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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:51 AM Dec 2016

So....just to recap, off the top of my head.

Department of State--Oil executive with no formal foreign policy or diplomatic experience, and extremely close and chummy relationship with the Russian government in his business dealings.

Department of Labor--Fast food executive who opposes minimum wage and other employee protection regulations, and has an overall low opinion of human labor in general, preferring to see workers being replaced by automated kiosks

Department of the Environment--Climate change skeptic and fracking proponent whose sued the EPA on numerous occasions regarding environmental regulations

Department of Energy--Simpleton ex-governor who would have liked to have seen the Department of Energy abolished, if only he could remember its name

Department of Justice--Senator from a state plagued by voting rights abuses, was once denied a judgeship on account of having made numerous racially inappropriate remarks

Department of Housing and Urban Development--A doctor turned politician who Trump once compared to a child molester. Never lived in public housing and has no experience in the world of housing and human development. Moving on....

Department of Education--Opponent of public education and heavy pusher of vouchers and other privatization options. Also the wife of an heir to a notorious mid-level-marketing outfit, but I guess that's neither here nor there.

Small Business Administration--Pro-wrestling executive whose husband's head Trump once shaved on television.

There are some others, but those have to be the most WTFworthy of the bunch. And that's not getting into some of the insane non-cabinet picks that don't require Senate approval (Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn to name two).

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dawg

(10,622 posts)
1. You left out all the Goldman Sachs guys.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:56 AM
Dec 2016

Don't forget them.

Or Bannon. (Edited, because I forgot he's a Goldman guy, too.)

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
5. TaliBen actually did live in public housing.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:18 PM
Dec 2016

When he was a kid. So we can expect a childish approach to housing.

ananda

(28,854 posts)
6. Tweet from George Takei
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:24 PM
Dec 2016

George Takei wrote: Perhaps Trump appoints people even more implausibly less experienced or qualified than him so he doesn't seem like the worst of the bunch.

-- Me: in his own demented mind.

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