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Demovictory9

(32,448 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:34 AM Feb 2020

Trump hires a 29 year old to lead loyalty purge who then hires a 23 year old (to replace 70+ yr old)

When you land a new job you're not quite qualified for, you can pick top aides who will help you learn the ropes and get a running start — or you can hire someone with even less experience, thus making you the most qualified person in the room. That latter route seems to be the one taken by Johnny McEntee, President Trump's former body man and new director of the powerful Presidential Personnel Office.

Trump recently hired McEntee, a 29-year-old loyalist with no real personnel management experience, to oversee his post-impeachment effort to purge the executive branch of anyone not loyal to Trump. And McEntee promptly hired James Bacon, a 23-year-old college senior, as one of his right-hand men, Politico reported Tuesday. Bacon does have some experience, despite still pursuing his bachelor's degree at George Washington University: He briefly worked in the Transportation Department's policy arm, as a White House liaison to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and on Trump's campaign.

McEntee replaced Sean Doocey, and Bacon is filling the lead paperwork directorship previously filled by Katie Bullock, who is in her 70s and worked in the PPO for all Republican administrations back to Ronald Reagan's White House, Politico reports.

https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-just-hired-college-055007661.html

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Trump hires a 29 year old to lead loyalty purge who then hires a 23 year old (to replace 70+ yr old) (Original Post) Demovictory9 Feb 2020 OP
That's what Bush did in Iraq... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #1
Trump creating his own SS. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #2
Not good when a college senior is the adult in the room. Canoe52 Feb 2020 #3
Up-and-coming junior ministers for the Autonomous Republic of Dumb (Cluck) istan of the Russian Fed- Vogon_Glory Feb 2020 #4
He'll let Barron take over that job pretty soon dalton99a Feb 2020 #5

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)
1. That's what Bush did in Iraq...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:35 AM
Feb 2020

They brought in a bunch of young, inexperienced kids to run policy over there, which contributed to the clusterfuck.

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
4. Up-and-coming junior ministers for the Autonomous Republic of Dumb (Cluck) istan of the Russian Fed-
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:08 PM
Feb 2020

eration.

Or maybe Vladimir Vladimirovich will replace them with somebody competent after annexation.

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