Trump team preps list of banned staffers

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

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.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/16/trump-transition-hiring-staffer-ban-00183208

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[nikatnyte]

1. Here it comes

So...these people, I assume, will be "dealt with" by the military. Hope their last meal is a good one.

[marble falls]

3. If it's the 2025 group, I'll volunteer tho cook their last meal.

[GB_RN]

5. A Little Rat Poison...

Goes a long way, eh?😂

[marble falls]

7. Why a little? Those are huge rats right there.

[calimary]

27. That would be a most satisfying project!

Make sure it’s served COLD.

[Mz Pip]

2. Interesting

Guess he’ll have to dump Vance since he’s up to his ears in that drivel.

[CTyankee]

4. Something tells me Vance will disappear, leave the country. I bet he's thought this whole thing out and will depart

in darkness in the middle of the night. PFFFT....gone! He's probably got a gig arranged with some foreign dictator...

[Mz Pip]

8. He'll still be a Senator

I suspect he’ll keep a high profile and run for president in 2028. He’s a power hungry asshole.

[NCDem47]

14. Yeah...my thoughts too

Like dog doo on a shoe, Vance is going to be around for awhile even when Trump dies or flees. Fully expect to go trhough this all again in 2028.

[marble falls]

9. His replacement would be Ivanka or Butthead Jr.

[FSogol]

6. I hope they pour a lot time and money into their transition plans during the last weeks of the campaign!

[Diraven]

10. I guarantee

That no Project 2025 people will actually be blacklisted. This conveniently anonymously sourced story is obviously a plant to try to make it appear like Trump is distancing himself from the very unpopular Project 2025.

[BootinUp]

17. There is no decision that is ever final for Trump

And no words that are from his mouth or the mouths of his associates that can ever be relied on.

[orangecrush]

26. Agree

[verargert]

11. What future staffing, just eating up campaign funds for money laundering purposes.

[BaronChocula]

12. It's a ruse

Don't believe for a minute P2025ers are persona non grata in the reich.

[ificandream]

13. The "disconnection" from Project 2025 folks is just a smokescreen.

They'll all end up being in his administration.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. That's why these

[slightlv]

16. He's lying... P2025 is a done deal,

whether or not they have the people who wrote it in govt positions or not. How dumb does he think we are that we can't parse the words used in a sentence?!

[TBF]

18. Well that is a load ...

they are just trying to convince moderates that they are not behind Project 2025 - because any sane person who reads it understands it's the end of our democracy.

They are such slimeballs.

[Javaman]

19. The expanded version of nixons enemies list nt

[PortTack]

20. Go ahead..play your little games of pretend...that f..ker is NOT going to be in the WH ever again!

[SCantiGOP]

21. Don Jr gets the Nixon job

Maintaining the Enemies List.

[calimary]

28. I bet he's on Cloud 9 about it.

A dream come true.

[Turbineguy]

22. Instead of calling them "staff" or "aides" we can call them co-conspirators

The problem with cooking the election in Trumps favor is timing. Everyone involved can be arrested.

[karynnj]

23. Strange way to go about what more likely be creating a list of potential staffers

Creating a list of potential staffers based on skills, relationships etc could include as a final step checking to see if one of those relationships mean they should be kicked off the list.

[Botany]

24. This has to be a put on.

Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation =. The Elon Musk School of Integrity

Pure Codswallop.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. First they ban. ...

Second they burn.

❤️

[BlueWavePsych]

29. Only a preview ...