QuakerOats;1833337 wrote:Hell he saved 5 times that many before he ever took office. Looking forward to the executive actions starting tomorrow that will nullify the actions of obama; the repeal of the largest legislative disaster in history, and the roll back of thousands of regulations in week 1. The spikes in business and consumer confidence since the election bode well.

Change we can really believe in ...

sleeper;1833340 wrote:Hail Trump. Lowest approval rating entering office ever. Hail Trump!

QuakerOats;1833343 wrote:Same polls that had him losing big?


Daily reminder: Hillary Clinton will never be president.

QuakerOats;1833344 wrote:The Donald reflected on his newfound power.

O-Trap;1833355 wrote:Got there and stopped.

This is really the objection I've had with the man all along.

Public servants are called "servants" for a reason. I don't think he sees it that way, and I don't think he'll treat it that way.

In the end, my belief for a best-case scenario is that he, lacking any competence in diplomacy or couth, will divide the houses of Congress enough to prevent anything notable from being done.

ptown_trojans_1;1833345 wrote:Caveat. The national polls ends up being correct, as Clinton won the popular vote within that margin.
Now, the state polls, the battle ground states, some missed, but most were within the margin of error. So, the polls did not technically get it wrong. It was the pundits that interpreted that data.

That said, Trump does enter with the lowest approval rating in 40 years. Dude has to own it and win us all over.
He is the President, now he has to lead. So, far people are not all in on him.

And, that poem is cute. I bet you had a hard on reading it.
The President was not fired btw, he was forced to not run again.
Also, Obama has some of his highest approval rating, at 60%.
But, whatever, details.

Spock;1833363 wrote:They weren't in the margins. The media was inflating the numbers or skewing the pillars with higher then normal Democrat voters. Now take away 2 states, California and New York and she doesn't win the popular vote.

When President-elect Donald J. Trump offered Rick Perry the job of energy secretary five weeks ago, Mr. Perry gladly accepted, believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state.In the days after, Mr. Perry, the former Texas governor, discovered that he would be no such thing — that in fact, if confirmed by the Senate, he would become the steward of a vast national security complex he knew almost nothing about, caring for the most fearsome weapons on the planet, the United States’ nuclear arsenal.
Two-thirds of the agency’s annual $30 billion budget is devoted to maintaining, refurbishing and keeping safe the nation’s nuclear stockpile; thwarting nuclear proliferation; cleaning up and rebuilding an aging constellation of nuclear production facilities; and overseeing national laboratories that are considered the crown jewels of government science.

O-Trap;1833355 wrote:Public servants are called "servants" for a reason. I don't think he sees it that way, and I don't think he'll treat it that way.

O-Trap;1833355 wrote:In the end, my belief for a best-case scenario is that he, lacking any competence in diplomacy or couth, will divide the houses of Congress enough to prevent anything notable from being done.

ptown_trojans_1;1833370 wrote:This story has me rolling and then terrified.

ptown_trojans_1;1833370 wrote:The fact that Perry did not know what the DOE does is just laughable. Now, he will lead it.

ptown_trojans_1;1833370 wrote:I'll also add he has not named anyone to replace the NNSA, (the agency that oversees the nuclear weapons complex) and as far as we know, the current leadership has not been asked to stay on past Friday.

ptown_trojans_1;1833370 wrote:This story has me rolling and then terrified.
The fact that Perry did not know what the DOE does is just laughable. Now, he will lead it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/politics/rick-perry-energy-secretary-donald-trump.html




The best people huh Trump?

I'll also add he has not named anyone to replace the NNSA, (the agency that oversees the nuclear weapons complex) and as far as we know, the current leadership has not been asked to stay on past Friday.
Making America Great again folks. Sweet.
Going to be a fun four years.

Automatik;1833395 wrote:What about the Betsy DeVos hearing?

More fake news I assume?

like_that;1833396 wrote:I hate the dept of edu to begin with, but I couldn't get thru that hearing. Very cringeworthy.

Automatik;1833398 wrote:Our education system is one of the issues that both concerns me and pisses me off the most. After watching that, I don't see it getting any better anytime soon.

Automatik;1833395 wrote:What about the Betsy DeVos hearing?

More fake news I assume?

like_that;1833399 wrote:For me, if she slashes the dep of edu, I can live with her. That's my approach for most of the appointees though. Slash it and don't do any more that can fuck with the livelihood of americans.

fish82;1833397 wrote:Sounds like the country will pretty much descend into anarchy by summer.

sleeper;1833405 wrote:Right because education should be left to the states. ....

sleeper;1833405 wrote:... Alabama should be able to teach... bible study as part of its core curriculum. Teachers should be able to teach with associate degrees in plumbing.

No thanks. ...