Trump says Ryan Zinke has done a "good job as secretary"...even though he's racked up 17 Fed. Invest

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Trump says that Ryan Zinke has done a “good job as secretary”...even though he’s racked up 17 federal ethics investigations.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/05/trump-ryan-zinke-support-investigation-927527




Ryan Zinke

Despite the controversies surrounding him, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has continued to pitch himself for more prominent jobs in Trump’s administration, a former White House official said. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo

Energy & Environment
Trump hedges Zinke support amid probes

By ZACK COLMAN, ELIANA JOHNSON and BEN LEFEBVRE

11/05/2018 06:43 PM EST
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President Donald Trump offered less-than-effusive praise Monday for embattled Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, while saying he might not “be happy” with the outcomes of the investigations into Zinke’s behavior.

“I'm going to look at any reports, I'll take a look,” Trump told reporters when asked whether he was troubled by recent news reports about Zinke, which have included a potential Justice Department criminal investigation and growing scrutiny of a land deal involving the chairman of Halliburton. “Certainly, I would not be happy with that at all. But I will take a look. But he has done a very good job as secretary."

Trump’s words fell short of the glowing tributes he offered last spring to a similarly troubled Cabinet member — Scott Pruitt, then the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency — whom he credited with achieving.................................



Allies inside and outside the administration have begun to distance themselves from Zinke. But even as those problems mushroomed, a former White House official told POLITICO on Monday, Zinke continued to pitch himself for more prominent jobs in Trump’s administration — including as a possible replacement for Pruitt at EPA.

The White House and the Interior Department did not respond to further questions Monday, although the former official said Trump still likes Zinke’s bluntness and charisma..........................

[MontanaMama]

1. Oh goody.

Zinke’s days are numbered. Dump only compliments someone when they’re about to get the axe.

[Kurt V.]

2. he's done.

his land deals were openly corrupt

[Sneederbunk]

3. Going to be a substitute on Trump's indicted football team.