trump claimed (and is still claiming) that he is the friend of the working man and would provide jobs. however, look at what he is doing vs that claim.
what he said vs what he is doing
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look at who he is submitting for his cabinet
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He's appointing a cabinet of the same kind of "in the swamp" billionaires and insiders that he slammed Hillary for throughout the campaign.
This whole thing is such a big con. America's main division right now is people who see through Trump and have easily seen through him since his escalator ride, and people who inexplicably still do not.
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I'm not going to defend the guy but being a billionaire doesn't disqualify someone. He's said all along how rich he is and he likes to make money. Do you think he would appoint a bunch of poor people?
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Seriously?
He spends much of the campaign calling Hillary out for her ties to Goldman Sachs and how a vote for Hillary is a vote to put them in control of our gov't, and then appoints people from that company to his cabinet?
No, it doesn't disqualify someone. But it's an epic indication that his campaign rhetoric was just BS.
who said anything about appointing poor people? not i. there is a vast difference between a billionaire and a poor person.
cawacko
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Trump likes people who have made lots of money, especially in an entrepreneurial way. The Goldman Sachs hires make no sense. Linda McMahon and the Carl's Jr guy make total sense with who he is
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all excellent choices.....did you assume he would appoint Hillary's campaign staff?.....
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Some of them do seem to be pretty good.
Not all of them though.
EPA raises questions.
And the HUD appointment is puzzling.
Dr. Carson already rejected a cabinet position on grounds that he didn't feel qualified to run a government agency.
BUT HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES !! So he's competent to run a superpower, but not a subordinate agency?
Some of them do seem to be pretty good.
Not all of them though.
EPA raises questions.
And the HUD appointment is puzzling.
Dr. Carson already rejected a cabinet position on grounds that he didn't feel qualified to run a government agency.
BUT HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES !! So he's competent to run a superpower, but not a subordinate agency?
For one thing he's lying and taking credit for decisions that he himself didn't make. Look at the Carrier debacle.
Yes, if he wanted to be fair and honest. What do his billionaires understand about the plight of the poor?
He could also appoint people who have at least a passing familiarity of what they're getting into. Putting Carson at the head of HUD, for instance, makes no sense. And putting Pruitt in the EPA is putting the fox in charge of the hen house.
Pruitt is well versed with the EPA -he's gone after it's over-reach (like WOTUS) as Atty Gen'l of OK.
It's no accident why Trump appointed him -to get rid of zealous over-regs.
All these people are talented -but they do not make policy. Having bankers/Wall St types in there doesn't mean it's screw the working class time.
The idea is to grow the GDP (wealth) -and not just find new ways to slice up the existing 1-2% GDP. Bernie's idea.
It's no accident why Trump appointed him -to get rid of zealous over-regs.
All these people are talented -but they do not make policy. Having bankers/Wall St types in there doesn't mean it's screw the working class time.
The idea is to grow the GDP (wealth) -and not just find new ways to slice up the existing 1-2% GDP. Bernie's idea.
cawacko
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Fair and honest about what? A billionaire could have been poor and then become rich. Wouldn't that be the ultimate example of a person who knows how to succeed from the lowest of circumstances?
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You're asking for career bureaucrats. Those are the exact type he said he wouldn't hire