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Who will be the first Cabinet secretary to resign (Original Post) malaise Feb 2017 OP
DeVos Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #1
She was totally surprised by the backlash NightWatcher Feb 2017 #2
No. She doesn't have the morals to realize what's wrong. rickford66 Feb 2017 #3
Tillerson Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #4
Probably the one person actually qualified for a cabinet position... James Mattis Henry Krinkle Feb 2017 #5
Pruitt - then Devos, then Perry... Pachamama Feb 2017 #6
Good call malaise Feb 2017 #7
Pruitt emails released yesterday reveal he was "Arm and arm" with the energy companies Pachamama Feb 2017 #8
No surprise malaise Feb 2017 #9

Phoenix61

(17,000 posts)
1. DeVos
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 02:46 PM
Feb 2017

She is not used to people being confrontational to her. She has surrounded herself with acolytes. I do not think she will cope well with protesters questioning her every chance they get. She was a big fish in a small pond where her family was well known and their money went far. Welcome to the big pond where most folks don't know who her family is or care, for that matter.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. She was totally surprised by the backlash
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 02:51 PM
Feb 2017

I see her quitting just as soon as she tries anything official and is met with offices full of protestors.

rickford66

(5,523 posts)
3. No. She doesn't have the morals to realize what's wrong.
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 02:55 PM
Feb 2017

It'll have to be someone with real scruples like Paul O'Neill under Bush.

 

Henry Krinkle

(208 posts)
5. Probably the one person actually qualified for a cabinet position... James Mattis
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 03:04 PM
Feb 2017

He strikes me as a no nonsense, no bullshit type of guy that won't put up with Trump for very long.


Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing

The honeymoon seems to be ending between retired Gen. James N. Mattis and Donald Trump’s transition team amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who will get top jobs in the Defense Department — and who gets to make those decisions.

With only two weeks left before Inauguration Day and days before Mattis’s Senate confirmation hearing, most major Pentagon civilian positions remain unfilled. Behind the scenes, Mattis has been rejecting large numbers of candidates offered by the transition team for several top posts, two sources close to the transition said. The dispute over personnel appointments is contributing to a tenser relationship between Mattis and the transition officials, which could set the stage for turf wars between the Pentagon and the White House in the coming Trump administration.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/06/mattis-clashing-with-trump-transition-team-over-pentagon-staffing/

Pachamama

(16,886 posts)
6. Pruitt - then Devos, then Perry...
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 05:13 PM
Feb 2017

I think information that will be revealed about Pruitt's ties to the energy industry will bring so much scrutiny and lawsuits that he will be forced to resign. Poor Betsy just won't be able to handle the criticism and protests and finally Rick Perry when he realizes that he is being used to help the Trump industry as it pertains to oil industry, nuclear arms and especially Russia - he will also resign.

Pachamama

(16,886 posts)
8. Pruitt emails released yesterday reveal he was "Arm and arm" with the energy companies
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 05:22 PM
Feb 2017

It's shocking, but not surprising....we all suspected it...

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