President-Elect Trump's cabinet
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Seems weird to create a department for 2 guys that are going to oversee a single 600p report.
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Okay, just bought a few bucks worth of DOGECOIN for the hell of it
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@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Was that picture taken during Pride Month? Lots of half naked dudes, some with dog collars.
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@jon-nyc said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Was that picture taken during Pride Month? Lots of half naked dudes, some with dog collars.
Uh, that's the NYC SEAL Swim across the Hudson River. Those "collars" are swim goggles.
If I was you, I'd go down there next year and make fun of those guys in person.
Nice knowing you...
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@LuFins-Dad said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
Was NOT expecting that.
He'll probably be the first SecDef with ink.
Department of Veteran Affairs? Great pick. SecDef? FFS…
Princeton, Harvard, 2 bronze stars. Current rank is Major.
I agree, better at VA.
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All they're empowered to do is write a report. Then Congress still has to act.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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I'm not sure either of these guys are astute enough (or are so incentivized) to realize we can't really fix fiscal problems without a serious bipartisan commitment. Any true fix would cause a lot of pain to a shitload of people and if one party were responsible the other party will run on relieving the pain and would likely be victorious.
At some point we will need to get the two parties to jointly agree to each cause pain to their bases and stick to their guns.
Actually in today's world the above might not be sufficient, given the parties relative lack of strength. Today it would be too easy for someone to run for the nomination explicitly against the deal that had been struck, and the parties are no longer in a good position to block them.
Man that's depressing.
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Right - but there you had a Democratic president choose a Republican ex-president to lead it. That's about as bi-partisan as it gets.
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@jon-nyc said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
we can't really fix fiscal problems without a serious bipartisan commitment.
Exactly. Especially in todays world, where every little thing is thought to be beneficial to only one side.
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@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
Was NOT expecting that.
He'll probably be the first SecDef with ink.
Reckon Trump read his book?
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I'm disappointed I didn't anticipate that DOGE acronym earlier. We've all talked about Elon and the government efficiency... seems obvious in retrospect.
Personally, I'm hoping there is a Spectacular Human Intelligence Bureau Agency (SHIBA) entity formed, too. I'll have to see how my crypto is doing.
Anyway... fun it ends on July 4th (250th anniversary of reminding @Doctor-Phibes how awesome our militias were).
My employment is indirectly associated with the federal government, so it'll be interesting to see if I'll need to find a job as @jon-nyc 's gardener (once they leave for Mexico) to pay the bills in 2026...
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@taiwan_girl said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
I am not sure why people think that the way President Trump will pick people for his cabinet will be different from the last time.
Last time, we were told (by himself) that we was a businessman who had decades of experience in hiring people and only hired the best. I dont see him changing his style unless to make that there is some sort of "loyalty" question in the hiring.
“The word ‘loyalty’ is often used,” Bolton told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think that’s the wrong word, actually. I think what Trump wants from his advisers is fealty, really a feudal sense of subservience.”
