Tag: Trumpolitics
Conway: There’s a Nepotism Loophole
The anti-nepotism law apparently has an exception if you want to work in the West Wing because the president is able to appoint his own staff. Of course, this came about to stop maybe family members from serving on the Cabinet, but the president does have discretion to choose a staff of his liking. … So if that is true and that legal advice holds then that will open up a realm of possibilities.
— Kellyanne Conway, on “Morning Joe” asserting that Donald Trump’s family members could be included on the White House staff.
Donald Lives in a ‘Fact-Free Environment’
Trump lives and thrives in a fact-free environment. No president, including Richard Nixon, has been so ignorant of fact and disdains fact in the way this president-elect does. Richard Nixon was nothing, in terms of lying, compared to what we have seen from Donald Trump.
— Carl Bernstein, in an interview on CNN.
Donald Hires Foreign Workers for Mar-a-Lago
So much for his campaign rhetoric about giving U.S. jobs to Americans. The Donald requested permission from the U.S. Labor Department to hire 64 foreign workers in the United States on H-2B visas. Some positions will be paid less than last year, while others will see a 1 percent raise, reports the Palm Beach Post.
