Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab
Axios ^ | 11/13/23

Posted on 11/14/2023 6:14:02 AM PST by Duke C.

Former President Trump's allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential foot soldiers, as part of an unprecedented operation to centralize and expand his power at every level of the U.S. government if he wins in 2024, officials involved in the effort tell Axios.

Why it matters: Hundreds of people are spending tens of millions of dollars to install a pre-vetted, pro-Trump army of up to 54,000 loyalists across government to rip off the restraints imposed on the previous 46 presidents.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last
That was a hell of a read!
1 posted on 11/14/2023 6:14:02 AM PST by Duke C.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Duke C.
...officials involved in the effort tell Axios.

So, they were not screened? lol

2 posted on 11/14/2023 6:16:03 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

“Accuse your enemy of what it is you’re doing.” Alinsky.

L


3 posted on 11/14/2023 6:16:18 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Exactly what the RATs have been doing.


4 posted on 11/14/2023 6:18:00 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Good. Trump was surrounded by establishment traitors during his first admin. It will be good if he can hit the ground running. There are a lot of vermin to exterminate in the DC swamp.


5 posted on 11/14/2023 6:18:38 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Trump learned a lot in his first term. In every office lurk people who want him destroyed.


6 posted on 11/14/2023 6:23:12 AM PST by lurk (u)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.
Hundreds of people are spending tens of millions of dollars to install a pre-vetted, pro-Trump army of up to 54,000 loyalists across government

So there's a plan to replace the unelected bureaucrats in the federal departments under the Executive Branch with people who might actually do what the president wants? Not seeing the problem here.

The only concerns I'd have are where do they find 54,000 competent people with nothing better to do than work for the federal government, and can we be sure that federal job protections won't keep the current Biden loyalists in their jobs?
7 posted on 11/14/2023 6:27:04 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Average American has to have a criminal background check, drug test and a min of two interviews before being hired for low wage work, so yeah, vet the heck out of those who would advise Donald Trump, please.


8 posted on 11/14/2023 6:27:42 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

So, a president who uses executive orders for the purpose of attacking and crippling the American economy and for limiting freedoms of American citizens is perfectly A-Okay with the Axios bunch.

But a president who would limit government controls on freedom is executing a power grab.

When I see bilge like this, I wonder if there is even a shred of self-awareness in these people.

Do they really have no issue with the elimination of free speech (which pertains to political expression)? And no issue with the attempts to keep us dependent on public transportation so that our ability to go outside of our homes is limited? How about the efforts to stop us from traveling? What about the efforts to ban all gas appliances and force us all to use (vastly more expensive) electric ones? Or the efforts to force us all into rationed government controlled health care?

I’ll go with the freedom president, even if that means he’s going to grab power... by pushing back government to something that is less intrusive on our lives.


9 posted on 11/14/2023 6:31:16 AM PST by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

You’d think the dumb authors of the article actually believe that folks like Myorkas and not the White House are in charge of the border policies. What it is that they really believe is that federal agencies are unbiased and “independent”. LOL


10 posted on 11/14/2023 6:38:42 AM PST by Wuli ( ,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

“Everyone I don’t like is Hitler!”


11 posted on 11/14/2023 6:41:49 AM PST by packagingguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Will he have as many czars as Obama had for his fundamentally changing the United States of America?


12 posted on 11/14/2023 6:47:49 AM PST by TomGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

Yes it was ,here’s hoping it comes to pass! This would be FANTASTIC!


13 posted on 11/14/2023 7:00:08 AM PST by ballplayer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.
Why it matters:

Does this kind of thing in supposed "news" articles strike anybody else as being manipulative and arrogant?

14 posted on 11/14/2023 7:01:48 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

15 posted on 11/14/2023 7:06:15 AM PST by wafflehouse ("there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon" -Alice's Restaurant Massacree)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lurker

I agree! Democrats have done this for years! SO Axios is saying Democrats can screen their people and vet for “loyalty”, but Republicans can’t. This is the way Democrats operate.


16 posted on 11/14/2023 7:08:32 AM PST by JoJo354 (We are the revolution....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

This is the deep state preparing for its own survival. Nothing scares them more than a Trump presidency.


17 posted on 11/14/2023 7:09:47 AM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

cuz ya know

the biden administration

is just chock full of MAGA


18 posted on 11/14/2023 7:10:15 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Duke C.

“as part of an unprecedented operation to centralize and expand his power”

So “unprecedented” now means “something that every incoming President does (if he is smart)”?


19 posted on 11/14/2023 7:38:11 AM PST by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnotherUnixGeek

“where do they find 54,000 competent people...”

Since the government is already thoroughly incompetent, I’m happy if they are just loyal.


20 posted on 11/14/2023 7:39:26 AM PST by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson