Transition Team/Cabinet Thread

[Illiniwek]

The price for nominating Cruz to be AG is that Ted may have to have his father charged over his role in the JFK assassination.

Ted will do it!

[Illiniwek]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/peter-hoekstra-cia-director-trump-231492

Potential Trump pick for CIA director is none other than Pete "THERE WERE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" Hoekstra, who is also known for being a very prominent lobbyist with clients domestic and abroad.

I mean, what kind of fool actually believed Trump's anti-corruption rhetoric?

Oh God please no...

[Illiniwek]

So much for announcements today...

[Illiniwek]

The SecDef "short list" continues to get more crowded:

https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/799452143925264386

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DEAR GOD

[Illiniwek]

Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to Israel and Embassy will move to Jerusalem!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3950596/Trump-set-make-Mike-Huckabee-ambassador-Israel-U-S-embassy-Jerusalem-transition-official-says-Governor-Huckabee-going-through.html

Well at least he won't be around here ruining things.

[Illiniwek]

If Fallin at Interior is what it takes to keep Palin out of the presidential line of succession, then so be it.

Amen.

[Illiniwek]

More on Gabbard:

Sara Murray ‏@SaraMurray  6h6 hours ago
Interesting meeting on Trump's agenda today: @TulsiGabbard. A source tells me she's under consideration for State, Defense & UN Ambassador

Lol ok...

[Illiniwek]

Crazy grapevine rumours that former VP Dick Cheney may be in the running for SoS all of a sudden. Mad if true

That's quite the source, too. This might really be happening. God help us all.

Goodness what a disaster this might be...

[Illiniwek]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/307876-bet-founder-trump-offered-me-cabinet-position-and-i-turned-him

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HUD? I am just trying to think like trump would.

[Illiniwek]

Ricketts for Commerce Deputy

This is pretty depressing as a Cubs fan after the running gag on Twitter about Todd Ricketts being the one inside the Clark the Cub costume, not being able to read, throwing tantrums when he drops his ice cream cone, etc.

[Illiniwek]

ALLEN WEST at trump tower, per pool. Met with pence, his former house colleague.
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/805849872230387712

The Deplorable invites one of the most deplorable Deblorables to join his Basket.

Next Joe Walsh will be showing up. Have mercy on us.

[Illiniwek]

The latest Bloomberg national poll has favorability #s for Secretary of State contenders Giuliani and Romney:

http://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rOrpGo837s3s/v0

fav/unfav %:
Giuliani 47/34% for +13%
Romney 42/46% for -4%

My goodness, how does Giuliani still have those great favorability numbers? People must have short term memory loss.

[Illiniwek]

Great....pro-Russia and pro-war....

[Illiniwek]

Heitkamp would be great, but its just one more lost seat in the senate. She's gone in 2 years anyway, but thats still 2 years...

[Illiniwek]

Ali VitaliVerified account
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.@CarlyFiorina has arrived at Trump Tower, greeted by @KellyannePolls.

Mark Murray ‏@mmurraypolitics  35m35 minutes ago
Mark Murray Retweeted Ali Vitali
NYT reports this meeting is to discuss the job of director of national intelligence

Aaaaaaand what does she know about intelligence?

[Illiniwek]

Disappointed about Romney. Guy wanted to do right, but frankly we have to put him in the same loser category as HRC.

[Illiniwek]

I don't necessarily hate a SoE Rick Perry relative to other Republican options, but my god, any reasonable statesman should be embarrassed to hire a guy to the department he forgot the name of when he was trying to get rid of it. But we now live in the era of ehh f it who cares presidents

[Illiniwek]

Katrina Pierson is an amazing woman who I admire a lot and I would love to see her play a role in the Trump Administration.

Gag