White House Denies Report That Navy Secretary Nominee Could Withdraw

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



The White House on Saturday denied a report that its pick to become Secretary of the Navy was on the verge of withdrawing his nomination. CBS News reported Saturday, citing two unnamed sources close to the situation, that Philip Bilden was likely to withdraw his name from nomination as Navy Secretary.

But shortly after that report was first published, White House press secretary Sean Spicer called it “wrong” on his Twitter account and said Bilden would become Navy Secretary pending the Senate's confirmation.

Link to tweet

Bilden, a financier and Army reservist with little direct experience in the Navy — aside from his service on the Naval Academy board and donations to the U.S. Naval Institute, CBS noted — has reportedly found it difficult to divorce himself from his financial interests.

Were Bilden to withdraw his nomination, it would add to an already growing list of vacancies in Trump's national security infrastructure. Trump is reportedly interviewing potential replacements for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn over the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-denies-report-philip-bilden

[uppityperson]

1. Why does it seem that everytime the WH says something, it means the opposite

it's about to happen

[PatSeg]

4. Makes it a lot easier

to anticipate what is going to happen. In Trump's White House, every day is Opposite Day.

[TomCADem]

2. But Trump Is Focused On Campaigning for Reelection in 2020!

He has more important things to do, then focus on national security. National security is only a pretext to oppress minorities under the current administration.

[MFM008]

3. nobody wants in on this

"Shit Sandwich" as Harwood put it.

[cstanleytech]

9. Well clearly some do as he has found some people willing to climb on board.

The ones with a shred of decency and ethics are the ones not willing to climb on board the Trump train thats about to go off the rails.

[Squinch]

5. If Shouty Spice says it's not true, it's definitely true.

[paleotn]

6. Who wants to join a sinking ship?

...Pence might have his own ideas of who should be Sec Navy.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. An Army Reservist as Secretary of the Navy

That's a fucking insult to the Navy.

[groundloop]

8. "difficult to divorce himself from his financial interests".... WTF, that didn't stop 45*

A little (or a lot of) conflict of interest isn't normally any sort of impediment to repukes. I don't understand why he's letting that stop him.


OH WAIT.... something about a sinking ship.

[Blue Idaho]

10. Some day someone is going to write

A kiss and tell book about this WH and no one will be able to believe just what a shit show it really is on the inside... you just can't make this stuff up...