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Politico: Trump is preparing enemies lists, at the same time under fire for calling other Americans "the enemy within."
Politico (archived) - Trump team preps list of banned staffers
The names include conservatives linked to Project 2025 and Republicans viewed as disloyal to the former president.
By Robin Bravender
10/16/2024 12:00 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation is compiling lists of names of people to keep out of a second Trump administration.
The lists of undesirable staffers include people linked to the Project 2025 policy blueprint; officials who resigned in protest of Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; and others perceived as disloyal to the former president, said two former Trump officials familiar with the discussions. The former officials were granted anonymity to discuss private transition operations.
The effort is the latest indication that a second Trump administration could have a starkly different personnel makeup than the first in positions ranging from the most senior aides to lower-level appointees. The former president and his allies have long stressed the value of loyalty among staffers, and they appear eager to avoid the leaks and staff churn that plagued Trump during his first term.
Donald Trump Jr. — Trump’s son and an honorary chair of the transition team — is leading the effort to assemble names of banned staffers, one former Trump official said.
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said a second former official. But a sweeping ban on contributors to that project — which boasts the support of more than 100 conservative organizations — could complicate efforts to staff up a Republican administration, and it’s unclear whether a future Trump administration would stick to such a ban.
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The names include conservatives linked to Project 2025 and Republicans viewed as disloyal to the former president.
By Robin Bravender
10/16/2024 12:00 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation is compiling lists of names of people to keep out of a second Trump administration.
The lists of undesirable staffers include people linked to the Project 2025 policy blueprint; officials who resigned in protest of Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; and others perceived as disloyal to the former president, said two former Trump officials familiar with the discussions. The former officials were granted anonymity to discuss private transition operations.
The effort is the latest indication that a second Trump administration could have a starkly different personnel makeup than the first in positions ranging from the most senior aides to lower-level appointees. The former president and his allies have long stressed the value of loyalty among staffers, and they appear eager to avoid the leaks and staff churn that plagued Trump during his first term.
Donald Trump Jr. — Trump’s son and an honorary chair of the transition team — is leading the effort to assemble names of banned staffers, one former Trump official said.
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said a second former official. But a sweeping ban on contributors to that project — which boasts the support of more than 100 conservative organizations — could complicate efforts to staff up a Republican administration, and it’s unclear whether a future Trump administration would stick to such a ban.
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Ian Sams
Trump is literally preparing modern-day enemies lists, at the same time he's under fire for calling other Americans "the enemy within."
It's all making it very clear: Trump will have no one to restrain his worst instincts in another term. Unchecked power. No guardrails.
1:40 PM · Oct 16, 2024
Trump is literally preparing modern-day enemies lists, at the same time he's under fire for calling other Americans "the enemy within."
It's all making it very clear: Trump will have no one to restrain his worst instincts in another term. Unchecked power. No guardrails.
POLITICO
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Trump team preps list of banned staffers http://ow.ly/5gJ6105M3TF (archived: https://archive.ph/2IPpp )
1:40 PM · Oct 16, 2024
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