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Trump to appoint billionaire to review security agencies

tres borrachos said:
Uh, my comment was sarcasm. But I'm not surprise you wouldn't know that. It takes a minimal level IQ to understand and recognize sarcasm.

Yes, and everyone gets to laugh at your opinion, too. Isn't America great?
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You were obviously talking about two different people. Now...you're crawfishing.
 
tres borrachos said:
I know you're easily confused. I'm pretty sure everyone else knows it too.
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Transition from smartassery to personal attacks, I see. We knew that was coming. You had to deflect, somehow.
 
apdst said:
Transition from smartassery to personal attacks, I see. We knew that was coming. You had to deflect, somehow.
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Who's "we"? You and the other voice in your head?

Look, this has been a slice of Heaven, but it's always a waste of time to post to you. My Beagle catches on faster.
 
tres borrachos said:
Who's "we"? You and the other voice in your head?

Look, this has been a slice of Heaven, but it's always a waste of time to post to you. My Beagle catches on faster.
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Personal attacks are all you have. How sad.
 
apdst said:
Personal attacks are all you have. How sad.
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Do you need a hug? Look, I have to get back to a more interesting debate before I have to pick up the kids. If there isn't anything else, I'll blow you a kiss.
 
tres borrachos said:
Do you need a hug? Look, I have to get back to a more interesting debate before I have to pick up the kids. If there isn't anything else, I'll blow you a kiss.
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You proved what I needed you to. Thanks for the offer, though. ;)
 
Aristaeus said:
Trump is planning to appoint Stephen Feinberg, co founder of Cerberus Capital Management, to review the intelligence agencies.

Feinberg is a billionaire and has close ties to Bannon and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kutchner.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/...alspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2200435&page=171

Yet another billionaire appointed by Trump. It's unclear what relevant experience he has to review the intelligence agencies. Knowing the President's son-in-law is hardly justification.
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Maybe he couldn't find a well qualified person like Clinton, whos' claim to fame was that she married Bill Clinton but had no foreign policy experience or political experience, other than being a First Lady and attorney of questionable talent.

Here is a sample of Feinberg's credentials:

After graduating from college, Feinberg worked as a trader at Drexel Burnham in 1982 and later at Gruntal & Co..[5]

In 1992, at the age of 32, Feinberg co-founded Cerberus Capital Management with William L. Richter.[5] At the time the firm had $10 million under management; its assets under management have since grown to over $30 billion in 2016.[6][7] In 1999, the firm hired former Vice President Dan Quayle as a Chairman of Cerberus Global Investment.[8] In 2006, the firm hired former United States Secretary of the Treasury John Snow, who serves as a Chairman of Cerberus.[9]

In May 2011, Feinberg stated that he believed residential mortgage-backed securities may present "a real opportunity for continued investment for quite a period of time"[10] and that there were opportunities in buying assets from European banks.

Feinberg has been critical about the pay received by private equity executives, stating, "In general, I think that all of us are way overpaid in this business. It is almost embarrassing."[11] He has also noted in comments made in 2011 that smaller private equity fund sizes may be better for investor returns: "If your goal is to maximize your return as opposed to assets under management, I think you can be most effective with a big company infrastructure and a little bit smaller fund size."[11]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Feinberg

Seems to be a good pick to me if one wants someone that is qualified for the job. You went into kneejerk mode. Maybe you would have been happier with a plumber or a dishonest crony politician like Hillary.
 
NonoBadDog said:
Maybe he couldn't find a well qualified person like Clinton, whos' claim to fame was that she married Bill Clinton but had no foreign policy experience or political experience, other than being a First Lady and attorney of questionable talent.

Here is a sample of Feinberg's credentials:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Feinberg

You went into kneejerk mode. Maybe you would have been happier with a plumber or a dishonest crony politician like Hillary.
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I don't recall Obama supporters constantly referencing John McCain every time anything happened after 2008. Give it a rest. Hillary is out of the picture.
 
Blue_State said:
Trump is leaking it to the press so he continues to have an adversary in the country that gives him tons of air time. This way he can win the next election as well.

But I could be wrong.
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Yep, probably.
 
Kobie said:
I don't recall Obama supporters constantly referencing John McCain every time anything happened after 2008. Give it a rest. Hillary is out of the picture.
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I only used her as a standard the the left seems to have adopted for appointees. I can think of more. IRS was full of incompetent appointees. Then there is the VA. I almost forgot about the head of OPM, and . I could go on. I don't think the left has much to brag about but they sure bitch about a lot.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Yep, so much for draining the swamp. Another NYC, Wall Street billionaire. And Trump actually got millions of gullible people to believe him when he campaigned as a 'populist'... lol

No one wants to admit it when they are wrong. But you would think that by now most people who voted for the elitist would start to realize they were duped and conned.
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Apparently you haven't figured out who the swamp is yet.
 
apdst said:
The OP says it's a review.
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OP says Stephen Feinberg is the reviewer. OP does not say Trump will stop with a mere review.

Trump is not making a passive diagnostic just to see how the agencies work for his own knowledge. Trump has plainly stated that he intends to make significant changes. Stephen Feinberg's inquisition is to identify exactly what changes need to be made to meet Trump's vision. This is akin to corporate restructuring, something Stephen Feinberg is extremely successful at.

victus qui se victus
 
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