Posted on 11/30/2016 7:07:49 PM PST by heterosupremacist
So far, the president-elect is tapping people with deep ties to Washington and Wall Street as he fills out his Cabinet, turning to two power centers he vilified as greedy, corrupt and out of touch with Americans during his White House campaign. His choices have won praise from Republicans relieved by his more conventional choices, but could risk angering voters who rallied behind his calls for upending the political system.
Two of Trump's early picks are wealthy financial industry insiders with ties to the kinds of institutions he railed against as a candidate.
Elaine Chao, his choice for transportation secretary and an accomplished political figure in her own right, is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - blending family and political power in a way Trump fiercely criticized campaign rival Hillary Clinton for. Jeff Sessions, Trump's selection for attorney general, has spent two decades in the Senate, and Tom Price, his health and human services nominee, is a six-term congressman.
As a candidate, Trump said Wall Street had created "tremendous problems" for the country.
Mnuchin and Ross also have financial links to Trump's White House bid, with Mnuchin having led the campaign's fundraising efforts. Trump repeatedly bragged that his personal wealth - he mostly self-funded his campaign during the primaries - meant he would not be beholden to donors who might expect their financial contributions to be repaid with powerful jobs or insider access.
"I can't be bought," Trump said during the campaign. "I won't owe anybody anything."
Trump's transition team brushed aside questions about whether there are inconsistencies between the president-elect's campaign rhetoric and his Cabinet picks.
"These are experts who know how to win," spokesman Jason Miller said Wednesday.
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Well, let's see... Marx is dead, so is Engells. Uhm, Lenin, dead. Stalin, dead. Mao dead. Pol Pot, dead. Hugo, dead. And now, Castro dead.
I can see why the AP would have trouble recommending fills for Trump's cabinet...
Their favorites are all dead!
Incidentally, regarding the comments to that article, the long one by “paulinohio” (that’s not me, BTW!), at 10:56 pm on 11/10/16, should be required reading for every voter in this country!! When I worked at a 300+ person mfg. company, now defunct, the story was much the same.
You sometimes have to dive right in to determine the extent of the cleanup.
Academia = Inability to actually DO anything useful.
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