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brooklynite

(94,606 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:06 PM Apr 2018

Trump admits mistakes with Cabinet picks

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Monday conceded he made mistakes in assembling his Cabinet, which has already seen three departures.

Trump made the rare admission while praising Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a tax event in Miami.

"Not all of my choices were good, but they were great ones,” the president said.

The president did not single out any Cabinet officials for criticism.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383371-trump-admits-mistakes-with-cabinet-picks

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Trump admits mistakes with Cabinet picks (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2018 OP

But they were the zentrum Apr 2018 #1

LOL canetoad Apr 2018 #2

He puts himself at the top of that list. RainCaster Apr 2018 #3

Pruitt would be gone except tRump needs him to avoid being 25th d. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #4

Snort Solly Mack Apr 2018 #5

Sure, they weren't swampy enough for his taste. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #6

Its a cabal. gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #7

I think he purposely picked POS choices... logosoco Apr 2018 #8

Did he mean Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #9

The only "mistake" Trump will admit to is one that he can blame on someone else. Nitram Apr 2018 #10

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

1. But they were the

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:18 PM

Apr 2018

….biggest mistakes, the best mistakes anyone ever made, the smartest and most wonderful the country has ever seen.

canetoad

(17,169 posts)

2. LOL

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:19 PM

Apr 2018

Don't tell me he is going to go all Uriah Heep on us.

RainCaster

(10,887 posts)

3. He puts himself at the top of that list.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:22 PM

Apr 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,011 posts)

4. Pruitt would be gone except tRump needs him to avoid being 25th d. . . .nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:51 AM

Apr 2018

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)

5. Snort

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:59 AM

Apr 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

6. Sure, they weren't swampy enough for his taste.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:01 AM

Apr 2018

That is why he fired Price and is keeping Pruitt.

gademocrat7

(10,660 posts)

7. Its a cabal.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:06 AM

Apr 2018

A rotting grifter infested swamp.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)

8. I think he purposely picked POS choices...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:33 AM

Apr 2018

partly because he KNEW he was/is an unintelligent POS and that might make him look better and because he does not really care much for most of the US. His interests are his money and himself.

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)

9. Did he mean

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:28 AM

Apr 2018

that some of his choices weren't good, but others were great? In other words, did he mean there instead of they or was he trying to make some kind of joke? I think the joke part is correct.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

10. The only "mistake" Trump will admit to is one that he can blame on someone else.

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Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:30 AM

Apr 2018

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