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Let me guess...Eric Prince for SecDef? (Original Post) jmowreader Dec 2018 OP
I have the MyPillow guy in the office pool (nt) Maine-i-acs Dec 2018 #1
He will get Mulvaney's old job. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #2
Maybe Michele Bachmann or Frothy Santorum.. LW1977 Dec 2018 #3
Ted Nugent? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4
SSSSSSHHHH! PufPuf23 Dec 2018 #5
++++100000000 nt backtoblue Dec 2018 #12
Now that is a disgusting and scary thought Devil Child Dec 2018 #6
Stephen Miller for Chief of Staff... lame54 Dec 2018 #7
Scott Baio. LuckyCharms Dec 2018 #8
We all know it's Bolton. TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #9
Jared. All-purpose Jared. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #10
Yep JustAnotherGen Dec 2018 #11
I heard it's been narrowed down to Kid Rock, Gary Busey or Meatloaf. nt Atticus Dec 2018 #13
Not a chance....too much sunlight for him. nt Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #14
Prince has spoken with Dump about a "private army": DJT's own SS. VOX Dec 2018 #15

LW1977

(1,233 posts)
3. Maybe Michele Bachmann or Frothy Santorum..
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:28 PM
Dec 2018

You know how Bencheeto Mussolini likes to give jobs to whackjobs who shoud’ve stayed out of the limelight.

 

Devil Child

(2,728 posts)
6. Now that is a disgusting and scary thought
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:44 PM
Dec 2018

Therefore, lets brace for Trump throwing that piece of garbage into consideration for SecDef.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
15. Prince has spoken with Dump about a "private army": DJT's own SS.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:21 AM
Dec 2018

Sorry if the site linked is right-wing. But the pertinent info is there. Note the names who had put kibosh on this fascistic plan: McMaster, Tillerson, Mattis. All three are gone and out of the way now.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/09/05/heres-the-blueprint-for-erik-princes-5-billion-plan-to-privatize-the-afghanistan-war/

Here’s the blueprint for Erik Prince’s $5 billion plan to privatize the Afghanistan war
September 5, 2018
By: Tara Copp
Blackwater founder Erik Prince thinks the time is right to try a new approach in Afghanistan, one that he says will reduce war spending to a sliver of its current levels, get most troops home and eliminate Pakistan’s influence on U.S. policy there: Let him run it.

In an exclusive interview with Military Times, Prince shared new details about his proposed force and why he believes a small footprint of private military contractors and even smaller footprint of U.S. special operators may be able to accomplish what hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and NATO forces over the last 17 years could not.

Prince first presented the idea as President Donald Trump took office last year, hoping that the president’s long-stated opposition to keeping U.S. forces in Afghanistan would open the door to a privatized presence.

But Trump listened to his national security team instead, including critics of the plan like Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
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