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LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:50 PM Oct 2017

Is Pence the working president with 45 being the figurehead?

Setting aside Russian collusion and Putin being a puppet master, there is someone running the executive branch in America and it’s not 45. He is largely ignorant of policy matters and details. He has no knowledge of government processes, procedures or duties required of the executive office. He certainly has no knowledge of the people he has appointed to various agencies and judgeships across the country. He’s basically there for the photo ops and to give “speeches” to adoring audiences.

So, who is running the government, or at least the executive branch? Pence.

Every single appointee and every single policy position has Pence’s fingerprints on it. All of them are hard right, Christo-fascist in nature which is deep in his wheelhouse. Also, 45 said last year, in reference to Kasich I believe, that he wanted his VP to run the show while he devoted himself to his bullshit MAGA public relations campaign.

Do you agree that Pence is the man behind the curtain of this presidency? Or is someone else making all of the decisions?


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Pence is the person making all of the decisions behind the scenes.
0 (0%)
45 is running things with the assistance of his advisors.
0 (0%)
Someone besides 45 or Pence is making all of the decisions.
2 (67%)
Unsure or dont know
1 (33%)
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Is Pence the working president with 45 being the figurehead? (Original Post) LonePirate Oct 2017 OP
The cabinet secretaries are doing whatever they want marylandblue Oct 2017 #1
Putin. The answer is Vladimir Putin. nt TeamPooka Oct 2017 #2

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
1. The cabinet secretaries are doing whatever they want
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:54 PM
Oct 2017

Unless Trump tweets out something different, then they try to talk him out of it. Pence is busy plotting his coup.

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