Trump’s Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist

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Thebobo

Thebobo

Lifer
Jun 19, 2006
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But Sam Clovis is a huge trump supporter and get this - a conservative talk radio host. Thats his current profession. LOL seriously the department's head scientist.

https://www.propublica.org/article/...ial&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1494630729

The other idiot is Sam
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Relax. He's from Iowa. Farming is like..in his DNA. Just like Ben Carson saw a HUD house once in his life, he was qualified. Clovis grew up with a corn field in his back yard. So clearly that has prepared him for this position.
 
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KMFJD

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Lifer
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At this point he's just looking for the most unqualified candidate just to piss of sane people i believe, i can't think of any other reason (other than greed of course)
 
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brycejones

Lifer
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So what is the conservative butt hurt with the USDA science staff that this pick was warranted? Serious question.
 
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One of two things is possible:
Trump is intentionally trying to screw the country
Trump drinks the literal Kool-Aid of right wing media conspiracy hacks such that the only marker of credibility is an anger over being invalidated by liberalism

I think the latter option, but I don't know which is more terrifying. Ironically, Trump's positions on things that predate alt-right conspiracy coverage are rather moderate or liberal.
 
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fskimospy

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interchange said:
One of two things is possible:
Trump is intentionally trying to screw the country
Trump drinks the literal Kool-Aid of right wing media conspiracy hacks such that the only marker of credibility is an anger over being invalidated by liberalism

I think the latter option, but I don't know which is more terrifying. Ironically, Trump's positions on things that predate alt-right conspiracy coverage are rather moderate or liberal.
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Option 3: Trump doesn't give a shit about the government and views positions in it primarily as patronage opportunities. They are vehicles to reward supporters and consolidate his power, not to perform the actual functions of government that they were created for. To me this is by far the most likely thing, and the most toxic.
 
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fskimospy said:
Option 3: Trump doesn't give a shit about the government and views positions in it primarily as patronage opportunities. They are vehicles to reward supporters and consolidate his power, not to perform the actual functions of government that they were created for. To me this is by far the most likely thing, and the most toxic.
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That's a good point, and hearing it, I see the answer as a blend between 2 & 3.
 
WelshBloke

WelshBloke

Lifer
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Option 4; Trump really believes that he's the smartest man in any room and therefore has issues with anyone smarter than him.
 
mikeymikec

mikeymikec

Lifer
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I think this is my go-to reaction GIF for every stupid Trump announcement in future:

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A close runner-up choice would have been that moment in 'Lilo & Stitch' when the head honcho alien says sarcastically, "of course!" when the space ship crash-lands on a tiny speck of land in the middle of a huge ocean, but the Internet doesn't seem to be forthcoming with that one.
 
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ch33zw1z

Lifer
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Oh sure, why not, that guy definitely looks like he'll make a change to the obesity rates in our country. It make be the wrong direction, but whatever, fuck you america.
 
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