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Trump to appoint billionaire to review security agencies

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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.
 
Excellent idea, clearly there is a lot of work to do here, we need a good man.
 
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.
 
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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The guys who know how to do stuff, have proven it, who work hard for a life doing it, are not the swamp.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The guys who know how to do stuff, have proven it, who work hard for a life doing it, are not the swamp.
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What relevant experience does he have? Being a successful businessman is not really relevant when choosing someone to review the intelligence agencies.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The guys who know how to do stuff, have proven it, who work hard for a life doing it, are not the swamp.
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Feinberg’s experience with national security is his Capital Management firm’s has investments in a Security firm and they own Remington Outdoor, a gun maker. Yep he's qualified. lol

As for Trump he's nothing but a cartoon character now. Reading his tweets is like reading the tantrums of an 8 year old. 'The failing NY Times, etc...' What an embarrassment.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
7:19 AM - 15 Feb 2017
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Feinberg’s experience with national security is his Capital Management firm’s has investments in a Security firm and they own Remington Outdoor, a gun maker. Yep he's qualified. lol

As for Trump he's nothing but a cartoon character now. Reading his tweets is like reading the tantrums of an 8 year old. 'The failing NY Times, etc...' What an embarrassment.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
7:19 AM - 15 Feb 2017
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Trump knows him well, relax.
 
Aristaeus said:
What relevant experience does he have? Being a successful businessman is not really relevant when choosing someone to review the intelligence agencies.
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Being organized and thinking big and understanding what is??

Tons.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The guys who know how to do stuff, have proven it, who work hard for a life doing it, are not the swamp.
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Many of which, like Trump, were born into their wealth and didn't accomplish anything. Trump's only accomplishment is taking over the family real estate business. Every other business he's started has failed miserably and gone bankrupt. I think it's sad that you equate wealth with intelligence and success. That is definitely not always the case.

What experience does this new appointee have in auditing intelligence agencies? He's rich therefore he has all the qualifications, right?
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
lol..Feinberg is a NYC billionaire elitist. So yeah, I'm sure Trump does know him well.

You guys got conned BIG time. Too bad we all have to suffer for you guys mistake.
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My argument is that you are slow to figure things out, like Trump is playing Chess but you are sure that he is doing it wrong because all you know is checkers.

Trump has taken the rebellion to war against great odds, we will probably fail, but he is doing great so far.
 
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RabidAlpaca said:
Many of which, like Trump, were born into their wealth and didn't accomplish anything. Trump's only accomplishment is taking over the family real estate business. Every other business he's started has failed miserably and gone bankrupt. I think it's sad that you equate wealth with intelligence and success. That is definitely not always the case.

What experience does this new appointee have in auditing intelligence agencies? He's rich therefore he has all the qualifications, right?
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Trump and I know that just about the biggest problem with specialists is too much inbreeding.

DIVERSITY IS GOOD!
 
Hawkeye10 said:
My argument is that you are slow to figure things out, like Trump is playing Chess but you are sure that he is doing it wrong because all you know is checkers.

Trump has taken the rebellion to war against great odds, we will probably fall, but he is doing great so far.
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I wish the damage this guy is doing, and going to do would just affect the gullible people who got conned and voted for this moron. But unfortunately his incompetence is going to affect us all.

And what's even scarier is you still believe his lies. He'll walk off a cliff and his cult like followers will follow him.
 
Peter King said:
This is nothing but cronyism, not looking for a good man.
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He does not pick friends, he picks people he thinks can do the job, and he values highly people who understand production as evidenced by making money at it.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
I wish the damage this guy is doing, and going to do would just affect the gullible people who got conned and voted for this moron. But unfortunately his incompetence is going to affect us all.

And what's even scarier is you still believe his lies. He'll walk off a cliff and his cult like followers will follow him.
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Great leaders inspire great followers.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Excellent idea, clearly there is a lot of work to do here, we need a good man.
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I'll bite. I don't know a damn thing about the man. Never heard of him until this was announced. Would you mind sharing why he's a "good man"? What's your experience with him, how long have you followed him, what specific things has he done, etc.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
My argument is that you are slow to figure things out, like Trump is playing Chess but you are sure that he is doing it wrong because all you know is checkers.

Trump has taken the rebellion to war against great odds, we will probably fail, but he is doing great so far.
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It's like cheering for the black gates of Mordor to open.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
He does not pick friends, he picks people he thinks can do the job, and he values highly people who understand production as evidenced by making money at it.
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What does being good at making money have to do with being a food choice for reviewing the intelligence agencies?
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Many of which, like Trump, were born into their wealth and didn't accomplish anything. Trump's only accomplishment is taking over the family real estate business. Every other business he's started has failed miserably and gone bankrupt. I think it's sad that you equate wealth with intelligence and success. That is definitely not always the case.

What experience does this new appointee have in auditing intelligence agencies? He's rich therefore he has all the qualifications, right?
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So is it your belief that everyone who inherits a few million dollars becomes a billionaire?
 
Hawkeye10 said:
He does not pick friends, he picks people he thinks can do the job, and he values highly people who understand production as evidenced by making money at it.
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I hate to think he's senile and letting his son in law and his Alt Right nationalists do his thinking for him. But that does seem to be the case.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The guys who know how to do stuff, have proven it, who work hard for a life doing it, are not the swamp.
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By your logic a billionaire with no medical training could be your heart surgeon. Sad.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Feinberg’s experience with national security is his Capital Management firm’s has investments in a Security firm and they own Remington Outdoor, a gun maker. Yep he's qualified. lol

As for Trump he's nothing but a cartoon character now. Reading his tweets is like reading the tantrums of an 8 year old. 'The failing NY Times, etc...' What an embarrassment.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
7:19 AM - 15 Feb 2017
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It's hard to know who to trust

All the spies are liable to be either Washington establishment bushies or obama flunkies

So a complete outsider be a more dependable choice
 
Mac77 said:
It's hard to know who to trust

All the spies are liable to be either Washington establishment bushies or obama flunkies

So a complete outsider be a more dependable choice
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No problem with it being an outsider as long as they have relevant experience/knowledge. Feinberg appears to have neither.

I'd also question the idea that there needs to be a review.
 
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