I'm honestly tying to give Trump a chance

[Fanatical Meat]

But come on, now he wants to install "Political Aids" or people who were called party officials in the old USSR days to cabinets. How can Trump not see a parallell, how could someone not make this point or how could Trump ignore that point.

White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump’s eyes and ears[/quote[

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...e-trump’s-eyes-and-ears/ar-BBypcpD?li=BBnb7Kz

 

[HomerJS]

autocrats gonna autocrat

 

[DaveSimmons]

"Jared want to give everyone aides" (Which sadly turned out to be true.)

I had the same "In Soviet Russia" reaction to that headline, but reading the whole article makes it seem more benign.

Apparently Obama didn't need this because he micromanaged in his own way (from that article):

"The Obama White House kept tight control over agencies, telling senior officials what they could publicly disclose about their own department’s operations. Foreign policy became so centralized that State Department and Defense Department officials complained privately that they felt micromanaged on key decisions."

There are many reasons (including the endless stream of twitter lies and slander) not to give Trump a chance, but I give him a pass on this one.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

"Jared want to give everyone aides" (Which sadly turned out to be true.)

I had the same "In Soviet Russia" reaction to that headline, but reading the whole article makes it seem more benign.

Apparently Obama didn't need this because he micromanaged in his own way (from that article):

"The Obama White House kept tight control over agencies, telling senior officials what they could publicly disclose about their own department’s operations. Foreign policy became so centralized that State Department and Defense Department officials complained privately that they felt micromanaged on key decisions."

There are many reasons (including the endless stream of twitter lies and slander) not to give Trump a chance, but I give him a pass on this one.

I saw that too but its real creepy.

 

[Thebobo]

But come on, now he wants to install "Political Aids" or people who were called party officials in the old USSR days to cabinets. How can Trump not see a parallel, how could someone not make this point or how could Trump ignore that point.

Lol trump has political officers now. BTW you give trump some rope and he will hang you. Never give in! Viva la resistance!

 

[glenn1]

I'm honestly tying to give Trump a chance

I think Trump is in over his head but I'm not concerned with how he manages his departments in the HR sense. If he gets positive results it doesn't matter if he has zero 'aids' in cabinet departments or 100 and vice versa. That being said it's not exactly a trust building action by him that will inspire the troops to greatness. Preventing some minor failure or poor word choice via means like this also means you're taking away the opportunity and motivation to take prudent risks, innovate, and actually move your desired policy forward. You don't advance your cause by using a "prevent defense" managerial style.

 

[shortylickens]

He gets a new chance every day he wakes up.

You know what he does with it?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

He gets a new chance every day he wakes up.

You know what he does with it?

OOH! OOH! I KNOW! I KNOW! PICK ME MR. KOTTER!

 

[HomerJS]

I wouldn't exactly call his crazy tweets and outright lies prevent defense

 

[shortylickens]

Did not expect to see elephant anus on the forum today.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Did not expect to see elephant anus on the forum today.

wait, did you think he did something different than shit on his chances? Or were you thinking bigger, like a blue whale or maybe a brachiosaurus?

 

[shortylickens]

I dunno.
Was the ultrasaurus real?

 

[Jhhnn]

I think Trump is in over his head but I'm not concerned with how he manages his departments in the HR sense. If he gets positive results it doesn't matter if he has zero 'aids' in cabinet departments or 100 and vice versa. That being said it's not exactly a trust building action by him that will inspire the troops to greatness. Preventing some minor failure or poor word choice via means like this also means you're taking away the opportunity and motivation to take prudent risks, innovate, and actually move your desired policy forward. You don't advance your cause by using a "prevent defense" managerial style.

It's the style of authoritarian take over attempts everywhere. The govt must be crippled before being taken down. When govt can't do the job it just means that more control is obviously necessary. Wash, rinse & repeat to achieve total paralysis.

 

[Jaskalas]

So this is a question of management style.
BTW, some Republicans apparently approve. As opposed to this just being a Trumpism.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), a Trump adviser, said the president needs to dispatch political allies to the agencies to monitor a bureaucracy that’s being targeted for reduction.

“If you drain the swamp, you better have someone who watches over the alligators,” Gingrich said.“These people are actively trying to undermine the new government.And they think it’s their moral obligation to do so.”

 

[glenn1]

“If you drain the swamp, you better have someone who watches over the alligators,” Gingrich said.“These people are actively trying to undermine the new government.And they think it’s their moral obligation to do so.”

I presume in the bolded above Gingrinch is talking about the people in the "bureaucracy targeted for destruction" but it also aptly describes the Trump administration itself.

 

[Blackjack200]

So this is a question of management style.
BTW, some Republicans apparently approve. As opposed to this just being a Trumpism.

Gingrich is a total sycophant, his approval means nothing.

I think that guys like McCain and Graham are better for testing this question, as objectionable as I find them.

 

[Jhhnn]

So this is a question of management style.
BTW, some Republicans apparently approve. As opposed to this just being a Trumpism.

Newt believes in smaller govt no matter who gets screwed. He sees it as some sort of principled stance, one of those things that transcends common decency.

 

[sdifox]

Spasibo tovarishch zampolit.

 

[disappoint]

Spasibo tovarishch zampolit.

Thanks totalitarian armpit? My Russian is a little rusty...

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Thanks totalitarian armpit? My Russian is a little rusty...

lol, ok that's funny. I had to look it up as my russian is non-existent.

 

[sdifox]

Thanks totalitarian armpit? My Russian is a little rusty...

I guess I suck at google translate? Supposed to be thank you comrade political officer. I translated one word at a time though.

 

[Meghan54]

Spasibo, tovarishch politrabotnik

 

[sdifox]

Spasibo, tovarishch politrabotnik

Zampolit was used in the Hunt for Red October and it was apparently active til 1991

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

getting back to the title of the thread, WHY?!?!?! what has drumpf done to earn that? I'm going to go with fuck-all. He shits on every one at any given moment. He's a festering shit of a human being. An unapologetic narcissist at a level we've never dealt with before in a public office and that is saying quite a lot.
Other than being the president (who did not win the popular vote, and by a large margin), what has he done to earn that chance? He lies, he lies at an unpresidented level, tweets out vacuous accusations, has skin thinner than a bat's wing, fuck drumpf he doesn't deserve a fucking thing.

 

[sdifox]

getting back to the title of the thread, WHY?!?!?! what has drumpf done to earn that? I'm going to go with fuck-all. He shits on every one at any given moment. He's a festering shit of a human being. An unapologetic narcissist at a level we've never dealt with before in a public office and that is saying quite a lot.
Other than being the president (who did not win the popular vote, and by a large margin), what has he done to earn that chance? He lies, he lies at an unpresidented level, tweets out vacuous accusations, has skin thinner than a bat's wing, fuck drumpf he doesn't deserve a fucking thing.

He is doing information control from the source. Gag order is not enough for him.

Big USSR fan.