A Sea Of Red

Starting a new thread. I recognize there are folks both elated and crushed by the election results. Let this be a thread dominated by constructive and respectful conversations amongst ourselves.

The biggest weakness Trump had in his first term (and I was pleased to see him acknowledge this) was his personnel selections and appointments. Because of his unfamiliarity with DC he had some terrible picks for cabinet positions and some of the more important personnel selections in his first term. He relied too much on the status-quo neocon types (Lindsay Graham, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, etc.) for his choices. Most of those people were not there to implement his true agenda imho and were instead put in place by the party elite and donors to serve as guardrails and keep Trump from truly pursuing his policy agenda. Obviously, tax cuts and some of those things were achieved, but budgetary reforms and other items like the border wall were never really achieved in full.

John Ratcliffe would be a nice choice for attorney general. He's on the sideline now, therfore no need to raid the senate. If a Supreme Court opening comes along, Mike Lee will probably be high on the list.

Humble_Opinion wrote: ↑November 6th, 2024, 1:35 pm The biggest weakness Trump had in his first term (and I was pleased to see him acknowledge this) was his personnel selections and appointments. Because of his unfamiliarity with DC he had some terrible picks for cabinet positions and some of the more important personnel selections in his first term. He relied too much on the status-quo neocon types (Lindsay Graham, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, etc.) for his choices. Most of those people were not there to implement his true agenda imho and were instead put in place by the party elite and donors to serve as guardrails and keep Trump from truly pursuing his policy agenda. Obviously, tax cuts and some of those things were achieved, but budgetary reforms and other items like the border wall were never really achieved in full.

I think this will be the biggest difference between Trump 1.0 and 2.0. He will have people working with him as opposed to against him. Add to that a more disciplined approach and I’m excited to see what can be accomplished
Of course if he wants to throw the book at people like Gen Milley I’d be ok with that too

I was a Single Issue Voter. It looks like he’s taking it seriously!

https://x.com/defiantls/status/1854324284497273052?s=61

I too, was a single issue voter. I simply wanted to see the mental breakdowns and tears that liberals seem to love recording and posting to social media. They have not disappointed!

https://x.com/dereuter/status/1854213974968955350

Let’s talk Cabinet. Apparently there’s a solid number of folks that want to come back to work for the Administration. Pompey is wanting back. He will end up somewhere. Probably Sec Def or CIA
Devoss back at Ed. Which I’m not fond of but if they are eliminating the Department I’m fine with it.
My favorite would be Ben Carson back at HUD. By all accounts he did a wonderful job.
Obviously Kennedy and Tulsi will be somewhere. I’d like to see Tulsi as Sec Def or VA Affairs
Kennedy at FDA would just be wild.
AG will be the biggest slot. Not sure who I’d want there.

Trump will put good people in all positions. Biden put a DEI hire in all positions, and all were unqualified.

Humble_Opinion wrote: ↑November 7th, 2024, 12:08 pm I too, was a single issue voter. I simply wanted to see the mental breakdowns and tears that liberals seem to love recording and posting to social media. They have not disappointed!

https://x.com/dereuter/status/1854213974968955350

The things people will do for attention always cracks me up.

ballcoach15 wrote: ↑November 8th, 2024, 9:52 am Trump will put good people in all positions. Biden put a DEI hire in all positions, and all were unqualified.

Trump also put a lot of train wrecks in last time. Hopefully he will not make as many of those mistakes this time

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 7th, 2024, 7:43 pm Let’s talk Cabinet. Apparently there’s a solid number of folks that want to come back to work for the Administration. Pompey is wanting back. He will end up somewhere. Probably Sec Def or CIA
Devoss back at Ed. Which I’m not fond of but if they are eliminating the Department I’m fine with it.
My favorite would be Ben Carson back at HUD. By all accounts he did a wonderful job.
Obviously Kennedy and Tulsi will be somewhere. I’d like to see Tulsi as Sec Def or VA Affairs
Kennedy at FDA would just be wild.
AG will be the biggest slot. Not sure who I’d want there.

I would be shocked if Devoss came back. I think it will be someone different there.
It is sounding like Mike Lee will have a shot as AG possibly.
There's already some rumblings of Thomas(retire), Roberts(retire), and Sotomayer (health) stepping down as Justices at some point in the near future.

Tothehoopyall1 wrote: ↑November 8th, 2024, 12:38 pm

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 7th, 2024, 7:43 pm Let’s talk Cabinet. Apparently there’s a solid number of folks that want to come back to work for the Administration. Pompey is wanting back. He will end up somewhere. Probably Sec Def or CIA
Devoss back at Ed. Which I’m not fond of but if they are eliminating the Department I’m fine with it.
My favorite would be Ben Carson back at HUD. By all accounts he did a wonderful job.
Obviously Kennedy and Tulsi will be somewhere. I’d like to see Tulsi as Sec Def or VA Affairs
Kennedy at FDA would just be wild.
AG will be the biggest slot. Not sure who I’d want there.

I would be shocked if Devoss came back. I think it will be someone different there.
It is sounding like Mike Lee will have a shot as AG possibly.
There's already some rumblings of Thomas(retire), Roberts(retire), and Sotomayer (health) stepping down as Justices at some point in the near future.

Seems unlikely but if trump were to replace Sotomayor I think the meltdowns would be even worse. Liberals would never have a majority in the highest court in their lifetime. That might be true already.

Tothehoopyall1 wrote: ↑November 8th, 2024, 12:38 pm

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 7th, 2024, 7:43 pm Let’s talk Cabinet. Apparently there’s a solid number of folks that want to come back to work for the Administration. Pompey is wanting back. He will end up somewhere. Probably Sec Def or CIA
Devoss back at Ed. Which I’m not fond of but if they are eliminating the Department I’m fine with it.
My favorite would be Ben Carson back at HUD. By all accounts he did a wonderful job.
Obviously Kennedy and Tulsi will be somewhere. I’d like to see Tulsi as Sec Def or VA Affairs
Kennedy at FDA would just be wild.
AG will be the biggest slot. Not sure who I’d want there.

I would be shocked if Devoss came back. I think it will be someone different there.
It is sounding like Mike Lee will have a shot as AG possibly.
There's already some rumblings of Thomas(retire), Roberts(retire), and Sotomayer (health) stepping down as Justices at some point in the near future.

I’m fine with not having DeVoss back

Alito is older than Roberts (74 v 69). Soto is ‘only’ 70.
I think Thomas and Alito definitely retire and possibly Soto
Crazy to think how Pivotal Trumps presidencies will be

Trump just announced no Nikki and no Pompeo in his Administration this time

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1855 ... 59198?s=61

Ill flame wrote: ↑November 8th, 2024, 1:22 pm

Tothehoopyall1 wrote: ↑November 8th, 2024, 12:38 pm

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 7th, 2024, 7:43 pm Let’s talk Cabinet. Apparently there’s a solid number of folks that want to come back to work for the Administration. Pompey is wanting back. He will end up somewhere. Probably Sec Def or CIA
Devoss back at Ed. Which I’m not fond of but if they are eliminating the Department I’m fine with it.
My favorite would be Ben Carson back at HUD. By all accounts he did a wonderful job.
Obviously Kennedy and Tulsi will be somewhere. I’d like to see Tulsi as Sec Def or VA Affairs
Kennedy at FDA would just be wild.
AG will be the biggest slot. Not sure who I’d want there.

I would be shocked if Devoss came back. I think it will be someone different there.
It is sounding like Mike Lee will have a shot as AG possibly.
There's already some rumblings of Thomas(retire), Roberts(retire), and Sotomayer (health) stepping down as Justices at some point in the near future.

Seems unlikely but if trump were to replace Sotomayor I think the meltdowns would be even worse. Liberals would never have a majority in the highest court in their lifetime. That might be true already.

At this point I'm pretty sure Sonia will pull a RBG as long a Trump is in office. The only way she will step down is via the grim reaper.

I would love to see Mike Lee either as AG or on the Supreme Court.

If Trump really wants to make dem heads explode, he could pick Mike Davis as AG.

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 9th, 2024, 9:11 pm Trump just announced no Nikki and no Pompeo in his Administration this time

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1855 ... 59198?s=61

The power of catturd.

Not a a joke. His influence on the X platform should not be ignored. He sent out the word and his followers made "No Pompeo" the # one trend in less than 24 hours. A day later we see this. I honestly don't believe it's a coincidence.

During the initiation phase of some of the Trump investigations being carried out by the Biden DOJ, Pompeo was on the airwaves openly supporting them and being hostile towards Trump, so this is no surprise to me. I'm not sure why Nikki Haley thought she'd ever have a spot, but this is a signal to the establishment/neocon types that this time will be different.

Homan for Border Czar is fantastic!
Stefanie for UN is nice but her vote in the House would be nice

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 11th, 2024, 3:12 pm Homan for Border Czar is fantastic!
Stefanie for UN is nice but her vote in the House would be nice

The UN at this point is totally useless. Lisa is much more valuable in the house. Trump should troll the UN by appointing a comedian as our ambassador. My first choice would be Tony Hinchcliff, but Tyler Fischer would be great too.

Homan is a home run.

olldflame wrote: ↑November 11th, 2024, 6:51 pm

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 11th, 2024, 3:12 pm Homan for Border Czar is fantastic!
Stefanie for UN is nice but her vote in the House would be nice

The UN at this point is totally useless. Lisa is much more valuable in the house. Trump should troll the UN by appointing a comedian as our ambassador. My first choice would be Tony Hinchcliff, but Tyler Fischer would be great too.

Homan is a home run.

Cosmo Kramer

It's great that all of Biden's "DEI" hires will be gone. He had the worst administration in American history.

Should consider Karie Lake for White House Press Secretary.

TH Spangler wrote: ↑November 12th, 2024, 6:04 am Should consider Karie Lake for White House Press Secretary.

Intriguing option.
I think he should offer it to Kayleigh McEnany, but My guess is she'll turn it down.
Second choice Scott Jennings, who has been an absolute beast going one on 5 on CNN panels.

Not sure what it is she did/said, but clearly Kari has rubbed some people the wrong way in Arizona (including Republicans) to consistently run well behind Trump, but I think she is a real talent and has a ton of experience in media.

olldflame wrote:

TH Spangler wrote: ↑November 12th, 2024, 6:04 am Should consider Karie Lake for White House Press Secretary.

Intriguing option.
I think he should offer it to Kayleigh McEnany, but My guess is she'll turn it down.
Second choice Scott Jennings, who has been an absolute beast going one on 5 on CNN panels.

Not sure what it is she did/said, but clearly Kari has rubbed some people the wrong way in Arizona (including Republicans) to consistently run well behind Trump, but I think she is a real talent and has a ton of experience in media.

I too would love Kayleigh to come back. She was by far the most prepared press secretary I've ever seen. From day 1 she looked and sounded like she belonged behind that podium and she had some savage takedowns. If not her, I could maybe see Trump looking to Meghan Kelly - if he could get her to leave her podcast. I also think Vivek could be an interesting choice, though he might view that position as being beneath him.

Regarding Kari, her issue in AZ is that she went to war her first go around with the McCain types going as far as to say she didn't want their vote. Apparently, they remembered that. She has a ton of talent and is a sharp communicator, but she got in her own way imho. I'm sorry, but there's only one person that can get away with saying ridiculous things and that's Trump. She should have been a bit more humble and tried to bridge the gap between the moderate/McCain types.

He isn't qualified to be the secretary but I would love to see them credential Shawn Farrish and send him up to the platform just once to run a presser doing his Trump impression.