Category: Trump appointees

The “best people”?

Working for Trump has ruined careers and reputations.  Trump appointees are not always “the best people” to begin with. Trump expects loyalty but doesn’t always show it.  It will get harder and harder for him to get competent people to work for him.  What will his appointees be like in the third and fourth year of his term?

Here are two articles on the what happened to some Trump appointees.  Sad!

Politico

New York Times

Mulvaney admitted lobbyist contributions can buy access in Congress

Mulvaney said ““We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress.  If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”

This analysis goes into more detail.

Mulvaney also is considering ending public access to a database consumers use to file complaints against financial institutions.  The Trump institution clearly cares about businesses more than the public.  Sad!

Update: Even after he worked for the administration, Mulvaney met with lobbyists who contributed to his campaigns.

Another questionable Trump pick

From this article: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Wall Street regulator Comptroller of the Currency bought financial stocks until he took office in November, according to financial disclosure documents filed with the Office of Government Ethics.
While not illegal, the trading activity by Joseph Otting’s money manager could violate the spirit of ethics rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest, five experts in U.S. government ethics standards said.”

What’s wrong with these people?  Don’t they care about ethics?  They’re like Trump. Sad!

 

 

While not illegal, the trading activity by Joseph Otting’s money manager could violate the spirit of ethics rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest, five experts in U.S. government ethics standards said.”

Sad!

 

Another example of poor vetting by the Trump administration

“The White House feels Jackson is being “railroaded” and will push back forcefully, the official said, adding that President Donald Trump is not wobbling over his selection.”

Don’t forget what Republicans did to Obama nominees

Trump and other Republicans whine about delays in approving his nominees.  Part of the problem is the poor job the White House does in vetting – see the Ronny Jackson case.

Don’t forget that Republicans stole a Supreme Court seat by not voting on Garland and used similar tactics for other judicial nominees.  This is one of the worst things they did:

Pruitt/EPA update

Pruitt turned down help from the White House to prepare for congressional hearings.

Pruitt support in the Senate declines.

The White House has discouraged allies from supporting Pruitt.

Bush’s ethics lawyer thinks Pruitt could face criminal charges.

This is why Trump keeps Pruitt:

The EPA plans to implement a regulation that will limit the use of scientific studies used for making policies.

Update:  List of Pruitt issues

Pruitt’s strategy will be to blame his staff members