Goro Majima
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I wish Trump would cut these assholes a huge check for their dedication and service and get some better appointments.
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Key figures purged from Trump transition team
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Enosh
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dude wrote an article on being #nevertrump so of course they are going to tell him to fuck off
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Ill bet they won't even have one and close the room.
BronsonLee
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Could conceivably flip back the midwestern white people who voted for Obama but flipped to him this election tbh.
The Silver
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I sure am, small speck of light in an ocean of shit
Robdraggoo
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I'm pretty sure vp have been replaced before
It seems like that until you realize someone Christie was probably the least dangerous person there.
Herein lies one of the major drawbacks of running and winning as an "outsider". Okay, gratz, you're the president. Do you now fill your entire cabinet with fellow politically inexperienced "outsiders" to appease your rabid base who want you to tear the establishment a new asshole? Or do you appoint people who actually know what they're doing? Doing the latter would make perfectly logical sense if you don't want your administration to be a complete disaster before it's even begun, but you risk looking like a liar to your constituency on top of giving the impression like you can now be corrupted by the elite establishment of Washington.
Also, that line about folks getting close to Trump just so they could be rewarded with positions of power is hilarious. Who could have guessed that after pissing off the establishment GOP the only Republicans left to publicly support you were assholes who were in it for themselves all along? Shocking.
As a side note, I'm getting giddy at the thought of Christie being kicked out. Gingrich next, please?
Also, that line about folks getting close to Trump just so they could be rewarded with positions of power is hilarious. Who could have guessed that after pissing off the establishment GOP the only Republicans left to publicly support you were assholes who were in it for themselves all along? Shocking.
As a side note, I'm getting giddy at the thought of Christie being kicked out. Gingrich next, please?
Oh, sure. But it's a matter of context. I just don't think that response, or this story about a purging, should comfort anyone. The new government's base emotion is anger, and their goal is revenge above everything else. I think they're making that really clear with decisions like this. I mean, that's been Donald Trump's MO throughout this election (look at how he talked about John McCain). We shouldn't be surprised at all. But we can leave room to be shocked, because this guy is going to gobsmack us once he's actually in office.
Imperfected
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Trump may be a scumbag, but even he knows to play by the Saturday Morning Cartoon rules.
The sniveling, groveling little imp that follows the villain around giggling frantically can receive no greater reward than a solid punting when it's all said and done. That's the way things work. Even in Trump's America, that's the way things work.
Hope your ass stays sore for a good long while, Christie.
The sniveling, groveling little imp that follows the villain around giggling frantically can receive no greater reward than a solid punting when it's all said and done. That's the way things work. Even in Trump's America, that's the way things work.
Hope your ass stays sore for a good long while, Christie.
Abinash117
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And because of that they have little no one to choose from for plenty of these positions.
I think Christie was demoted because of Trump's son-in-law. It is less about being anti-establishment and more about power plays by his inner circle.
Tal Shiar Agent
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Put your vote where your mouth is McCain. He is going to probably retire soon so why not join with the Democrats and obstruct Trump?
Trickster
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Really don't see that happening. Bannon from the sound of it, is basically who masterminded Trumps campaign.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Democratic cabinet incoming 
Until the "I got mine" crowd is ridiculously harmed by Trump's policies in action, assuming they don't cause a huge conflagration in the Republican Party. Republicans bend to the knee to keep their enterprise going, but they're going to lose 'control' of this administration.
McCain lost his spine some time around 2008.
He only denounced Trump after the "grab them by the pussy" video made it look like Trump was gonna sink.
i can't figure out if this would make me more or less likely to go insane than Kellyanne Conway. Both talk nonsense, just different flavors.
Gingrich has been high on his own fumes since Trump won, praising him. He'll no doubt be rewarded.
Imperfected
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Even when they're directly, materially hurt by Trump's policies, they will blame Obama and the Democrats, based on whatever ridiculously flimsy logic Bannon feeds them. The Republican Party has weaponized stupidity, there's no going back to a scenario where our democracy actually works again.
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As a life long Democrat, I am so worried about what the next 4 years are gonna be like. I have never felt like this before. Ever. Before it was oh no taxes, healthcare. Now? Oh no....KKK.
He's gonna talk to Arnold about trading jobs, it'd be an improvement at least... Arnold was the Cali Gov.
Too bad Arnold is ineligible for Pres.
DrForester
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Mechanized
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Dude is gonna get impeached. This couldn't be going better.
AntraxSuicide
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I definitely didn't think it would matter (PoliGAF can vouch), but Bridgegate is too hot for even Trump to touch. They're already got 3 of his people convicted (not just indicted, but actually getting sentenced) for that shit, and he's probably getting hit with it later. Prosecution is just running up the chain of command, and I really don't think they'll miss Christie.
I'm not american, and while some of these names are familiar, others are not. But reading a bit on a few of his choices, is it possible that he is choosing people so extreme that even the Republican Party will try to put a stop on whatever demented ideas they may have?
Or is the GOP so fucked in the head, they will give him free reign for a few months to let everything crash and burn, and then swoop in and take over? Or just effectively support their decisions regardless of the outcome?
While i would like to assume he would now try to be an inclusive president and backpedal on a lot of shit he said in the campaign, some of his choices...Yikes
Am i reading this whole thing wrong? Apologies if i'm just asking stupid stuff.
Or is the GOP so fucked in the head, they will give him free reign for a few months to let everything crash and burn, and then swoop in and take over? Or just effectively support their decisions regardless of the outcome?
While i would like to assume he would now try to be an inclusive president and backpedal on a lot of shit he said in the campaign, some of his choices...Yikes
Am i reading this whole thing wrong? Apologies if i'm just asking stupid stuff.
Napoleonthechimp
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I honestly don't see how Trump could last 4 years given that he's alienating established Democrats and Republicans and replacing them with people who are woefully inexperienced.
They are already saying that some of his campaign promises aren't happening
He himself seems to be back-pedalling but his considerations for key positions really have been the stuff of nightmares so far. I don't think the party can stop those appointments.
I'm not Canadian either, though.
I think the US sadly will need to see with their own eyes what a out and out fascist presidency is like.
I give it two years before Trump voters deny ever having voted for him.
my name is ed
Banned
so hmm anybody else hoping Trump may not be all that effecting with all his terrible policies because his administration will have too much infighting and too little political experience?
Yeah i read about some of the stuff he has now chosen to not do, but his choices seem to be a bit extreme and that does not bode well. Guess we just have to wait and see then.
If this keeps up, I would be more worried about his so called moderate positions that may or may not even truly exist. If he pisses off basically the entire establishment they aren't going to work with him. And because this is Trump, anything they pass in Congress will get a petty fuck you veto if Trump deems them unloyal.
Imperfected
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Reagan wasn't all there, but he was also a preening idiot who seemingly had little interest in actually involving himself too deeply in the goings-on of the office.
Link
The Autumn Wind
Well, that's what this stupid country thought was a good idea.
Kor of Memory
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I feel like I'm watching princess Azusa finally get her throne only to turn on everyone around her and start to lose it.
Extra Sauce
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Ironically, Chris Christie may have been the most sane person on the transition team.
Chezzymann
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I bet garrison will just hire people he knows in South park for the cabinet and demand he comes back to the school a couple times a week to teach
Haha that'd be perfect
chaosblade
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Yeah, to be honest Trump is a lot less scary than the people he is surrounding himself with. And it seems to be getting worse.
At this point my hope is that his cabinet is so awful that even many Republicans refuse to stand with him. I'm not on board the "most of America is outwardly racist and wants Trump to be a fascist ruler" train, if he pulls that shit there will be backlash and Republicans could be putting their seats in jeopardy by supporting him.
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