Scoop: New White House personnel chief tells Cabinet liaisons to target Never Trumpers
Source: Axios
Johnny McEntee called in White House liaisons from cabinet agencies for an introductory meeting Thursday, in which he asked them to identify political appointees across the U.S. government who are believed to be anti-Trump, three sources familiar with the meeting tell Axios.
Behind the scenes: McEntee, a 29-year-old former body man to Trump who was fired in 2018 by then-Chief of Staff John Kelly but recently rehired and promoted to head the presidential personnel office foreshadowed sweeping personnel changes across government.
* But McEntee suggested the most dramatic changes may have to wait until after the November election.
* Trump has empowered McEntee whom he considers an absolute loyalist to purge the bad people and Deep State.
* McEntee told staff that those identified as anti-Trump will no longer get promotions by shifting them around agencies.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/scoop-white-house-personnel-chief-targets-never-trumpers-2ee51bfd-03f9-4971-8308-863c81ace5f0.html
Drum
(9,201 posts)Zoonart
(11,887 posts)I am loosing hope.
unc70
(6,122 posts)Marcuse
(7,531 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)He'll surely run out of his loyalists, since so many have been charged with crimes or already in prison. There can only be so many willing to cheat for you and take the fall.
C_U_L8R
(45,026 posts)It's what they've been planning all along - an authoritarian's wet dream.
All they're missing are the jackboots and the deathcamps.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,653 posts)Bayard
(22,184 posts)When do they start rounding up reporters and Dem leaders?
I'm afraid of that very thing myself. Soon, if things don't change and change drastically, "disloyalty" to our chump in chief and/or his "GangOfPutins" will be enough to get us thrown into reeducation camps or worse.
Maybe when they start rounding us up people will start paying REAL attention and hit the streets. People all over the world turn out in the millions and we...... we make memes.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,177 posts)with that last sentence. My position is that we may be facing the time where there is no 'painless' way out of this. Will we rise to the occasion or will we just roll over and salute? Do not ask me this question unless you want to hear unbridled cynicism...
Fla Dem
(23,806 posts)It's the death of our democratic republic by a hundred cuts.