Dec 8, 2016 – As the names of appointments to the Trump cabinet continue to roll out, next up would be his pick for Labor Secretary – Andy Puzder … Puzder, who’s the CEO of CKE Restaurants, met with Trump for the second time on Wednesday. … said there will “additional Cabinet information” announced later in the day.…

Dec 8, 2016 – In that post I noted how the fashionably progressive wing of the media apparently thought it was cute to refer to Trump’s cabinet as … Via the WaPo, Trump hires a third general, raising concerns about heavy military influence President-elect Donald Trump has selected … Trump still believe the choices threaten the constitutional fire wall between the civilian government and the military.…

Dec 7, 2016 – Frankly, if you voted for Donald Trump, but did not vote to keep Pat McCrory as governor, you deserve utter ruin. … On Wednesday morning, Governor McCrory arrived at Trump Tower to meet with President-elect Trump about a potential job with the incoming … That being said, the man has a weighty resume, and would prove more than competent in just about any upper level cabinet position.…

Dec 7, 2016 – Trump is now viewed favorably by 50 percent. That’s up from up from 33 percent in August. … Americans want Trump to be less confrontational. … The poll found a sharp partisan divide when it comes to those people Trump has selected for his Cabinet.…

Dec 7, 2016 – Donald Trump has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the the EPA. … This could very well be the biggest F*** Y** in the history of cabinet appointments. … “Every American should be appalled that President-elect Trump just picked someone who has made a career of being a vocal defender for…

Dec 7, 2016 – Trump, however, has them feeling their oats. … All the generals Trump has picked are retired and therefore civilians. Much like the dipsticks criticizing their selection. … number of minorities in a cabinet.…

Dec 7, 2016 – This, of course, has been exacerbated by Donald Trump winning the election on November 8. … If you read the Democrat threats to stymie Trump’s efforts to fill cabinet posts, you find them whinging about Garland as a reason … — never mind that cabinet officers are actually and Constitutionally different from Supreme Court justices.…

Dec 7, 2016 – So there may have been more than a couple of folks who were convinced that Trump was enjoying a bit of schadenfreude at Mitt Romney … “I’ve spoken to him a lot, we’ve come a long way together,” Trump said. … “It’s not about revenge, it’s about what’s best for the country,” Trump said.…

Dec 7, 2016 – North Carolina, home of Fort Bragg and the 82d Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, and the JFK Special Warfare Center, Donald Trump … However, because Trump is making a break with precedent and is nominating someone who is forbidden by Title 10 US Code to actually … Tuesday that would streamline confirmation of Mattis next year by fast-tracking legislation to grant him a waiver to serve in the Cabinet…

Dec 6, 2016 – Senior officials who will be part of the Trump administration are already discussing what so-far-unseen information about the Iran … It has zero chance of surviving under Trump. … Obama is going to leave the White House touting this deal as a game changer and blame Trump when it falls apart.…

Dec 6, 2016 – I don’t know the reasoning inside the Trump campaign’s infatuation with picking retired flag officers for cabinet level posts but … Generally (pun intended), I don’t have a problem with this beyond the atmospherics of Trump assembling a cabinet of military men. … Donald Trump,” said The Hill; “Though he never mentions Donald Trump by name, Petraeus is clearly talking about Trump,” said HotAir…

Dec 6, 2016 – Poor Christie was the first Republican candidate to back Donald Trump, and he’s getting nothing out of it. … When he realized he wasn’t up for a cabinet position, he floated the idea of running for head of the RNC.…

Dec 6, 2016 – that with the flood of fake news sites – some of which only appeared during this election cycle, for the sole purpose of promoting Trump … Kinzinger said Flynn’s appointment as national security adviser is one of the few selections President-elect Trump has made to his … Cabinet that he’s troubled by.…

Dec 6, 2016 – Admittedly, the two are closer than he and Trump. … Thinking back to that, and watching the revolving door of potential cabinet appointments interviewing at Trump Tower, it wasn’t a far … Sean Spicer, a Trump spokesman, told reporters McCrory is expected to meet with Trump on Wednesday at Trump Tower but gave no further…

Dec 24, 2016 – One of the few major cabinet positions left to be filled by the Trump transition team is that of Secretary of Veterans Affairs. … During the campaign, Trump indicated support for the blueprint proposed by the Concerned Veterans group, which would offer all veterans … If Trump is truly interested in shaking things up he’ll go with Hegseth or someone like him.…

Dec 24, 2016 – Their care is not going to cease because a Trump vanity project stops fundraising. … Thankfully, Eric Trump seems to understand what his father is incapable of comprehending: Eric Trump said on Wednesday that he had … That cannot happen unless Trump leads by example.…

Dec 24, 2016 – There is a five alarm fire ablaze in federal agencies as the Trump transition team gains velocity. … Reuters could not determine why the Trump team asked for these names. … The Trump team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.…

Dec 23, 2016 – The Senator from Kentucky, opened his Festivus rant by taking a few shots at the incoming Trump administration. … My favorite Cabinet pick is what's his name, umm it's that guy who wanted to eliminate the Dept. of @ENERGY.…

Dec 22, 2016 – Now the Trump transition has made a similar request of State… with similar results. … This official request mandated that all State Department offices provide to the Trump team by 5 p.m. … Were I giving Trump one piece of advice it would be to send each new cabinet secretary into their position with a team of vicious and…

Dec 22, 2016 – Donald Trump won, so we never saw any serious attempts at punishing the infidels, but that sort of thing may be happening on the Democrat … Now the “Bernie would have beaten Trump” specter has manifested. … A reading of voting patterns in the presidential election suggests that the Vermont senator would have beaten Donald Trump.…

Dec 21, 2016 – TV program, “The Apprentice,” is feeling some pangs of remorse, over what he sees as his culpability in crafting a false image of Trump … “We were ‘entertaining’ and the story about Donald Trump and his stature fell into some bizarre public record as ‘truth.’” … Trump is smoke and mirrors. We get that, but he’s what we have. Let’s just consider his cabinet picks.…

Dec 21, 2016 – Rick Perry has been selected as President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, it looks like future palling around between Trump … ) can be put down to something other than the two Democrats actually being future members of an incoming Republican President’s Cabinet … Heitkamp met with Trump, something that now looks more like an effort to establish herself as Trump-voter-friendly ahead of a tough…

Dec 21, 2016 – Since the election there has been a constant flow of tears and flop sweat from scientists who fear that Trump will doom the planet … I suspect the Trump team either found another way of gathering the requested data or they just decided to wait until the new cabinet … If career feds stand in open rebellion to the President, it may turn out to be an opportunity for Trump to use his catch phrase, en…

Dec 21, 2016 – The Washington Post reported yesterday that Donald Trump will form a “task force” to handle his massive infrastructure improvement … Of note is that the source stated this task force will not be run by a cabinet level person. … As we all know, Trump can change his policies at will. Hopefully, this is a project that will actually pay as promised.…

Dec 21, 2016 – Many have made note of just how many swamp creatures Trump has brought into his cabinet since the process of filling up his administration … Gingrich spoke with NPR on Wednesday morning about candidate Trump versus President-elect Trump. … Gingrich told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that he was told Trump “now says [the phrase] was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore…