Monday, June 24, 2019

Leaked Trump Transition Documents Reveal A Number Of 'Red Flags' On How Officials Were Vetted

Illustration: Lazaro Gamio/Axios

Axios: Exclusive: Leaked Trump vetting docs

Nearly 100 internal Trump transition vetting documents leaked to "Axios on HBO" identify a host of "red flags" about officials who went on to get some of the most powerful jobs in the U.S. government.

Why it matters: The massive trove, and the story behind it, sheds light on the slap-dash way President Trump filled his cabinet and administration, and foreshadowed future scandals that beset his government.

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WNU Editor: Nothing in this report is a surprise. When you are an outsider that the establishment of the Party that you are running for hates and despises you .... but you still win the election .... your reservoir of people that you can count on to support and implement your agenda is limited. Previous Presidents always had a group of people ready to step in on day one to run the government and to implement your agenda. President Obama is in my opinion the poster child on how quickly a government can efficiently shift from one party to the next without missing a heart beat .... and in the case of President Obama they were ready to run on Day One. Not the case for President Trump. He had to go outside of Washington to find personnel to help him run his administration, and even then many of them did not make the cut. Coupled this with the Mueller probe that targeted literally everyone that President Trump brought on board, made it even less likely that anyone would want to join his team. What also has not helped is that the Trump administration has hired only a minuscule number of Republican insiders from the vast pool of DC Republicans that went against him during the election. Talk about creating a lot of resentment. With time these issues do work itself out, but President Trump has clearly failed in the past two years in addressing this issue.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

15 Reasons Why No One Should Care About the Leaked Trump Transition Vetting Documents

Some of Trump's picks were recommended by the establishment, who he was trying not to alienate.

Anonymous said...

Squirrel, this is it!!!
Flags been raised. People complained. There must be some meat on the bone for you. Go for it! Good boy :D

Jack Frost said...

60% of Americans disapprove of President Trump
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Bob Huntley said...

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Anonymous said...

Lapides,
You are commenting under an alias............Again. This after whining about others doing this. Good thing you have double standards or you would have no standards at all.

fred said...

good ball player and shuttle ball player that I am, I can switch from Anon to Fred...you alas, in your very limited like and small but hidden ego can only go by your family name: anonymous

Anonymous said...

Non news.

Anonymous said...

Yet you snivel as usual. Pomposity is your middle name. Construct a sentence that makes sense, instead of lying constantly.