Failing Trump administration. Sad!

[Guap]

Mulvaney is not only the acting Chief of Staff, he’s also the Director of the OMB and the acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

That’s … terrible.

Has Trump hired an impeachment defense lawyer yet? It’s been weeks. If he can’t staff that he can’t staff anything.

[Skipper]

From reddit, earlier. At least some continue to call out the hypocrisy of others.

I’m SURE that ruffled feathers and furrowed brows.

[Zylon]

Mulvaney is not only the acting Chief of Staff, he’s also the Director of the OMB and the acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

And they’re running out of people willing to work in the White House.

Pretty soon it’ll just be this guy running everything.

[None]

Man, Zamfir has really let himself go. Good to see that he’s still performing, though.

[ravenight]

Apparently Greg Sargent is stunned on a daily basis that water is wet.

It’s a useful thing to put on blast, though. If you just say it, you are a media elite (or coastal elite or Harvard elite or whatever the most-heinous affiliation you can be accused of) who is just unfairly attacking the intelligent of the good hard-working real Americans who all love Trump. If you have poll numbers to back it up, well you’re still all those things, but you might also be right. Except that polls are always wrong unless they agree with Trump.

[MikeOberly]

Shitshow.

CNBC (CNBC)

[nKoan]

It’s going to be so annoying when he gets credit for fixing his fuckup.

[RichVR]

This is such a clusterfuck. He caused the whole mess, now he discloses that he is willing to wage war against a NATO country. Sure, they should not be in NATO. But they are, how can we attack their forces? Is nobody with a brain involved in this?

[sillhouette]

Well, thats one way to get the US out of NATO I guess…

[TranquilityBase]

Ol’ Dirty Tom (NewSovietPoster)

Looks like our boys have been livin’ it up on Ramen noodles and viewings of Inception.

[Woolen_Horde]

Not wise to bomb a country that you not only have a base and personnel located, but also a bunch of nuclear warheads.

[sillhouette]

(paywalled)

White House Personnel Director Tells Trump Top DHS Secretary Picks Ineligible...

Edit:

Sean Doocey said neither Ken Cuccinelli nor Mark Morgan are qualified under federal vacancies law

[JoshL]

I assume the picks were Ivanka and Jared.

[Pyperkub]

(paywalled)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702

Shorter (no paywall, for me - YMMV):

Trump’s Homeland Security Picks Are Not Eligible

Essentially, can’t be named because they are acting and haven’t been confirmed by the Senate.

[Gordon_Cameron]

After he bombs Ankara…

“This is the day he truly became President”

[magnet]

Sure, they should not be in NATO.

Yes, they should be in NATO. Because they can easily cut supply to the Russian Navy.

It’s not even hard. Plenty of past presidents have successfully managed Turkey’s NATO membership without getting anyone killed.

[Pyperkub]

Sure, they should not be in NATO.

Yes, they should be in NATO. Because they can easily cut supply to the Russian Navy.

It’s not even hard. Plenty of past presidents have successfully managed Turkey’s NATO membership without getting anyone killed.

And have been able to work with the Kurds. I’m thinking that there will be a Kurdish backlash, with some turning to extremism vs both Turkey and Trump - I would not be surprised to see terror threats increase towards both.

[Zylon]

Sure, they should not be in NATO. But they are, how can we attack their forces?

It’s fine, he forgot to enable friendly fire on the server.

[MikeOberly]

And he has a criminal record, like most MAGAs.

David Roberts (drvox)

Man in MAGA cap arrested for attacking anti-Trump protesters with bear repellent

[Pyperkub]

Must be a Trojan! Go Bruins!