Whats YOUR view of Trumps appointments so far?

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Deus_tecum said:
I think they stand in stark contrast to the liberal media spinning in some circles that Trump made false promises and will govern more like a liberal. The media treats him like Pope Francis. If there is the least glimmer of liberalism in anything he says, they spin it as full blown support. Some people were even insisting he would put Clinton back as Sec’y Of State as an “olive branch”. He does not need to give anyone like that an olive branch.
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Magdalen2013 said:
Good luck with that!

After 33 years as a Federal employee I can tell you that Republican administrations always make the Federal Government and its budget larger.

Whenever a Democrat becomes President the Republicans in Congress try to starve the Executive Branch.

I’ve seen it happen several times now.
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Sincere thanks for the info:thumbsup:

And welcome home
 
Gertabelle said:
Is he required to appoint someone to every position?

He was talking about abolishing the Dept of Education – and I wish he would! – so why not just leave the position open and abolish the thing ASAP? 🤷
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He appointed a women who is STRONGLY Pro Life and a Charter School advocate as well:)
 
Erikaspirit16 said:
Nikki Hailey. I like Nimrata (or Nikki, as she calls herself now). She has a BA in accounting from Clemson, and as gov. she has taken a few trips overseas to push SC businesses. I don’t know if she knows a second language–even Punjabi.

Now take a look at the Wikipedia articles on Susan Rice and Samantha Power, the Obama UN representatives. Susan Rice: PhD from Oxford; thesis on Rhodesia and the Commonwealth. Experience in government. Samantha: BA Stanford, Harvard law degree. Pulitzer Prize for a book on international genocide.

I’m sorry, but on purely objective grounds of education, experience, and knowledge, poor Nikki is not in the same class as Susan and Samantha. She’s not in the same ballpark, the same league, or the same anything. She’s unqualified.

But yes, it could have been worse…he could have re-appointed some Bush re-treads like Bolton. But surely there must be some other people out there with spectacular international credentials. Why not appoint one of them?
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So my friend, in your position where does morality come in?🤷

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Gertabelle said:
Yeah, I know… But hope springs eternal. :o

When I was studying for my teaching license, I learned the history of the formation of the Dept of Ed. As a teacher of 20 years, I see the insanity it has created – teachers can barely teach for all the mandates, etc…

sigh

Only 15 more years of feeling like a contortionist, trying to do what’s best for children (content, instructional practices, etc.) while working with, around, through, under… the fed stuff.

Hope.
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God BLESS You!
 
meltzerboy said:
I hate to dash your hopes, but what about the state mandates in public education? There are just so many layers. OTOH, private education is sometimes too loose when it comes to hiring and firing teachers, that is, frequently at the whim of the headmaster or headmistress alone. And private schools, especially religious schools, often pay faculty less with fewer benefits. A happy teacher makes a successful teacher.

DeVos’ agenda is to ultimately demolish public education altogether. She has a track record in the field. Perhaps it is not an explicit agenda but she is in line with the privatization proponents of Medicare and other such programs.

Donald Trump’s choices? They could be better, far better. If he chooses Giuliani as SOS, be prepared for a bumpy ride. The latter, once a quite decent Mayor of NYC, has become an embarrassment. I’m hoping for Romney instead.
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Me too:)

Thanks and GBY
 
Gertabelle said:
Yup and yup.

That’s why I’d like to see the federal DOE abolished all together. Let the districts and local governments work this out without the federal government interfering!

A happy teacher does indeed do better with his/her students. But having our careers constantly threatened, and being told our life’s work is a disastrous drain on society and the destruction of multiple generations of human beings – well, that’s not working out so well among the teachers I know.

Yes, we’re being used as pawns by officials at all levels, and we know it. But if we could remove the layer over which we have the least influence, that would be a Very Good Thing.
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I LIKE your idea!
 
PJM said:
Folks LET"S PLAY NICE HERE!

This is a Catholic site:)
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Personally I think labeling people alt right is the uncharitable position. Most of the posters on this site would be charged as alt right under the current media infatuation with this term.
A conservative site in which most people support trump and is religious in nature. Pro family and life.

I’m alt right whatever that is…
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Personally I think labeling people alt right is the uncharitable position. Most of the posters on this site would be charged as alt right under the current media infatuation with this term.
A conservative site in which most people support trump and is religious in nature. Pro family and life.

I’m alt right whatever that is…
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I’d rather be alt-right than alt-wrong.

(Needing a tongue-in-cheek emoji 😃 )
 
Midwest88 said:
Do you even know what the alt-right is? I mean, besides the whole white nationalists and RIchard Spencer part?
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What a fun post. Perhaps next you’ll ask if I “even know” what genocide is. I mean, besides the whole mass murder and Raphael Lempkin part.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Personally I think labeling people alt right is the uncharitable position. Most of the posters on this site would be charged as alt right under the current media infatuation with this term.
A conservative site in which most people support trump and is religious in nature. Pro family and life.

I’m alt right whatever that is…
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Thank you
 
His Cabinet appointments aren’t as important as you might think. There isn’t a Trump party with government experience or even a large Trump faction in the GOP so he’ll have to turn to the much-hated Republican establishment for Assistant Secretaries, Deputary Secretaries &c. I suspect that no matter how determined he is to “drain the swamp” his new Cabinet secretaries will go native and be more loyal to their Departments than to him.
 
didymus said:
His Cabinet appointments aren’t as important as you might think. There isn’t a Trump party with government experience or even a large Trump faction in the GOP so he’ll have to turn to the much-hated Republican establishment for Assistant Secretaries, Deputary Secretaries &c. I suspect that no matter how determined he is to “drain the swamp” his new Cabinet secretaries will go native and be more loyal to their Departments than to him.
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And do YOU see that as a good or a bad thing?

GBY
 
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