US Politics, March 2018: Why do people leave the White House for good?

good for my local economy, not sure about broader ramifications

going through old files, i found smeltitanddealtit.gif

https://i.imgur.com/juIg6cj.gif

ty. irl lol.

:D

Fuck Kudlow, bring in Jim Cramer. Burn it all down.

omfg karl XD

Well that was quick.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump ousts Tillerson, replaces him with Pompeo as secretary of state. Story with @AshleyRParker https://t.co/MhQAQqkMyk

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 13, 2018

Fuck, here comes Cotton to the CIA.

That is very bad

Apparently not:

BREAKING: President Trump says CIA chief Pompeo to become Sec. of State, thanks Tillerson for his service, and elevates Gina Haspel to top CIA post. https://t.co/JqlOHLpp1U pic.twitter.com/AnOuIgyCXZ

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 13, 2018

Now who Haspel is I don't know. Not a familiar name.

Jessica Chastain will play her in the Trump biopic

no idea but i'll bet she's a fucking monster

Yup!

Some background on new CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel and her role overseeing the torture of 2 alleged terrorists at a black site in Thailand https://t.co/KNFRRkPW5w

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 13, 2018

She's a peach:

Haspel ran a "black site" CIA prison located in Thailand in 2002.[6][7] The site was codenamed "Cat’s Eye" and held suspected al Qaeda members Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah for a time. The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture specifies that during their detention at the site they were waterboarded and interrogated using no longer authorized methods.[8][9] Declassified CIA cables specify that Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in a month, was sleep deprived, kept in a "large box", had his head slammed against a wall and he lost his left eye. Zubaydah was deemed, by the CIA interrogators, to not be in possession of any useful intelligence.[10]

is this because Tillerson came out against Russia for that spy who got poisoned in the UK?

oh noes i hope she doesn't bring the cia into disrepute

xpost Has to be said that that is NOT good timing in terms of public image, yes.

Pretty sure it's because Tillerson called him a moron all those months ago

FWIW

Tillerson knew he was fired before he made his comments about Putin yesterday

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 13, 2018

a fucking moron, please xp

Hmmm.

Another long-time Trump aide is out: John McEntee, an original Trumper among w Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino, was escorted out of the White House on Monday https://t.co/haIhsITOxp

— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) March 13, 2018

wow — McEntee is Trump’s personal aide https://t.co/01WGXjEMMW

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 13, 2018

he had the best hair of any of'em too!

hey guess who has the worst take on Stormy Daniels

At what point does the non-stop "news" coverage of a porn star evolve from barely-relevant clickbait to indefensible abuse of the First Lady? Feels like we're there. @andersoncooper @60Minutes @CNN

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) March 11, 2018

Eh, whatever. Back to McEntee -- that's an interesting story all right. Frogmarched out of the White House, allegedly something to do with his 'background.' Kelly's new security clearance policy? Leaking a lot? I kinda want to know more about all this. (Also have to wonder if he'd been on Mueller's radar at all.)

Xp Has anyone asked him whether the whole Monica Lewinsky impeachment thing was indefensible abuse of the first lady?

a handy chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Secretaries_of_State_of_the_United_States#List_of_Secretaries_of_State_by_time_in_office

Per this and other posts, while Haspel should be looked at with a gimlet eye, they REALLY didn't want Cotton in there:

Many CIA officers will be celebrating this morning that Haspel and not the other rumored short-listers got the job. More on that later today.

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) March 13, 2018

im too tired to be angry anymore

Hm hm hm

.@MichLKosinski reports Rex never talked to Trump about his firing. Senior official says of Red: “He’s unaware of the reason why the President wanted him out now.” Wow.

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) March 13, 2018

#rexit

(Also have to wonder if he'd been on Mueller's radar at all.)

Staff/admin not on Mueller’s radar:

EX-EXXON TEXAN EXEC REX NEXT EX-SEC

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 13, 2018

(CNN) - President Donald Trump's longtime personal aide John McEntee was fired and escorted from the White House on Monday, three sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.

Two sources said McEntee was pushed out because of issues with his security clearance, making him the latest aide to be forced out because of difficulties obtaining a permanent security clearance.

The Wall Street Journal first reported his exit.

Minutes later, the Trump campaign announced McEntee would be joining the reelection effort as a senior adviser for campaign operations.

man was hoping they'd determined him a primary "leak" and dude was about to go ham

.@MichLKosinski reports Rex never talked to Trump about his firing. Senior official says of Red: “He’s unaware of the reason why the President wanted him out now.”

It's almost as if Trump's swaggering 'you're fired!' persona is nothing more than a wilting coward putting on a show for the cameras. Almost.

I thought telling people that they were fired was his one proven skill.

The new CIA director was a key part of the torture program and its illegal cover-up. Her name was on the Top Secret order demanding the destruction of tapes to prevent them being seen by Congress. Incredible. https://t.co/HjVHCPCbpo https://t.co/VamIGa1A8w

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 13, 2018

all too credible tbh

So Pompeo will lead NK negotiations, fantastic.

I assume that her opening salvo will be gouging out one of Kim Jong-Un's eyes.

FTR, I'm much more in favor of a Trump cabinet composed of venal shitbags from the corporate and financial sectors than CIA torture-mongers. But then I guess that's why he's going in the direction he's going.

Thread titles delivers - can the next one be called "Why do people set themselves on fire in the White House?"?

I'll be honestly shocked if we get through ??? years of a Trump administration without an Arpaio cabinet appointment.

NEWS: Johnny McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing tells CNN.

This source says the charges are not Trump related.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 13, 2018

Can't wait for that confirmation hearing. xp

just the guy to put in charge of yr re-elec campaign

how many democrats will vote to approve haspel

i'm going to say as many as 7

Feinstein led the charge to block her from a lower position at the CIA (head of clandestine ops) years ago. Hopefully she still feels the same way.