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TRUMP FAMILY TRANSITION THREAD - Countdown week 7 (December 2-8 2016)
FRiends | December 2,2016 | DollyCali

Posted on 12/02/2016 1:14:44 AM PST by DollyCali

WELCOME TO THE TRUMP FAMILY TRAIN

We are in the fourth week since the election until the Inauguration

The first THANK YOU rally last night in Cinti revealed another packed house of enthusiastic Americans supporting Donald J. Trump as he reviewed the election, shared more of his vision and made on appointment announcement (that is a secret) of Mad Dog Mattis. We are all anticipating this week will reveal the new SOS plus other key announcements.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cabinet; transition; trump; trump2016; trumpcabinet; trumptraintransition; trumptransition
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To: RayofHope

I think she has more influence with him than either of his sons and that reality has been widely acknowledged in the press by the sons that she has more influence than either of them over the Trump Organization; so yes, I think she has a great deal of influence over him, which is not the same as control.

She was the only one of his children to make what amounted to a policy speech at the Republican Convention (about women’s issues and childcare), and Trump repeatedly, perhaps 100 times or more, gave her credit in his rally speeches for her views about women’s issues; in particular he said she developed a lot of his childcare platform, which I did not feel was very favorable to the institution of marriage or traditional Republican conservatism.

So, control him? No one does. But influence him unduly? Yes, she has in the past. Let’s see what happens going forward.

I do know he is very aware of public opinion and can also be influenced by a tweet storm against a given idea. Clearly he releases rumors to see what the reaction will be.


761 posted on 12/05/2016 10:46:20 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

A SHONDA!


762 posted on 12/05/2016 10:46:24 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Albion Wilde

Has she unduly influenced him in your mind to date???


763 posted on 12/05/2016 10:51:59 AM PST by RayofHope (I want to be very sick of winning!)
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To: Albion Wilde

A Jew is a Jew is a Jew is a Jew is a Jew is a Jew is a Jew.


764 posted on 12/05/2016 10:54:51 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Why does Ivanka need a residence in Washington?

Your guess is as good as mine, and the apparent non-necessity of her moving there has people concerned that she will stick her nose in where it doesn't belong at her dad's invitation, which would definitely be a problem.

Some freepers have speculated that her husband will have a spot in the administration; but others have said federal nepotism laws also rule out in-laws; so I don't know. Someone said she should oversee the Trump Hotel in DC, but given the large numbers of properties they manage around the world, that really isn't necessary, either.

765 posted on 12/05/2016 10:57:44 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Read Write Repeat

But to a non-Jew, there is no compelling need to observe a Jewish rule about how to discuss the matter. Again, where did this rule come from? I am genuinely interested whether it is a scriptural rule, or rather a long-held custom, or if it is different between orthodox, conservative or reform traditions.


766 posted on 12/05/2016 11:00:09 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Jennifer Jacobs ‏@JenniferJJacobs 2m2 minutes ago

Allen West tells press he met with Michael Flynn, KT McFarland & Pence about natl security. Didn't meet with Trump. "They know my record."

767 posted on 12/05/2016 11:03:29 AM PST by RayofHope (I want to be very sick of winning!)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Think. Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Did anyone ask them to give up their family fortune? Not both be involved in politics?


768 posted on 12/05/2016 11:05:55 AM PST by hoosiermama (“Christian faith is not the past but the present and the future. Make it stronger. "DJT)
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To: NIKK
Yes there is if her father who will be running our country asks her to be there!

There are nepotism laws in the FedGov that they need to respect. She can't have an appointed position in his admin.

From a business standpoint, none of his grown chlidren have ever been called to reside in any of the Trump Org properties to oversee them. it would dilute the roles of the on-site dedicated top management and cause more trouble than it would be worth.

So if the main point of her moving to DC would be to allow her to meddle in the administration, that would not be good for Trump's image as a decisive leader who can't be unduly influenced.

769 posted on 12/05/2016 11:06:44 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
My point is..Donald listens to all points of a situatuion. As John Bolton said not long ago one needs to have open conversation. Knowing all sides gives the negotiator a big advantage when deciding how to fight them or how to make a deal. A closed mind isn't the way to move on. Ivanka has different ideas than most conservatives but we didn't elect a conservative. Not all conservative ideas (what ever they are) apparently don't serve all. Its making America better not just the ideals of a certain political ideal. Donald said he will listen to everyone even the Bernie people and they believed him. He's not ending this open mind just because he has won, that's what politician do.

He also said we wouldn't always like his choices but he was making them in his JUDGEMENT deciding who was best for our country and who will get the job done.

I refuse to do what all conservatives have done in the past..and that's eating their own!


770 posted on 12/05/2016 11:07:39 AM PST by STARLIT (Draining the Swamp includes Cleaning Out The Sewer.)
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To: Albion Wilde

You never remind a Jew they converted. It would be like introducing you, “this is Albion Wilde who stole a pack of gum from a 7-11 when he was five years old.”


771 posted on 12/05/2016 11:07:47 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: hoosiermama
Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Did anyone ask them to give up their family fortune? Not both be involved in politics?

I read somewhere on FR that the Fed nepotism laws were passed after the Jack/Bobby assassinations, and possibly because of that situation. Anyone have more info?

772 posted on 12/05/2016 11:08:07 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Read Write Repeat

[it’s a sin to point out someone converted to Judaism — proper to say they’re just Jews.]

She was a Christian and converted to Judaism. Why is defining it a ‘sin’?


773 posted on 12/05/2016 11:11:35 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: RayofHope
Has she unduly influenced him in your mind to date???

As noted above, I did not feel her child care program was favorable to traditional marriage, and hence, not coming from conservative thought but rather from liberal/progressivism.

774 posted on 12/05/2016 11:13:23 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Seattle Conservative

We get our prescriptions at Safeway.

The price is the same as Walmart, which will tell you they have the better prices but not so.

We used to get them at Walmart until the pharmacist lied to my hubby and then lied again when he said he didn’t say the 1st thing.

We have a lot of options for a small community but prefer Safeway since one son works there.

Do you have Safeway up there?


775 posted on 12/05/2016 11:14:12 AM PST by Lakeside Granny ("I judge people on their capability, honesty and merit." DJT)
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To: Albion Wilde

Thanks for these thoughts Albion, I think we will all need to give and take a bit for Trump to be successful.


776 posted on 12/05/2016 11:19:51 AM PST by RayofHope (I want to be very sick of winning!)
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To: RayofHope
Hi Ray. Looked good to me, too.

I was shopping with hubby.

777 posted on 12/05/2016 11:20:49 AM PST by lysie
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To: Jane Long

You are welcome. :-)


778 posted on 12/05/2016 11:21:14 AM PST by lysie
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To: Read Write Repeat

Stating a fact is not the same as making a negative attack or even a negative assumption. I understand what you are fearing — that someone might try to use the fact of conversion as a negative — but that’s not what’s going on here; just the opposite. The fact that Trump has both Jewish and Christian relatives is a positive asset in his ability to uphold Mosaic-law-based Constitutional norms. He has a personal stake in respecting Jews and the Jewish people, both in Israel as our ally and of course within our nation.


779 posted on 12/05/2016 11:21:54 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: DollyCali; hoosiermama

Looking good.


780 posted on 12/05/2016 11:22:09 AM PST by lysie
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