POL Trump Admin Appointments - Tracking Thread

Sacajawea

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Without thinking of a creative explanation we already KNOW the media like to speculate and I'm sure they think their sources have the scoop so they run with it. What they don't realize is "source" may have heard the discussion of names in the hat - and it's not necessarily the final decision.

I'll wait for it to be officially announced.
 

night driver

ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
DARN!!
I wanted to see Steven Miller (Acting SECDEF) brought back as SECDEF.

Deputy CoS is OK, just not in the Chain for SOF like he was as Acting SECDEF.
 

Hacker

Computer Hacking Pirate
Kristy Noem as Homeland Security?

Rubio?

Here we go, again, with the bad cabinet picks.
I think Rubio's appointment is a mistake.

However, I can think of no reason to object Noem's appointment. Maybe you could instruct us on her disqualifying attributes?
 

Magdalen

Veteran Member
President Trump has just announced that John Ratcliffe is going to head the CIA.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

"I am pleased to announce that former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe will serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

From exposing fake Russian collusion to be a Clinton campaign operation, to catching the FBl's abuse of Civil Liberties at the FISA Court, John Ratcliffe has always been a warrior for Truth and Honesty with the American Public. When 51 intelligence officials were lying about Hunter Biden's laptop, there was one, John Ratcliffe, telling the truth to the American People…"
 
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Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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How many of them suggested that he rip-n-tear through the embedded commies, but he played nice guy?
 

Buick Electra

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President Trump Announces Nomination of John Ratcliffe to CIA Director


November 12, 2024 | Sundance | 90 Comments

[...] Former DNI Ratcliffe passed through the Senate Intel Committee nomination process in 2019 after being blocked by Mitch McConnell in 2018. With a prior SSCI confirmation being successful, the path to confirming John Ratcliffe as CIA Director is essentially a foregone conclusion.

As CIA Director, John Ratcliffe will control the world’s second-most powerful intelligence agency. Ratcliffe has almost no attack vectors for the internal IC apparatus to use against him, that’s why I previously thought a role in the Trump-2 intel system would be good.

Ratcliffe was/is the lead transition team member on all things related to Intelligence. Prior rumor put him in the NatSec Advisor role, but CIA Director is a good fit. John Ratcliffe is very stable, vanilla, no drama and can be expected to deliver on the priorities of the Trump administration. He will work very well with the White House.

The concern would be Ratcliffe’s ability to remove the corrupt players within the darkest part of the darkest IC system.


The CIA operates a totally opaque budget and is the only institution in government with an allowable mandate to lie to every other element of the executive branch and every other branch. The CIA is legislative authorized to be an entirely dark operation with almost no oversight (SSCI).

All lying is legislatively lawful from the CIA, that is the structure of their authority. However, we can quickly see what that authority can lead to when corruption is running amok.

With this in mind, a guy like Ratcliffe in charge of a silo that is permitted to manipulate/lie is worth quite a bit. It will be very interesting to see how truth telling Director Ratcliffe deals with the dark aspects to the omnipotent silo he now controls.

One last word of caution.
In the prior administration Ratcliffe never fought for declassification of records, which led to President Trump exiting his second term without vital issues ever seeing sunlight. As DNI John Ratcliffe never declassified the critical information that President Trump was urgently requesting in the final months of his presidency. Ratcliffe maintained the silo structure without conflict.

John Ratcliffe’s best friend is Trey Gowdy.
 

Buick Electra

Member of the Early Bird Club

President Trump Announces William Joseph McGinley as White House Counsel


November 12, 2024 | Sundance | 5 Comments

[...] The White House Counsel (WHC) is a critical component to the Office of the Presidency.

In term-1 the WHC was the primary hurdle to much of the corrupt information the public wanted President Trump to address. It was White House Counsel who warned President Trump that any unilateral action taken by him would be construed by the silos within the IC, FBI and DOJ to be interference with their investigations. President Trump deferred to that counsel.

The WHC doesn’t represent the President, the WHC represents the Office of the Presidency. It is the WHC primary function to protect the power of the President within the Executive Branch. This generally leads to many misinterpretations of risk, and the President is often hamstrung by overly cautious counsel in the position.

Thankfully, a recent Supreme Court decision over “presidential immunity” affirmed the absolute and plenary power of the person who is President, as the authority of all actions that take place within the executive branch during their officials acts as President. As SCOTUS affirmed there is no power greater than President Trump. The President is the executive branch in everything, and the President has no boss.

For Term-2 that recent SCOTUS decision and affirmation will play a significant part in a change of tone that should allow the White House Counsel to be less cautious about the office itself. Hopefully, this will empower President Trump to extend his authority over the Executive Branch and target any issues he may deem appropriate within his official acts.

President Trump’s priorities are his “official acts” and they exist without question or oversight within the Executive Branch. If the President deems an issue of vital national interest, that issue is a vital national interest – period. This approach applies toward everything within the executive branch.
 

Buick Electra

Member of the Early Bird Club
Uh-Oh!!!


President Trump Confirms Selection of Representative Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor


November 12, 2024 | Sundance | 134 Comments

Mike Waltz serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).

In the role of Nat Sec Advisor, Waltz would presumably represent the power of the president toward every element of the National Security apparatus and Intelligence Community.

The Nat Sec Advisor is a very powerful position, if used correctly. The absolute power of the President toward the intelligence community in the executive branch is carried by the Nat Sec Advisor (NSA). The NSA has the ability to reach into every silo and control every element of every decision therein.

The NSA organizes the finding memos which authorize all covert intelligence operations globally and domestically. The NSA can shut down bad things in the IC, cancel black-op operations, and essentially hold omnipotent power within the executive branch over every aspect of the 17 intelligence agencies who operate therein. The NSA can also determine what is, and what is not, a national security matter.

Mike Waltz comes from inside the IC machinery and there is a lot more to be concerned about than there is to be optimistic about.

Waltz has publicly said, engaged with, and acted upon, National Security Information (NSI) products, intelligence information, that is demonstrably false and fraudulent.


Perhaps Waltz has changed his disposition, but I see no immediate indications.

Like many others, heck, almost all others, Mike Waltz believes the IC system is inherently good, just under the control of bad actors. There are volumes of direct and specific evidence that this is not the correct perspective. The IC system is corrupt by design, the mandates and interpreted policies that formulate the mission statements of the bureaucrats within it are the problem, not just the corrupt officials carrying out the mission.

It is almost impossible to understand the scale of the corruption within the IC from a position inside the silos under the control of the IC, the “six ways to Sunday” group. It is only when you exit those silos and engage with the world that is not under the control of the IC that you fully grasp just how fraudulent the constructs are.

The IC use the system to manipulate the Office of the President, the House and Senate intelligence committees, and the aggregate direction of all agency silos under their control. Big Tech is a downstream beneficiary, both in finance and operational business model, from the Intelligence Community, that’s how and why the IC can control social media.

Those entities who operate within the current system of technocracy are dependent on the allowances of their benefactors. This presents a very challenging problem to overcome.

None of what you have just read is fathomable to anyone inside the silos created by the IC, including Mike Waltz.

Those who exit the silo structure, and then contemplate the reality of new information from outside the world of the IC, suddenly realize just how their thinking was manipulated by the people who operate the control systems in the silos. It’s akin to an abusive relationship, where the abused only realize the scope of how much they were manipulated long after they finally break free. I have watched it happen.

[...] Sean Hannity will be thrilled and will deploy ‘glowing’ reviews.

We REALLY need to watch the White House Counsel selection closely now.

FUBAR!


Information countermeasures were previously planned. They have been requested and will be deployed.


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View: https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1856464292138439014
 

Walrus

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Picked this off Truth Social.
President Trump is moving at the speed of thought with multiple vectors. I can imagine what a whirlwind it is inside; it sure feels like one out here looking in from the outside!

He's had to have teams vetting potential appointments for weeks, with them boiling down the lists to 2 or 3 finalists with complete dossiers and recommendations. This list of rapid-fire announcements is incredible!

Also, I've read that there's a team which is working only on drafting Executive Orders for his first day on the job. I can only surmise how busy they've been.

And I can also envision other teams working on things more administrative, such as who is getting Senior Adviser appointments, prized West Wing offices, etc.

One of the interesting RUMINT I've seen is Kari Lake as press secretary. Great choice!! But I suspect we'll be surprised on that pick as well, just as I've been on a bunch of them.

I'm still not high on Rubio for SoS but then again I'm nowhere near a Zionist.
 
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