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Trump starts considering Cabinet
The Hill ^ | 23 Jul 2016 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 07/23/2016 4:17:53 PM PDT by mandaladon

CLEVELAND — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is already focused on picking people for his future Cabinet.

A day before accepting his party’s nomination and completing an astonishing political rise that has taken him to the heights of the Republican Party’s power, Trump met with his inner circle at the Cleveland Westin to discuss his possible transition.

Eric Trump told The Hill that his father is determined to put together a Cabinet that can help him turn around the country. He suggested his father would look to the private sector to find effective leadership for government.

“You have to have the best people, and you have to put those people in charge, and those people have to be the best at what they do, and that’s going to be my father’s message,” Trump said.

“If we’re going to have the biggest deals in the world, which are trade deals, why not have the best guys negotiate this? Why not have the Carl Icahns or the top guys of Wall Street?” he added. “It’s why they’re worth millions and billions of dollars. It’s because they’re tough and they’re shrewd.”

Donald Trump recently floated former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin as a possible choice to head the Treasury Department, a development first reported by Fortune. Mnuchin serves as the national finance chairman of his campaign.

Icahn, one of the nation’s savviest investors, said last year he was not interested in heading Treasury.

“You’ll probably see a lot of people who are outside traditional Washington, D.C.,” Eric Trump added. “The people who are in there right now haven’t exactly done this country wonders.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; mnuchin; trump; trumpcabinet
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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Trump offered him a senior position when they met in Indianapolis earlier this month to discuss the vice presidency.

Gingrich told him that he wants to serve as a senior adviser with special authority to examine the federal bureaucracy and identify examples of waste, fraud and abuse.

“I said I want to be the senior planner for the entire federal government, and I want a letter from you that says Newt Gingrich is authorized to go to any program in any department, examine it and report directly to the president,” Gingrich said Tuesday at a reception sponsored by the law firm Dentons. .....................I like this idea

1 posted on 07/23/2016 4:17:53 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

So do I.


2 posted on 07/23/2016 4:20:04 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: mandaladon

“.I like this idea “

I do too...he should do it and make a big deal of it. The American public would see that Trump means business when he talks about waste....he should show the public how much these wasteful programs cost us in taxes.

It;s a winner


3 posted on 07/23/2016 4:22:43 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: mandaladon

Cool. Newt is nuts and bolts kinda guy. A structural engineer.


4 posted on 07/23/2016 4:23:59 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: mandaladon

Trump is supposed to be good at firing people. I hope so. There’s plenty of deadwood that needs it. Entire departments full of it.


5 posted on 07/23/2016 4:24:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: mandaladon

I hereby nominate Ted Cruz for the sensitive position of men’s washroom attendant. ;)


6 posted on 07/23/2016 4:26:30 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If you can't graciously honor JimRob's wishes, then kindly stay the hell out of JimRob's house.)
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To: mandaladon

Sound good. Go Trump!


7 posted on 07/23/2016 4:27:53 PM PDT by proust (Cruz forgot to say "Allah Ackbar" before blowing himself up)
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To: mandaladon
Knock knock....It's Newt??

Oh no....Tell him I'm out to lunch. At 8:00 in the morning?

8 posted on 07/23/2016 4:28:06 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mandaladon

Mr Trump, whole you’re at it, consider dismantling the useless, unconstitutional cabinet departments that are part of federal tyranny and a total drain on political freedom and out economic health.

KEEP but STREAMLINE:
Defense
Interior,
State,
Treasury,
Veterans Affairs,
Justice

DISMANTLE:
Agriculture,
Commerce,
Education,
Energy,
Health and Human Services,
Housing and Urban Development,
Labor,
Transportation

ALSO DISMANTLE:
Dept of Homeland Security - useless and bloated - turn it back into its components, the FBI and the CIA and make them functional once again.


9 posted on 07/23/2016 4:29:10 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: mandaladon

I like it, too. And this would be sweet, too.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is chairing the transition team, which has batted around a variety of names in recent days.

And Christie, who previously served as a U.S. attorney, is a leading candidate to step in as Trump’s attorney general.

Another name under consideration is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former U.S. attorney and state attorney general. For months Sessions was the only member of the Senate who backed Trump.

While Christie has been more active on the campaign trail on behalf of Trump, Sessions would be a more popular pick with conservatives.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who guided New York through the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is viewed as a strong pick to head the Department of Homeland Security.


10 posted on 07/23/2016 4:29:18 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: mandaladon

I would go with Early American....oh, that kind of Cabinet.


11 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:00 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: mandaladon

Department of fraud and corruption.
Newt is a bulldog. He will sniff it out


12 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:03 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Trump card is exposing the Fifth Column in the US)
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To: mandaladon

Good idea, always keep the Hildabeast on the defense, never let her gain the high ground on anything—not that she can, but RATS see things differently. Always be in charge of the narrative. This will keep the dinosaur media grasping at straws, never having enough time to change the agenda in favor of Cankles.


13 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:08 PM PDT by Fungi (Make America America again.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I hereby nominate Ted Cruz for the sensitive position of men’s washroom attendant

I Second the motion!

14 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:15 PM PDT by rapture-me
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To: mandaladon

never mind that, who’s in charge of constructing the wall?


15 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:39 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: Jim Robinson

Jim, along those same lines, Hillary and Kaine are using “You’re fired!” as a Trump line and “You’re hired!” as their line...

How many workers has Trump hired in his illustrious career and did not Hillary fire the whole White House travel staff???


16 posted on 07/23/2016 4:30:46 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: mandaladon

Try again with corrected spelling...

Mr Trump, while you’re at it, consider dismantling the useless, unconstitutional cabinet departments that are part of federal tyranny and a total drain on our political freedom and economic health.

KEEP but STREAMLINE:
Defense
Interior,
State,
Treasury,
Veterans Affairs,
Justice

DISMANTLE:
Agriculture,
Commerce,
Education,
Energy,
Health and Human Services,
Housing and Urban Development,
Labor,
Transportation

ALSO DISMANTLE:
Dept of Homeland Security - useless and bloated - turn it back into its components, the FBI and the CIA and make them functional once again.


17 posted on 07/23/2016 4:31:11 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Don’t forget...Re-organize the EPA....


18 posted on 07/23/2016 4:32:16 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rapture-me; mkjessup; onyx; stephenjohnbanker; SaveFerris; Grampa Dave; maggief; RitaOK; ...
I hereby nominate Ted Cruz for the sensitive position of men’s washroom attendant.

I Second the motion!

All those in favor...? ;)

19 posted on 07/23/2016 4:32:39 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If you can't graciously honor JimRob's wishes, then kindly stay the hell out of JimRob's house.)
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To: Jim 0216

What about the EPA? I hope you put this firmly in the “Dismantle” category.


20 posted on 07/23/2016 4:32:54 PM PDT by Blennos
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