Moderation HELL! RAMMING SPEED!
Posted on 11/18/2016 12:55:04 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President-elect Donald J. Trump is picking up the pace with his cabinet and top White House staff choices, and despite the fervent wishes of some Democrats that views expressed during the campaign would be moderated after the election, the new administration’s team is maintaining a decidedly conservative bent. Up next, secretary of defense?
James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, will meet the president-elect at Mr. Trump’s New Jersey country club on Saturday to discuss the post of defense secretary, according to two people close to the transition team.
Conservatives this spring had wooed General Mattis to run for president as an independent as they sought an alternative to Mr. Trump. While he was receptive to the idea, he ultimately decided against running. “The thoughtfulness and patriotism — and for that matter, the modesty — Jim showed as he reflected on this decision make me more convinced than ever that he would have made a truly admirable president, and also a good candidate,” William Kristol, the editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, wrote at the time.
General Mattis, 66, is widely respected in the military community and could bring with him a top-notch staff of civilian experts. He was the head of the United States Central Command, which oversees all military operations in the Middle East, from 2010 to 2013 but crossed swords with President Obama over his push for a more aggressive presence in the Persian Gulf.
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They can’t make up their minds. First they tell us breathlessly Trump is betraying us, then they wail and gnash their teeth because he’s not.
Neither does the New York Times.
These idiots do not know when to quit. You lost and nobody believes you anymore. STFU.
I like this guy already.
someone point me to a new york slimes article where they blast hussein for being the radical he hid from the public.
oh wait.
Trump announced his great picks today and changed the NY Times narrative(Romney).
Now the NY Times is quaking in their boots.
Moderation HELL! RAMMING SPEED!
A retired Marine for defense secretary?
Genius....
Hang on Freepers. We know the media sucks.
We will be greatly rewarded for supporting Trump.
And I am starting to surmise beyond Freepers’ wildest political dreams......xo
This is a surprise?
According to the NY Times:
I should feel betrayed for not being betrayed.
How can this guy be a real Republican if he doesn’t betray me?
Cry, pout, bitch, moan, groan, mope, complain, ridicule, criticize.
Expect it.
The fifth-column leftist media will complain continuously about Donald Trump and everything he does and every one he names to his administration.
A bad tie, the way they part their hair, some parking ticket 40 years ago. All will raise the anguish and outrage of the fifth-column rags, like the Washington Compost and the New York Slimes, and the TV mediots like Lester, David, and Scott.
Trump was elected to implement his agenda and that is exactly what he is doing. He should be commended for working to fulfill his promises.
Would like to have seen all Trump’s picks released at one time. :)
Excellent news!
We can all work to defund the NYT.
A pleasent surprise so far. Trump is the ideological centrist that the GOPee has been pinning for.
Lefties are so funny when they are out of power.
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