President Donald J. Trump: Orange is the New Black, House Slytherin Rises Also Heil Trump!

[BaneTheBrawler]

News about the President-elect of the United States of America. Cabinet choices, policy statements, updates about his criminal cases, whatever.

Discussion of the election should remain in the election thread.

[kuronosan]

He's stated he wants to repeal the ACA. Does that count?

[Gryffes]

I'm most looking forward to the press correspondents dinner.

[Ragnus]

Posted in the Presidential Election thread, but Trump taps an outspoken climate change denier to head the EPA transition.

http://www.snopes.com/trump-taps-out...ansition-team/

[Tyrath]

The thread title made me throw up in my mouth a little. Thanks Bane.

[zoobernut]

I have also seen a possible appointment for Sarah Palin to his cabinet. Not sure which position.

[Twilight Sky]

Apparently he is going to make that very silent Bannon(Bennon?) guy his Chief of Staff.

And I guess KellyUglyAss Conway will get some position too.

[Tyrath]

I have also seen a possible appointment for Sarah Palin to his cabinet. Not sure which position.

I heard interior secretary

[Fiye]

Double what Tyrath said. I honestly don't know how to feel about that.

[Andalusian girls]

not great?

[Niiro]

Can we get like a specialized banner for this subforum of some puppies and kittens playing together.

I think it would do a lot to help people cope with this kind of news.

[Fiye]

I mean as far as picks for that position Sarah Palin isn't the devil and more than happy to give the wrong people those spots.

The worst thing about this is her 15 minutes of fame somehow became even longer.

[BaneTheBrawler]

The thread title made me throw up in my mouth a little. Thanks Bane.

Come January, this thread will transition to the President Donald J. Trump Administration thread.


I live to serve.

[Tyrath]

Come January, this thread will transition to the President Donald J. Trump Administration thread.


I live to serve.

[zoobernut]

Which position do you think he will give Michelle Bachman?

[Aerin]

Can we give it the subtitle: Orange is the New Black. Please?

[BaneTheBrawler]

As you wish.

[Aerin]

Sexy.

[Niiro]

Post from the election thread but it belongs here:

Trump's "First 100 days" plan and a version with some evaluations annotated:

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451...first-100-days

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/10/501597...ys-action-plan

[Aerin]

So, I'll go ahead and jump off the deep end a bit here and try to go through some things in Trump's first 100 day plan that might be good or that I'm curious about.

• A 5 year-ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service
  
  • About as likely to happen as Congress passing term limits on themselves.
  
  
• A lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government
  
  • Not sure how big a deal this is, but sure.
  
  
• A complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.
  
  • Again, not sure how big a deal this is. Curious to see the numbers though.
  
  
• I will direct my Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator
  
  • What would this do exactly?
  
  
• I will direct the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers and direct them to use every tool under American and international law to end those abuses immediately
  
• End The Offshoring Act. Establishes tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers in order to relocate in other countries and ship their products back to the U.S. tax-free.