President-Elect Trump's cabinet

[Jolly]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Pete Hegseth for SecDef.

Was NOT expecting that.

He'll probably be the first SecDef with ink.

Pete's views:

1. Abhors DEI in the military
2. Thinks generals are not accountable for failures
3. Does not want females in certain combat roles

More...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pick-of-pete-hegseth-to-lead-pentagon-signals-turmoil-ahead/ar-AA1tYWCR

I don't know if Pete makes it through confirmation or not...

[George K]

Interesting how we perceive age. US Grant was Secretary of War at age 37. Hegseth is 44.

Never forget Secretary AWOL:

[89th]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Interesting how we perceive age. US Grant was Secretary of War at age 37. Hegseth is 44.

Agreed, I've mentioned before it was surprising how youthful NASA was during the 60s space race. For example, the Flight Director (played by Ed Harris in Apollo 13) was like 35 when he was in charge of all the apollo missions.

[89th]

@Jolly said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Elon's views...

He's not wrong, for the most part. I'm not smart enough to know the solution, but cutting federal spending on government agencies seems like a drop in the bucket to tackle the bigger issue of growing crippling national debt, the looming social security crisis, etc...

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@Jolly said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Elon's views...

He's not wrong, for the most part. I'm not smart enough to know the solution, but cutting federal spending on government agencies seems like a drop in the bucket to tackle the bigger issue of growing crippling national debt, the looming social security crisis, etc...

So let’s keep pouring buckets of water into the boat to sink it faster? The debt is one issue, Social Security another. Neither will get fixed so long as the we continue to let the easy fixes go unchecked… If we see the Government actually fix the spending problems, the people will be more likely to take on the challenges of the Ponzi schemes and debt crisis.

I do expect Trump to remove the Social Security cap, which will help take care of Social Security for the time being. I do wonder if he is

[Jolly]

One thing Elon said that perked my ears, was the fact that agencies are going beyond what was specified by Congress.

That one change could save a lot of money.

[George K]

Shapiro comments on Warren's comment.

[George K]

Whoa...TuCa as PressSec.

Exploding heads in 3...2...1...

[Doctor Phibes]

Truth and dignity

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Truth and dignity

It'll be fun, if nothing else.

[jon-nyc]

Whoa…. Roger Stone as AG!

[Renauda]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@Doctor-Phibes said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Truth and dignity

It'll be fun, if nothing else.

Great prime time TV.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Whoa…. Roger Stone as AG!

Da Fuq?

[Horace]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Whoa…. Roger Stone as AG!

Da Fuq?

"TuCa as PressSec? That would be like..."

[Horace]

Citizens are going to tune into government like never before, this will be good. Let the exploding heads explode. That is part of the point.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Whoa…. Roger Stone as AG!

[George K]

Rumor - Bongino to run Secret Service.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Rumor - Bongino to run Secret Service.

That sounds like fanfic. Why would Bongino leave being the heir apparent for Rush to take a government service role like that?

I could see him advising, but not leaving his budding media gig.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

That sounds like fanfic. Why would Bongino leave being the heir apparent for Rush to take a government service role like that?

I could see him advising, but not leaving his budding media gig.

Agreed. That's why I found the appointment of TuCa astonishing.

Well, one of the reasons...

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Rumor - Bongino to run Secret Service.

That sounds like fanfic. Why would Bongino leave being the heir apparent for Rush to take a government service role like that?

I could see him advising, but not leaving his budding media gig.

I thought the same about TuCa.