Trump’s ‘Shadow Cabinet’: Autocratic, wasteful
Politico‘s Josh Dawsey reports:
The White House is installing senior aides atop major federal agencies to shadow the administration’s Cabinet secretaries, creating a direct line with loyalists who can monitor and shape White House goals across the federal bureaucracy.
The aides chosen by the White House—given the title of senior adviser in each agency—have already been responsible for hiring at some departments and crafting the blueprint of Trump policy before the Cabinet members win Senate confirmation to take office. They have worked with congressional aides, lobbyists and others seeking influence in the new administration.
The arrangement, described by four people involved in the transition planning, appears designed to help the White House maintain control over its priorities despite pledging to give Cabinet secretaries unusual autonomy.
Duplicative positions waste taxpayer money, and White House “spies’ in agencies reeks of autocratic excess.
Heckuva job, Trumpy!
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By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
10 responses to Trump’s ‘Shadow Cabinet’: Autocratic, wasteful
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granpa.usthai January 24th, 2017 at 12:40
GREED!
pure, simple
GREED!
it’s a setup to bleed this country dry.
mea_mark January 24th, 2017 at 12:52
If you wanted to be a dictator and take over a country, this is one of the things you would do early on. … if you’re still asleep, now would be a good time to wake up.
Long Tom January 24th, 2017 at 13:37
Trump is extremely paranoid. He feels the need to have extra people on his staff just to keep an eye on one another.
The Original Just Me January 25th, 2017 at 22:20
The Tattle Tail System, that is Exactly the Same as Hitler used.
muffler January 24th, 2017 at 13:38
Political Commissars… seen this before…
amersham1046 January 24th, 2017 at 14:46
Cabinet members just lost everything, everything will be controlled by a dozen unnamed people answerable to only one person
The Original Just Me January 25th, 2017 at 22:15
What was it that Hitler called His closest men ?
bpollen January 25th, 2017 at 06:25
Who’s watching the orange troll who’s watching the watchers watching his cabinet?
The Original Just Me January 25th, 2017 at 22:15
Well, we know trump is bust watching the Golden shower.
bpollen January 26th, 2017 at 05:44
The Golden Shower Girls, starring Bea Arthur…