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After finishing their tea, Michelle gracefully handed her speech notes to Melania.
Indeed. Fired the head of the office that does national climate assessments and replaced him with a climate change skeptic this morning:
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Trump administration removes top climate change expert who oversaw publishing of the National Climate Assessment
Trump's firing of Micheal Kuperberg, and promotion of climate skeptics signals that Trump will appoint someone to make Joe Biden's job harder.www.businessinsider.com
This comes after firing the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, the deputy of the US Agency for International Development, and chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the weekend.
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Trump administration fires three agency heads in wake of US election
‘If, in fact, this was retribution for my independence, I am quite proud of that,’ says Neil Chatterjeewww.independent.co.uk
And of course, the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper yesterday:
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Trump 'Terminates' Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper
Secretary Esper has kept a letter of resignation on hand since the summer, when he and the president disagreed over the use of active duty troops to put down street protests.www.npr.org
Esper was likely to be the only Trump cabinet secretary to stay on with Biden. Looks like Trump is trying to do maximum damage to the bureaucracy on the way out.
Yes and no. The public servants in those jurisdictions will be keeping track of any damage and will be able to reverse a lot of it on Day one.
Most of the acting appointments are actually decent (climate assessments aside). Mostly, Trump seems to be getting rid of Senate confirmed appointees and sidelining public servants who opposed his policies.
based on these results, democrats are gonna get rekt in 2022.
What a spiteful piece of shit. Has any previous president acted like this on the way out?
I'm surprised that Trump hasn't fired Fauci yet in what will undoubtedly be a very ugly, petulant, 2 month long hissy fit.
He was already spouting off on Twitter today claiming that the Democrats and Pfizer purposely delayed the announcement of the virus vaccine to ensure that he wouldn't get a last minute election boost.
I am surprised Fauci didn't resign - at this point, he might be able to do far more being outside than in.
AoD
I'm surprised that Trump hasn't fired Fauci
I am surprised Fauci didn't resign - at this point, he might be able to do far more being outside than in.
AoD
Does anything stop Biden from clearing out all these appointments? If Trump can fire them, can't Biden as well?Indeed. Fired the head of the office that does national climate assessments and replaced him with a climate change skeptic this morning:
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Trump administration removes top climate change expert who oversaw publishing of the National Climate Assessment
Trump's firing of Micheal Kuperberg, and promotion of climate skeptics signals that Trump will appoint someone to make Joe Biden's job harder.www.businessinsider.com
This comes after firing the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, the deputy of the US Agency for International Development, and chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the weekend.
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Trump administration fires three agency heads in wake of US election
‘If, in fact, this was retribution for my independence, I am quite proud of that,’ says Neil Chatterjeewww.independent.co.uk
And of course, the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper yesterday:
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Trump 'Terminates' Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper
Secretary Esper has kept a letter of resignation on hand since the summer, when he and the president disagreed over the use of active duty troops to put down street protests.www.npr.org
Esper was likely to be the only Trump cabinet secretary to stay on with Biden. Looks like Trump is trying to do maximum damage to the bureaucracy on the way out.
Does anything stop Biden from clearing out all these appointments? If Trump can fire them, can't Biden as well?
I feel like half of Trump's cabinet were acting members anyway.Some of them need confirmations, so the senate can hold them up IIRC.