jeudi 8 février 2018

Trump Hiring Practices

"I am self funding and will hire the best people."
- Trump

In another thread, I posted a partial list of some of the more idiotic decisions Trump has made in hiring people (either for cabinet, or for high-level positions or judicial appointments.) Someone suggested the topic might be worth a thread on its own.

So, here is a list of many (Most) of Trump's foolish decisions in hiring, either because they were known to be problematic before hand, or became engaged in scandals after. Note that I am trying to avoid including people simply because I may not like their politics.

It includes people who were either hired by Trump, or whom he attempted to hire but were rejected or withdrew for some reason.

Anyone have any extras?

Michael Flynn (national security advisor)


Fired after only a few short months supposedly because he lied about contacts with Russian agents. (Although it should be noted that Obama had actually warned Trump about Flynn, a warning that Trump ignored.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae...curity_Advisor

James Mattis (Defence)


Ok, so far he seems to be fairly competent at his job. But before he was nominated, it was found that he was involved with a company that sold shady medical equipment to the military.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/02/tech...nos/index.html

Rex Tillerson (State)


Appointed to Secretary of State even though he 1) had no experience in government diplomacy, and 2) had rather unusual ties to Russia (including receiving the Russian Order of Friendship.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump...-exxon-2016-12

Jeff Sessions (Att. General)

Once joked about how he liked some people in the KKK until he found out that they smoked pot. It was also found that he lied during his confirmation sessions about contacts with Russian agents.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ry?id=45865497

Steve Mnuchin (finance)

Worked for Goldman Sachs (hey, wasn't Trump supposed to be protecting us againt "wall street" interests?) Has had scandals regarding his use of government aircraft.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/05/news...nes/index.html

Betsy DeVos (Education)

Appointed to the cabinet even though she had no experience with the public school system.

Ben Carson (Housing)

Appointed to the Cabinet even though he has no experience dealing with housing.

Rick Perry (Energy)

Appointed even though at one point he wanted the Department of Energy eliminated (and also didn't seem to know what the department actually did.)

http://time.com/4598910/rick-perry-d...gy-oops-gaffe/

Ryan Zinke (Interior)

Like Mnuchin, also seems to have an affinity for wasting taxpayer money by using aircraft when cars would have been feasible (and much cheaper). He also has a demand that they fly his secretarial flag whenever he is in the headquarters of the Department.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/...ters-dc-212730

Scott Pruitt (Environment)


Now heads the EPA, despite the fact that for years he targeted the EPA with multiple lawsuits.

Matthew Spencer Petersen (Judge)

During confirmation hearings, he admitted he was unfamiliar with many of the basic rules of law. Eventually he withdrew his nomination, but still... Trump thought he would be a good judge.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/15/polit...lub/index.html

L. Steven Grasz (Judge)

The American Bar Association voted unanimously that Grasz was unqualified, due to issues of bias and temperment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/s...b01598ac486379

Charles Goodwin (Judge)

Another nominee that the American Bar Association rejected, due to poor work habits.

http://newsok.com/federal-judge-in-o...rticle/5566580

Rob Porter (secretary)


The FBI pointed to domestic abuse allegations and refused to give him permanenty security clearance. Yet there he was in the white house, handling potentially senstive information.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/polit...new/index.html

Sam Clovis (Advisor to the USDA / Agriculture chief scientist)

Has no experience as a scientist, nor with anything having to do with agriculture, yet he was nominated to be chief scientist in the department of agriculture. (Fortunately he was not confirmed; however, he was still nominated by Trump, and he still served as a white house advisor for the USDA.) He's also a birther, and thinks homosexuality is a "choice".

Omarosa Manigault (Communications?)

Does anybody really know what she was supposed to be doing (other than to maybe make the Trump administration less caucasian)? Got into trouble supposedly for bringing members of her bridal party on a tour of the whitehouse. There were also rumors that she had to be physically dragged from the white house when she was fired.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/13/omaros...e-white-house/


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