Trump embarks on expansive search for disloyalty as administration-wide purge escalates

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: WaPo

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey

Feb. 21, 2020 at 8:16 p.m. EST

President Trump has instructed his White House to identify and force out officials across his administration who are not seen as sufficiently loyal, a post-impeachment escalation that administration officials say reflects a new phase of a campaign of retribution and restructuring ahead of the November election.

Johnny McEntee, Trump’s former personal aide who now leads the effort as director of presidential personnel, has begun combing through various agencies with a mandate from the president to oust or sideline political appointees who have not proved their loyalty, according to several administration officials and others familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The push comes in the aftermath of an impeachment process in which several members of Trump’s administration provided damning testimony about his behavior with regard to Ukraine. The stream of officials publicly criticizing Trump’s actions frustrated the president and caused him to fixate on cleaning house after his acquittal this month.

“We want bad people out of our government!” Trump tweeted Feb. 13, kicking off a tumultuous stretch of firings, resignations, controversial appointments and private skirmishes that have since spilled into public view.

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[CatMor]

1. If he wants bad people out of the government ...

he best start with himself. He is the biggest bad ever in our government.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. +1000

[MFGsunny]

2. If only he had a small mirror and twirled it around his mango rat's nest ...

.... he'd have a hell of a start on that clean-out!

Hope MF45 doesn't get near playing with a guillotine.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. The coup is in full stride, folks.

[Pachamama]

20. +1000000

At a very fast pace....

And so many people are not paying attention or admitting that this is happening and are in denial....

How much longer before no one will be around to tell the truth?

[SayItLoud]

4. Today the purge is aimed at what he calls; Never tRUMPER, tomorrow the purge might be:

all those who don't like the food he likes

those who are Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu...

those who are not white

those who have more than 22 1/2 teeth

those who ....

It's the early days of DICKtator tRUMP.

#Resist . In all ways at all levels.

[cstanleytech]

7. You forgot to add "those who are elderly" "those who are disabled", "those that are homosexual" and

"those who are poor" because surer than shit that is what he and the Republicans in the House and Senate probably would love to do.

[DENVERPOPS]

5. We don't need to wait til the election for a tyrannical president

He is already here.....................

Kneel down and kiss my ring, or be put on a hit list and ousted post haste.....

[olddad65]

6. By November, the bogus election will be about as honest ...

As the Senate Impeachment Trial.

Boys and girls, democracy is over.

[DENVERPOPS]

10. amen to that OD 65

Dead on..............

I almost went to Canada in February of 1967.

Too old now, sadly.........

For the people who have been following politics since 1980, as I have, and screaming what was happening from the roof tops,
I applaud your 40 years of speaking out.

To all those who haven't really thought about what was happening from Reagan's first day in office, until this last year:
Game is over folks, and on November 4th we are all fucked and so is Democracy.........

[denem]

8. trump has learned his lesson all right.

'Anything you say, your majesty'

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

12. That was my thought -- all the Repugs who said impeachment would change Fat Donnie.

All it did was to unleash his inner tyrant. He really is our first mob boss president.

[Dan]

9. You know, I am almost ready for the military

To take over the government, because with the GOP Senate we have to acknowledge that they would work with our historical enemies to undermine our republic as long as they have a place at the table.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. My same thoughts Dan

The one and only thing that can change this mess will be a military coup.

There is no way a Dem Presidential candidate will win.......and by some miracle if the Dems did win, he will proclaim that the dems were discovered cheating the system, not him, declare the election invalid, declare himself the winner, institute martial law and continue from there on to complete his agenda and the agenda of the entire Republican Party.......

Regretfully, with the commanders and generals not saying anything while they too are getting screwed over, doesn't give me much faith that that will be a possibility...........I don't know how many sailors and soldiers are Pro Trump, but I would venture a guess that the majority of them are rah rah Trump........

I'm not sure this country will even make it to the elections with all that we see is going on and actually accelerating since the impeachment.......

WASF

[sinkingfeeling]

13. I'm close to 72. Never in my lifetime do I recall a president purging

the government of professional and experienced people because of their disapproval of him. The USA is finished. We're now a banana republic.

[DENVERPOPS]

19. Couldn't agree more SF

People I know call me a fatalist or negative thinker when I say the same thing. We have seen a lot in our 70+ years.
Then these same people run off to their self absorbed lives and continue to bury their heads in the sand........

There will be little consolation for us in being able to say: "I told you so"........

It now has gone past the point of no return.............

WASF

(Side Note: I am totally appalled at the number of people that I run into that have little or no apparent knowledge when it comes to Civics. They shoot their mouths off, not realizing how absolutely ludicrous and insane their comments are concerning how our Democracy runs........100% of these same people trash talk even legal immigrants who have obtained U.S. citizenship. When in fact, they could not pass the test that these people have to pass to become citizens.........
A majority of these people I talk to are college educated, and they speak as if they have had little or no education.
Maybe they opted for the college major called IGNORANCE and a minor in HATE, and blew off history or any science classes........)

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. You mean a ... witch-hunt?

How shocking that, now Trump has his Roy Cohn, he's looking for Un-American Activities in government. Un-American now meaning showing insufficient loyalty to der Fuhrer.

[wiggs]

15. GOP went insane and conducted investigations when the Clintons replaced

the WH travel staff.

Now?

[mahina]

16. Chilling, but it's funny too because

You can either be intelligent or pro Trump so whoever’s left isn’t going to be very bright. Or capable.

On the other hand competent people who are terminated for no reason will be in the news.

To everyone on the thread saying the USA is over and we can’t win the election I urge you to read On Tyrrany. Dont give up now ffs.

[bonniebgood]

17. Welcome to North Korea and Russia commiunist style Government. NT

[DBoon]

18. Any resemblence to the Soviet Union in the 1930s is intentional

nt

[zanana1]

22. I fear for my country.

[Blue_Tires]

23. Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment