UN Ambassador Defends Comey Firing: Trump Is 'The CEO Of The Country'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 14, 2017 12:20 PM

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to abruptly fire James Comey as director of the FBI by comparing the United States to a corporation with Trump as its chief executive.

“The President is the CEO of the country. He can hire and fire whoever he wants,” Haley said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Pressed on the timing and rationale behind Trump’s decision, Haley said that it’s “for everybody else to decide” whether there were “better ways” for Trump to fire Comey.

“I think that the reason people are uncomfortable is because he acts,” she said. “He doesn’t talk with a bunch of people about it before, he just acts.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nikki-haley-defends-comey-firing-trump-is-ceo-of-america

[secondwind]

1. she's worse than I thought... n/t

[uppityperson]

2. No, he isn't. He is the president of the country and is not above the law.

[TimeToGo]

25. Exactly

[appal_jack]

36. Indeed. He campaigned to be the servant of We the People.

If Der Hauptdrumpfubergropenfuhrer has delusions of being anything other than the servant of We the People, perhaps he ought to seek another job.

K&R,

-app

[dalton99a]

3. The U.S. is just another corporate acquisition for him

and he's treating it as such

[gademocrat7]

4. She is a nitwit.

[Scarsdale]

11. Did she

thank him for her position?

[notdarkyet]

14. Probably kissed his ring and swore loyalty.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. What an idiot. Countries don't have CEOs, they have heads of state.

Countries are not businesses. CEOs can fire whom they want but presidents have to follow the law. While Trump could legally fire Comey, the fact that he did so while his campaign was under investigation raises reasonable suspicion that his motive was, to say the least, questionable. Haley might want to read up on Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre before shooting off her dumb mouth again.

[benpollard]

6. He doesn't talk with a lot of people...

He doesn't do a lot of thinking or consider the ramifications of his actions; he just acts.

[Phoenix61]

7. She's confused.

A CEO has employees who work for him. The president is a public servant who works for us.

[MurrayDelph]

29. And even if she analogy was apt (which it isn't)

a CEO is expected to be beholden to the shareholders.

That would be US.

And, unfortunately, unlike a CEO of a corporation, there is no provision where a majority of stockholders can vote the board out at will.

[Flaleftist]

8. It must be really hard for satirists to write

about this administration.

[Kittycow]

23. At least editorial cartoonists have lotsa material!

[Astraea]

9. If he's the CEO, then our representatives

should be like the IRS and continue to investigate.

Speaking of which .... how are those returns coming?

[Sculpin Beauregard]

10. What a twit. Not how it works.

[Dawson Leery]

12. Republicans are shit from a horses ass.

A President is NOT a CEO.

[rock]

13. "He can hire and fire whoever he wants"

Not Judges, not House members, not Senate members, not VP.

[Yonnie3]

16. He can't fire me.

I'll be right here exercising my rights as a citizen.

[rock]

17. The list keeps mounting!

[keithbvadu2]

31. Wasn't there a GOP Congressman who said he works for Trump? (edited)

found it......

GOP Rep. Defends Devin Nunes By Claiming ‘He Works For The President’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/devin-nunes-ted-yoho-trump_us_58dd24b8e4b05eae031dad44

[Solly Mack]

15. Does the US have some remote island where we can send all the "country is a business" people?

Let them live out their dystopian view together, away from the rest of us.

They go with only the clothes on their back. No assets of any kind. No trade of any kind with anyone. We can place cameras around the island and watch their progress - they can be the real Survivor. And then the last person standing gets fed to the sharks.

Too much?

[underpants]

18. How about Somalia?

Yes, send them to Africa.

[Solly Mack]

20. Maybe an island somewhere covered in rattlesnakes?

Every move the proverbial last move.

By their world view, the last person standing would be king....of nothing.

[Yonnie3]

19. Yeah, but also ...

If you gave them limited assets and trade, they would still fail.

The loudest voices for the "country is a business" bullshit are already rich or are stealing their way to wealth. They have no concept of how to actually make money by adding value.

[Solly Mack]

21. Good point.

[mdbl]

22. She tried to appear logical ... up until now

is she a total idiot? He's not a corporate CEO. god she's stupid.

[neeksgeek]

24. Republic ≠ Corporation nt

[xor]

26. Oh man... I can't believe this shit is real.

[lastlib]

27. No, No, Nikki, you pea-brain idjit--he is...

...(unfortunately) the CEO of our GOVERNMENT! He sure as hell ain't CEO of me or my fellow citizens.

So, Nikki, before he pushes that big red button, is he going to talk to a bunch of people about it, or is he going to 'just act'?!?? It might make a small difference in your life, not to mention the lives of a few billion other people.

[Kleveland]

28. So, she is one of those......

fucking morons that thinks our precious country, founded in freedom, would be better served being run like a business?

Where do these treacherous morons get this incredibly stupid notion????

CEO! WTF?

No, he is President of the United States of America! (Not by my choice indeed!)

If questioned, i'll bet "Fearless Leader" would be hard pressed to name the three branches of government.

We have a constitution, in which our system of government is clearly outlined, and it is not *Rump Corporation!

Based on his business history, litigation, bankruptcies, lying, bribery, blackmailing, defamation of good people etc...... if our country is run like one of HIS businesses, we and our constitutional freedoms are surely in peril!

I guess there is a yuge number of "*Rump Holsters" pretending to run our country.....

[NastyRiffraff]

30. She's a typical Republican

MOST of them look at government like it's a business. They've long advocated running it like a business. Now they have Dump, who's trying to run the country like he ran his businesses...into bankruptcy.

[keithbvadu2]

32. Wealthcare for billionaires

(Anyone know how to post a pic such as this but make it display smaller? It really does not need to be so bigly.)
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[spiderpig]

33. Oh, c'mon Nikki

For one brief shining moment you showed some spine in the UN.

Now, please go back to SC.

[LuckyLib]

34. She's looking to move on up. Something more

powerful than she's got now.

[pansypoo53219]

35. does he play in bridge tournaments?