Trump Fires All Obama Politically Appointed Ambassadors Effective Inauguration Day

[geronl]

Imagine a country without ambassadors. lol.

What a maroon.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Being realistic, most will NOT go. The POTUS has only a limited number of "political" appointments to the top positions in the various departments, but the rest down the line are considered "career" positions.

And the career people wield power, like it or not.

Well, all the Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries are political appointees who require confirmation.  Then there are the heads of the independent agencies such as the EPA.  There also are more than 1000 Schedule C appointees that are basically hired by those political appointees, and who do not require confirmation.

Presidential appointees can have a huge effect on how all those Departments and agencies actually do their job.  {That is incredibly obvious with things like the National Labor Relations Board, EEOC, OSHA, etc.., just in my personal experience.  The enforcement guidelines, interpretive guidance, etc., are absolutely critical factors.

[libertybele]

  Obama did the same thing in 2008 and no one thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.  They all do that, they got political connections to award.

Exactly. Because its a directive by Trump the MSM is all over this like flies on doo-doo.

[LateForLunch]

Exactly. Because its a directive by Trump the MSM is all over this like flies on doo-doo.

Excellent point!! The left is all about selective outrage and enforcing double standards as if they are the most normal things  in the world (PTUI)!

That's all the far left has left - to posture and pump out attitude 'cause other than that, they know that they have nothing. Thank, God!

The Eightball and every nasty, immoral venal thing he and his party stand for are at long last, about to be sunk in the corner pocket.

Hopefully the nation's electorate has learned a lesson about voting with their feelings instead of their ability to reason.

[HonestJohn]

I'd go as far as to say they ARE the power.

Is that not the case for *EVERY* organization, private or public?  Is not the management in *EVERY* company those that truly have the power?

[HonestJohn]

Exactly. Because its a directive by Trump the MSM is all over this like flies on doo-doo.

And it was the same in 2008 (from right-leaning media).  And we hated Barry for it.

Your hypocrisy is showing.

[truth_seeker]

And it was the same in 2008 (from right-leaning media).  And we hated Barry for it.

Your hypocrisy is showing.

It needs to be repeated that you take the liberal position on almost every issue.

Stating "we hated Barry for it," implies that you speak for conservatives, which is hardly the case.

If Barry did what others before him have done, it simply "is," and nobody "hates" anybody.

Then you label fellow members with "hypocrisy," making it appear you are not conservative, and don't like conservatives.

[HonestJohn]

It needs to be repeated that you take the liberal position on almost every issue.

Stating "we hated Barry for it," implies that you speak for conservatives, which is hardly the case.

If Barry did what others before him have done, it simply "is," and nobody "hates" anybody.

Then you label fellow members with "hypocrisy," making it appear you are not conservative, and don't like conservatives.

Maybe you never actually been all that conservative... but instead, simply one who wants wholesale liberalism but only for you and yours.

I lean about 1/3 to the right and 1/2 down on the libertarian side.  I find that the biggest polarizing factor to me is the authoritarian/libertarian axis, not the right-left one.  The more control over another a person wants, the more I despise them.

And you come across as a goose-stepping little <bleep>, heaping abuse (and during the primaries, much worse) to anyone not licking your little god's shoes.

[Bigun]

I'd go as far as to say they ARE the power.

I would absolutely agree with you!  "Harumpf!  I'll be here LONG after you are gone Mr. Congressman" is a refrain too often heard inside the Washington beltway!

[truth_seeker]

Maybe you never actually been all that conservative... but instead, simply one who wants wholesale liberalism but only for you and yours.

I lean about 1/3 to the right and 1/2 down on the libertarian side.  I find that the biggest polarizing factor to me is the authoritarian/libertarian axis, not the right-left one.  The more control over another a person wants, the more I despise them.

And you come across as a goose-stepping little <bleep>, heaping abuse (and during the primaries, much worse) to anyone not licking your little god's shoes.

Wow. So angry. So totally infused with the Nazi name-calling still. So lacking in originality.

FYI when I have taken the questionnaires for that chart multiple times, I consistently fall half-way between Thatcher and Friedman on YOUR version.

I stand slightly above the line on the Fascism-Anarchism axis, not to the level of Thatcher's "Fascism." Thatcher is great company, as she was highly admired by Ronald Reagan.

Reagan "authoritatively" stood up to student protesters, striking air traffic controllers, and Soviet Union communists.

In closing, I'm as happy as can be to come right in the same area as President Ronald Reagan.

I will be doing my "goosestepping" along with Reagan and Thatcher, in the upper right quadrant.

[truth_seeker]

And with Sir. Winston Churchill

[Chosen Daughter]

Wow. That must really be encouraging to the far left. I guess everyone who said that DJT was going to swerve hard left the minute he took office were correct. After all how better to serve the needs of the far left than to fire virtually everyone in the government who is an advocate for far leftist policies?

We are way outside of any political spectrum.  Neither left or right just Trump.  I don't know about this.  My mind says I wouldn't trust any Obama administration Ambassadors either.  But the way he is doing it seems concerning.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, good. That's a couple of teaspoons out of the swamp. Now, how about Obama appointed Judges?