as I can. chuq