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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you became POTUS after the Trump Admin is dissolved, what would be
the first 10 things you would do?
patricia92243
(12,590 posts)Such as all the protections on the environment.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,124 posts)2. Take advantage of the 6-month rule and overturn as many of Trump's last actions as possible--immediately.
3. Set orders to restaff the agencies and departments with qualified personnel, starting with the State Department. Start by rehiring as many of the long-term staffers (particularly those with decades of experience) as possible.
4. Contact all allies to reaffirm long-standing treaties.
5. Have lunch!
6. Send list of qualified nominees for the Cabinet to Congress for approval.
7. Visit Congress. During visit I will make it clear that I will READ every bill that crosses my desk and will veto any bill that includes poison pill clauses.
8. Invite PM of Canada and President of Mexico for good-neighbor discussions.
9. Visit the UN and make clear that the US is prepared to rejoin the other nations of the world.
10. Come up for air, look around and then decide on the next step.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)1. Call Barack Obama and Joe Biden in for consultation.
2. Appoint and meet with a new cabinet w/guidance to rebuild their departments.
3. Appoint and meet with a new security council.
4. Face-to-face dress-down of McConnell and Ryan.
5. Address Congress in joint session and the nation on TV.
6. Call leaders of our primary allies.
7. Reassure military leaders of resolve.
8. Reinforce Obamacare as needed for stability.
9. Begin reinstating Obama-era provisions that tRump reversed, with emphasis on EPA and federal lands.
10. Appoint special envoys to North Korea and Syria.
Enough work for first day, LOL.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)MiniMe
(21,676 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)There I go thinking like King tRump, LOL.
monmouth4
(9,664 posts)Response to SummerSnow (Original post)
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MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)Good stuff so far, for sure.
For me, #1 would be the Paris Accord for the battle of global warming. Not just to be a part of it, BUT TO LEAD - that is what a LEADER is supposed to do!
panader0
(25,816 posts)Have holy people of every kind cleanse the place.
TEB
(12,716 posts)Kaleva
(36,146 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)1. Hire hookers to pee in the bed Dotard slept in
2. Check microwaves for hidden cameras
3. Empty WH kitchen of every bottle of ketchup
4. Invite Gore and Snoop Dog to WH for photo op in front of Hillary painting
5. Sign EO labeling the Republican party a terrorist organization
6. Nominate Merrick Garland as AG
7. Create massive sanctions against Russia
8. Fumigate
9. Seize and liquidate all Dotard properties and holdings
10. Write a nice letter on WH letterhead to Dotard in prison listing all the important things I've done so far
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Imagine just getting the KFC and McDonald's odors out of the Oval Office!
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Impeach as many of them as possible.