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BumRushDaShow

(142,278 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:45 PM Oct 16

Trump team preps list of banned staffers

Source: Politico

10/16/2024 12:00 PM EDT


Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation is compiling lists of names of people to keep out of a second Trump administration. The lists of undesirable staffers include people linked to the Project 2025 policy blueprint; officials who resigned in protest of Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; and others perceived as disloyal to the former president, said two former Trump officials familiar with the discussions.

The former officials were granted anonymity to discuss private transition operations. The effort is the latest indication that a second Trump administration could have a starkly different personnel makeup than the first in positions ranging from the most senior aides to lower-level appointees.

The former president and his allies have long stressed the value of loyalty among staffers, and they appear eager to avoid the leaks and staff churn that plagued Trump during his first term. Donald Trump Jr. — Trump’s son and an honorary chair of the transition team — is leading the effort to assemble names of banned staffers, one former Trump official said.

“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said a second former official. But a sweeping ban on contributors to that project — which boasts the support of more than 100 conservative organizations — could complicate efforts to staff up a Republican administration, and it’s unclear whether a future Trump administration would stick to such a ban.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/16/trump-transition-hiring-staffer-ban-00183208



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Trump team preps list of banned staffers (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 16 OP
Here it comes nikatnyte Oct 16 #1
If it's the 2025 group, I'll volunteer tho cook their last meal. marble falls Oct 16 #3
A Little Rat Poison... GB_RN Oct 16 #5
Why a little? Those are huge rats right there. marble falls Oct 16 #7
That would be a most satisfying project! calimary Oct 17 #27
Colder than TFG's dead conscience. marble falls Oct 17 #32
Interesting Mz Pip Oct 16 #2
Something tells me Vance will disappear, leave the country. I bet he's thought this whole thing out and will depart CTyankee Oct 16 #4
He'll still be a Senator Mz Pip Oct 16 #8
Yeah...my thoughts too NCDem47 Oct 16 #14
His replacement would be Ivanka or Butthead Jr. marble falls Oct 16 #9
The goal is.. I am Neo Oct 17 #30
Yep Mz Pip Oct 17 #35
I hope they pour a lot time and money into their transition plans during the last weeks of the campaign! FSogol Oct 16 #6
I guarantee Diraven Oct 16 #10
There is no decision that is ever final for Trump BootinUp Oct 16 #17
Agree orangecrush Oct 17 #26
What future staffing, just eating up campaign funds for money laundering purposes. verargert Oct 16 #11
It's a ruse BaronChocula Oct 16 #12
The "disconnection" from Project 2025 folks is just a smokescreen. ificandream Oct 16 #13
That's why these BumRushDaShow Oct 16 #15
He's lying... P2025 is a done deal, slightlv Oct 16 #16
Well that is a load ... TBF Oct 16 #18
The expanded version of nixons enemies list nt Javaman Oct 16 #19
Go ahead..play your little games of pretend...that f..ker is NOT going to be in the WH ever again! PortTack Oct 16 #20
Don Jr gets the Nixon job SCantiGOP Oct 16 #21
I bet he's on Cloud 9 about it. calimary Oct 17 #28
Instead of calling them "staff" or "aides" we can call them co-conspirators Turbineguy Oct 16 #22
Strange way to go about what more likely be creating a list of potential staffers karynnj Oct 16 #23
This has to be a put on. Botany Oct 16 #24
First they ban. ... littlemissmartypants Oct 17 #25
100% Correct It's The Fascist Playbook... Intimidation - Incarceration - Extermination MayReasonRule Oct 17 #31
Only a preview ... BlueWavePsych Oct 17 #29
going through their social media PedroXimenez Oct 17 #33
Add another lie to the pile. travelingthrulife Oct 17 #34

nikatnyte

(330 posts)
1. Here it comes
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:47 PM
Oct 16

So...these people, I assume, will be "dealt with" by the military. Hope their last meal is a good one.

CTyankee

(65,020 posts)
4. Something tells me Vance will disappear, leave the country. I bet he's thought this whole thing out and will depart
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:53 PM
Oct 16

in darkness in the middle of the night. PFFFT....gone! He's probably got a gig arranged with some foreign dictator...

Mz Pip

(27,893 posts)
8. He'll still be a Senator
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:55 PM
Oct 16

I suspect he’ll keep a high profile and run for president in 2028. He’s a power hungry asshole.

NCDem47

(2,587 posts)
14. Yeah...my thoughts too
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 04:08 PM
Oct 16

Like dog doo on a shoe, Vance is going to be around for awhile even when Trump dies or flees. Fully expect to go trhough this all again in 2028.

I am Neo

(16 posts)
30. The goal is..
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 05:54 AM
Oct 17

If he wins, is to remove Trump. Republicans will lead the effort to allow Vance to be president. That way Project 2025 can be implemented.

Mz Pip

(27,893 posts)
35. Yep
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 10:09 AM
Oct 17

I doubt the 2025ers care who implements their agenda. Trump is useful because he’s electable, even if he’s a dottering old fool.

Diraven

(1,045 posts)
10. I guarantee
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:59 PM
Oct 16

That no Project 2025 people will actually be blacklisted. This conveniently anonymously sourced story is obviously a plant to try to make it appear like Trump is distancing himself from the very unpopular Project 2025.

BootinUp

(49,020 posts)
17. There is no decision that is ever final for Trump
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:54 PM
Oct 16

And no words that are from his mouth or the mouths of his associates that can ever be relied on.

ificandream

(10,516 posts)
13. The "disconnection" from Project 2025 folks is just a smokescreen.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 04:07 PM
Oct 16

They'll all end up being in his administration.

slightlv

(4,325 posts)
16. He's lying... P2025 is a done deal,
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:49 PM
Oct 16

whether or not they have the people who wrote it in govt positions or not. How dumb does he think we are that we can't parse the words used in a sentence?!

TBF

(34,295 posts)
18. Well that is a load ...
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 06:06 PM
Oct 16

they are just trying to convince moderates that they are not behind Project 2025 - because any sane person who reads it understands it's the end of our democracy.

They are such slimeballs.

Turbineguy

(38,376 posts)
22. Instead of calling them "staff" or "aides" we can call them co-conspirators
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 10:02 PM
Oct 16

The problem with cooking the election in Trumps favor is timing. Everyone involved can be arrested.

karynnj

(59,938 posts)
23. Strange way to go about what more likely be creating a list of potential staffers
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 10:47 PM
Oct 16

Creating a list of potential staffers based on skills, relationships etc could include as a final step checking to see if one of those relationships mean they should be kicked off the list.

Botany

(72,477 posts)
24. This has to be a put on.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 11:13 PM
Oct 16

Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation =. The Elon Musk School of Integrity

Pure Codswallop.

MayReasonRule

(1,806 posts)
31. 100% Correct It's The Fascist Playbook... Intimidation - Incarceration - Extermination
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 06:14 AM
Oct 17
Nat-C or Nazi no matter the name the fascist depravity's always the same.



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