Posted on 12/17/2016 8:17:59 AM PST by RoosterRedux
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Mick Mulvaney, a conservative Republican congressman from South Carolina who is known as a budget “hawk”, as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Donald Trump accuses China of 'unpresidented' act over US navy drone Read more
In a statement issued on Saturday morning – shortly after Trump tweeted an inflammatory comment about China’s seizure of a US navy drone in the South China Sea – Trump called Mulvaney a “very high-energy leader with deep convictions for how to responsibly manage our nation’s finances and save our country from drowning in red ink”.
Trump also said that with Mulvaney as his budget director, his administration would make “smart choices” and “renew the American taxpayer’s trust in how their money is spent”.
Mulvaney said he would help restore “budgetary and fiscal sanity … after eight years of an out-of-control, tax-and-spend financial agenda” under Barack Obama.
Like other Trump nominations, the budget director’s job requires Senate approval.
Mulvaney’s nomination follows a pattern of Trump turning to individuals with records apparently hostile to the agencies they are nominated to lead.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
As soon as I saw it I thought it was intentional.
Mindless snark makes your a$$ look big and your mind look small.
Truth be known, the entire South Carolina GOP congressional delegation is in the pocket of the Chamber of Commerce cheap labor express. The state’s right to work economy has to have cheap labor to survive.
Trump tweets—and China says they’ll return the drone:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/world/asia/china-us-drone.html?_r=0
(Though presumably having captured whatever tech they want to study from it.)
Uh oh...what’s his stance on the boy scouts and Kanye West???
“At least now, people are going to know that China stole our drone. What an embarrassment for Obama.”
The media wants to make fun of the typo but can’t do it without bringing that up
I didn’t see much in the Trump campaign about reducing spending except for the “penny plan” and “waste, fraud and abuse”...now, we are getting somewhere
Yes...but those libertarians are very very good when it comes to cutting the budget. Most of the old school paleo-cons are very big spenders, earmarks, etc
Trump is putting together the pieces to this puzzle
Good. I know Mick and his family personally, and all he thinks about is whether or not the taxpayer is getting his money worth. Great family with great kids.
It’s old tech. China embarrassed itself.
I am a bit concerned about the confirmation hearings, but Mr. Trump is very smart, and these politicians are very dumb, and Mr. Trump has smart people advising him. I’m just going to wait and see what happens.
I’m kind of surprised to hear budget director has to get confirmed. I thought that was cabinet secretaries, FBI, and federal judges only.
The Trump admin proposes the budget, but Congress does whatever they want. Even the dems in Congress ignored Obama’s budget.
I’d love a bigger A$$!!
But, parroting the MSM makes your mind appear quite small. It’s
“In addition, he had been a minority shareholder and Owner-Operator in Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, a privately held regional restaurant chain.”
Salsarita’s is good stuff and gets a high recommendation from rb.
“Mulvaney’s nomination follows a pattern of Trump turning to individuals with records apparently hostile to the agencies they are nominated to lead.”
That pattern alone is worthy of re-election....
My original comment was sardonic but I guess that flew right over your head.
Gotta admit - Democrats throw the best 'Pity Parties' of anyone... it's like drama queens on speed... Pull out the popcorn - it's gonna be fun.
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