The purges have started.

[Ocelot II]

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet!” Trump wrote, in a Truth Social post shortly after midnight. “My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again.”

Trump reserved particular scorn for four appointees who he called out by name: José Andrés, the revered Spanish-American chef who founded the World Central Kitchen and who Biden appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who sat on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; Brian Hook, a diplomat and professor who served as a trustee of the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who served on the President’s export council.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-starts-purge-with-midnight-truth-social-firing-of-chef-jose-andres-and-general-mark-milley/ and https://archive.ph/W9WM2#selection-715.0-719.300

[NJCher]

1. Four of the best people in the world!

Of course they don't belong there.

[spanone]

2. The dictatorship begins...

[Wingus Dingus]

4. Badge of honor--if he drums you out, wear it proudly.

[Hugin]

5. Here's what gets me...

The dude allegedly won the election. I’ve amended my thinking, there’s nothing worse than a sore winner.

[Walleye]

12. He won the election, but he didn't campaign on a lot of these things he's doing

I don’t remember one word in the campaign about buying Greenland or taking back the Panama Canal.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. Haven't heard anymore about is wall, either. nt

[Blue_Tires]

23. He literally campaigned on just TWO things: Heavy tariffs and mass deportations

everything else was a mismash of Hannibal Lecter having us for dinner, Arnold Palmers huge white peener, how everything in America sucks and we're a "Third World Country", his confusion over Kamala Harris' ethnic background, how everything that ever happened in any American election was "rigged", how he created "the weave", Haitians eating dogs in Ohio, Venezuelan gangs with military-grade weaponry taking over the ENTIRE CITY of Aurora, Colorado, how Kamala Harris never really worked at McDonald's, alendlessly taking credit for shit he never did (I know Trumpers who with every fiber of their being now believe Donnie was the hero who defeated COVID-19), and endless tall tales about his own greatness...

By all accounts, Donnie was headed towards a monumental defeat until Melon Husk poisoned the well and put his thumb on the scale and I can't forget to mention that bullshit "assassination attempt"... Everything changed for us after that...

[Hugin]

33. That's my gist of the flow as well.

Trump was on his way to the diaper bag of defeat until he sold out to the crypto bros. They bought him the presidency and along with him came all of the Nazis who were caught in his wake.

The crypto bros are fanatic one issue crusaders. I’d say worse than the pro-life crowd and even more amoral. I know a few of those untethered zealots. Their whole being revolves around crypto. In fact, I participated in an intervention on one called by his fiancée where I explained the hard facts of life to him. Even though he’s remained remarkably grounded, he is still like a dry drunk. He could turn on the latest meme coin. I fear for them.

I’ll say it again, Trump even loses at winning!

( “peener” )

[Wiz Imp]

32. True about the expansionist BS

But many of the Executive Orders he's issued have been on subjects he specifically said he would do during the campaign. That is why when some people continue to say things like "Trump's not really going to invade Greenland or Panama", they're fooling themselves. Trump has demonstrated that when he says he's going to do something (that doesn't require complex legislation), believe him. That's the purpose of the EOs. Even though many are illegal or unconstitutional, it's easy for him to simply declare this is the way things are with no regard for the consequences. Much harder to do things legally through Congressional legislation.

[bif]

6. So the new guideline is: If you kiss his ass, you're in.

If you're competent, you're out. Makes sense to me.

[Paladin]

8. "New guideline" my ass.

"If you kiss his ass, you're in" has been trump's guideline for his entire fucked-up evil life. Outlandish amounts of evidence available to confirm this...

[Codifer]

17. I am sadly reminded

of a couple of lines from "Chernobyl":

"I am a nuclear scientist, last year you worked in a shoe factory."

"Yes, but now I am in charge."

Someone who knows how dangerous the problem is trying to make an idiot see that there is a problem at all.

[Ocelot II]

10. If you're a decent human being who offers something of value to humanity,

you're out.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. I hope that Chef Andres wins the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

He's long deserved it.

[IzzaNuDay]

26. I hope so too!

so that can live rent free in the dotard’s addled brain, along with President Obama’s!

[Turbineguy]

9. When I was fired

my friend told me "you are now qualified to work anywhere else!".

I ended up with a much better job.

[AverageOldGuy]

11. Female admiral chief of Coast Guard fired

Chief of Naval Operations is female admiral. Hegseth wants to get rid of women in military, replace them with “warriors.”

Hegseth defines warriors as doing 3 sets of 45 push-ups and be covered with tattoos. I put some real warriors into body bags in Vietnam, didn’t notice tats or see them doing pushups. Hegseth is a pussy, full of shit.

[Walleye]

13. I think he's probably pretty miserable too. He got himself into this mess.

I hope he spends the whole time being completely unhappy

[Nasruddin]

19. Terrifying

Just imagine, this fool laying in a drunken stupor on his office floor while the PLA lands troops on Oahu.
Just who we want on the job!

Of course - it wouldn't be the first time.

[Irish_Dem]

28. If the PLA lands at Hickam AFB, Trump will have sent them.

[Blue_Tires]

29. Posturing, fake-assed bravado and some twisted, Johnny Bravo cartoonish ideal of "alpha male masculinity"

is a hallmark of Trumpism... Every toxic bro sees himself as the main character antihero of some violent video game... Just look at Elmer -- He's supposed to be a grown-assed man but he acts like a problem child middle schooler....

Remember, folks: Substance is nothing but the facade is everything...

[MontanaMama]

14. There are no longer any guardrails.

None.

[Figarosmom]

16. Im sure they considered

Themselves gone already.

[Hope22]

20. Ummm..no!

Worked harder than every man for the job, got it and now that Hitler has moved to town she planned all along to pack her bags and run. No woman thinks that way!

[Figarosmom]

25. What are you talking about?

They were political appointments. I'm sure they'll continue their work because their work doesn't depend on their government position.

[Hope22]

30. My comment was meant for a thread upstream.

So sorry for the intrusion. Unfortunately it is not stopping with political appointees and will not be across the board for gender or race. Thanks again for correcting my mistake.

[KS Toronado]

18. When we win big in 2028

we'll also have to have a major purge of all the crazy right-wingers loyal to tsf and replace them with
middle of the road people who don't make decisions based on party loyalty

And we'll see MSM act like this was the first time anything like this had ever happened to Government
employees like this, they have real short memories. .

[chouchou]

21. Donnie and his team are awesome! They've figure out over 1400 citizens who are not MAGAs in one day.

The future is Bright! (ah..Blight)

[lame54]

24. Being against Chef Andre...

Says it all

[Ocelot II]

27. Yup, one of the closest people in the world to being a living saint.

It's even worse than that - Andrés' 2-year term on the commission had already expired and he had resigned, but Trump not only lied about firing him but bragged about it. If you're bragging about firing a hero like José Andrés you're a damn psychopath.

[kacekwl]

31. Chef Andr'es is beloved in

America and beyond. This moron is picking a fight with the wrong guy.