NorthDallas40
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And I actually find it much easier to be politics proof than trump proof. trumpism goes so much deeper than mere politics.This is a topic I have been contemplating for a while myself. I wish there was room on the board to discuss it.
Is there not a Trump loyalist that is actually qualified for the position? Is Gaetz really the best Trump can do?
Is there not a Trump loyalist that is actually qualified for the position? Is Gaetz really the best Trump can do?
Unsurprisingly, I am on the corresponding but opposite side of your continuum.And I actually find it much easier to be politics proof than trump proof. trumpism goes so much deeper than mere politics.
Politics I can live with....it sucks. it has always sucked, and it will forever suck......but it's a necessary evil.
It's the slimy underbelly of trumpism that is repugnant and potentially damaging to my kids' future quality of life.
Just like clockwork, the corrupt democrat party and media will make every single Trump nominations a sexual criminal, white supremacist, or both.
Defense pick Pete Hegseth was investigated for sexual assault in 2017
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017 but no charges were filed.www.dailymail.co.uk
gridlock and dysfunction is nowhere near the very, very worst thing that can happen.....I don't understand the bitching about cabinet picks. Trump wasn't given a mandate to continue business as usual. He was given a mandate to gut the agencies, kick out the bad actors, and revolutionize how they operate. At the very, very worst these people give us total gridlock and dysfunction in their agencies, which is also fine by me (and by many, I assume).
American political bureaucracy needs the crud kicked out of it and it looks like that is what's happening. Comparing his picks to who "should" be there is mostly just idiotically looking at things through the same ugly s***stained glass we've always looked through.
Don't get me wrong. I'm enjoying life and will continue to do so. I'm insulated. My kids are all very successful and relatively trump proof.
It's simply that trump and trumpism has made the US a darker and uglier place in which to live. And that can't help but make one a little sad..
As someone else who was also abused by DoJ, Gaetz seems one of the most qualified and he will be surrounded by plenty of other well qualified loyalists like Mike Davis and Mark Paoletta.
Hopefully, justice is coming.
I would argue it depends on the goal. If the goal is to gut the DOJ of lawfaring, bureaucratic idiots, I think the qualifications are different.What are the qualifications needed? BS and JD degrees from an Ivy League school? Work experience serving in a past administration? Work experience on K Street?