Posted on 07/17/2023 8:20:44 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was ready to go back and tackle the corruption in Washington, D.C., because he spent his first term in the White House learning who the good people were.
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s Action conference in Florida, Trump admitted to his audience that he hadn’t been terribly savvy when it came to choosing the right people for jobs in his administration in 2016 – but he said that his time in the White House had taught him who to choose and who to avoid if he got another shot.
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TRUMP: “We are going to put AMERICA FIRST like never before, and FINISH the job that we started.”
“We are going to OBLITERATE the DEEP STATE.”🔥 pic.twitter.com/SAvFwv1MTi
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) July 16, 2023
“That’s was only the beginning,” Trump said of his first term, adding that he had plans to finish the job he had started when he took office six years earlier.
“When I get back to the Oval Office, I will totally obliterate the Deep State, they will be obliterated,” he said. “And we know all the good ones now, you know, when I went there, I’d only been to Washington 17 times in my life, according to the fake news, and — 17 times, and never stayed there, so I wasn’t a Washington establishment person.”
“I didn’t know the people, I had to rely on people to give me names, and largely, we got great names, you know, we got the tax cut, we did so much, we rebuilt our military … but there are people that I wouldn’t have put there, and I will fire all of these corrupt bureaucrats,” he continued.
“Now, better than maybe anybody else, I know the great ones, I know the smart ones, I know the dumb ones, I know the weak ones, I know the stupid ones — but I know the ones because I know everybody in Washington,” he said. “I got a — I got a PhD in learning about the people of Washington.”
Trump went on to promise to create a “truth and reconciliation” commission that would be tasked with declassifying and making public all documents pertaining to censorship and spying.
He concluded by saying that he could help bring about an end to the war in Ukraine before he even took office, promising to broker a “deal” that would be fair to everyone involved.
Trump’s speech comes just one day after he declined to appear at a presidential candidate forum hosted by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Live, learn, then come back and destroy.
Wasn’t it during the civil war that certain Senators etc. were removed from being able to participate?
From “I want to believe” to “Trust no one.”
He needs to build his team now. Reagan had his california buds. Trump doesn’t have that so he needs to start working with people who can help dismantle the government.
My thoughts Also..
Rain Fire on the Evil Doers.
i was thinking the same thing - if he eliminates a good part of the old R ‘tried and supposedly trues’ he is going to come up way short. he did seem to have a good team on judicial appointments, i have to say.
“He needs to build his team now. Reagan had his california buds. Trump doesn’t have that so he needs to start working with people who can help dismantle the government.”
He needs to play this one close to the vest so the apparatchniks don’t get to those people first.
Dude. I thought you were an only Trumper.
You keep posting articles like this. Articles that make Trump look like a fool. Or should I say DOCTOR Trump. Since he has a Phd.
Concur...and make the names public. Let the left know that Trump is coming, and hell is coming with him, (Hat tip to Kurt Russell).
First up...Newt Gingrich as COS.
Pelosi’s friend? No thanks.
Trump’s problem remains…. He wants to be loved by everyone and he thinks if he does a good job people will recognize it and love him. I like his policies. He needs to layout a plan…. A detailed plan…. For how he is going to eliminate major agencies. To eliminate at least 60% of our federal government
Trump failed the first time around with horrific picks, EOs instead of negotiated legislation, nothing, abosolutely nothing suggests he’ll do any different if given a second chance. His campaign talk itself makes clear he’s the same-old Trump. Granted Ivanka and Jarad and Melania are staying out but will this have any impact?
Trump’s new slogan could be...
DC delenda est.
I disagree, I believe the Dem's problem remains, Joe Biden. Trump beats Biden this time by a bigger margin. Dems know this, they are still not sure how to manage his exit.
I alone can do it. I’ll negotiate great deals. <p€Now it’s I’ve got a PhD in people. <Fool me once shame on me. Fool me twice shame on me.
“He needs to build his team now.”
I believe he has done that already. He knows where all-the-bodies-are-buried’ at this point. My guess he already picked General Flynn, Kash Patel, Homer Ross and many more from the old ‘guard’. I think he will have a place for Kari Lake, Byron Donalds and maybe Vivek Ramaswamy. IMO
It’s a little late for that Don…
I want to vote for the guy who says as example…. The department of energy has 14,635 employees. I may not be able to completely eliminate it…. But I will fire all but 10 of them. The FBI has 35,000. I will fire all but 10. And so on through most of these government beauracies.
“He needs to build his team now.”
I believe he has done that already. He knows where all-the-bodies-are-buried’ at this point. My guess he already picked General Flynn, Kash Patel, Homer Ross and many more from the old ‘guard’. I think he will have a place for Kari Lake, Byron Donalds and maybe Vivek Ramaswamy. IMO
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