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exboyfil

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1. This is how it is going to play out

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:01 PM

Dec 2016

Trump will spend most of his time in New York, and, except for some photo ops like Carrier, will delegate everything to those remaining in the White House. He thinks Pence will do this, but Pence is not in any authorized reporting structure. The Department Secretaries and Trump's staff (including Chief of Staff and NSA) do not take orders from Pence. The Department Secretaries do not take orders from the Chief of Staff or NSA.

Actually I guess it won't be a lot different than George W. Bush except Bush actually had some understanding of how government functions.

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Michael Moore begs Trump: Attend security briefings or the next terror attack is all your fault [View all] kpete Dec 2016 OP

This is how it is going to play out exboyfil Dec 2016 #1

It's really a sad, sad state of affairs Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #2

The brief is produced by the Director of National Intelligence, a bureaucracy to be eliminated FarCenter Dec 2016 #4

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Thank you caraher Dec 2016 #18

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I hope the intel community wouldn't tell Agent Orange anything they wouldn't want lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #29