March 26, 2017
Dear Mr. President,
I have been both shocked and disgusted with the level of cronyism
in your administration. Here are a few
of my favorites…and by favorites I mean total
head-scratchers. As in, WTF was he
thinking??
Betsy DeVos – absolutely no experience to be Secretary of
Education but has donated millions of dollars to the Republican Party, a clear
case of quid pro quo.
David Friedman – your former bankruptcy lawyer, now
Ambassador to Israel. Kind of a big
jump, don't you think?
Omarosa Manigault – reality TV personality from the
Apprentice, famous for lying on her resume, now assistant to the President Of
the United States. Seems like being able
to lie convincingly is the only prerequisite for this job.
Keith Schiller – former Trump family bodyguard, best known
for hitting a protester at a rally, now Director of Oval Office
Operations.
Steve Bannon – former executive chairman of Breitbart News
(famous for such headlines as "Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and
Crazy") now Chief Strategist, member of the Presidential Leadership Team
AND permanent member of the National Security Council. This one actually makes
me nauseous.
Jason Greenblatt – your long time lawyer, now in charge of
negotiating peace in the Mideast. Diplomatic
training/education: NONE.
Danny Tiso – this guy graduated from high school in 2015 and
is now the special assistant to the Secretary of the Dept. of Labor. He was a rally organizer for you in New
Hampshire. Good news though, his
LinkedIn page says he made the honor roll in 2010, when he was in 6th
grade!
Jared Kushner - I'm not sure how being a former real estate
developer and married to your daughter qualifies him to be a senior White House
advisor, member of the National Security Council, manager of our disputes with
Mexico AND broker of peace in the Mideast.
But I guess this guy is Superman or something.
Rick Perry – publicly called for the elimination of the
Energy Dept. (more than once), couldn't remember the department's name (more
than once), has absolutely no experience with nuclear weapons or nuclear
waste. In fact, he is the first
non-expert to ever run the Energy Dept.
He is now the Secretary of Energy, in charge of a $30 million budget for
maintaining, refurbishing, and keeping safe the nation's nuclear weapons
stockpile.
Ben Carson – former neurosurgeon, thinks Joseph (the
biblical Joseph!) built the pyramids in Egypt to store grain, has no experience
AT ALL with housing issues of any kind, now Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. Only possible relevant qualification; has
lived in a house (this is the qualification that he has cited himself!).
Ivanka Trump – this week she was officially made an unofficial advisor to the
president. Hmmmm. Nobody even knew that was possible. Apparently her primary (and only) qualification for this is that
she's your daughter and is wealthy enough that she doesn't need a salary. She seems to be morphing into some kind of
first lady/spy type of role. It's all
very strange.
If you are losing sleep at night wondering why your
administration is so unable to actually administer, take a look at your
staff. You have appointed a bunch of
unskilled, inexperienced jagaloons who are unable to get anything done. In your effort to reward loyalists, you have
compromised the safe and effective running of the government. I'm sure history
will remember this well.
Sincerely,
Amy Beaton
No comments:
Post a Comment