“Do what the swamp wants you to do”: Donald Jr. controls Trump’s deportees list

“Do what the swamp wants you to do”
Donald Jr. controls Trump’s deportation list

Van Roland Peters, New York
October 23, 2024, 7:11 am

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An incoming US president typically replaces 4,000 staff in ministries and administration. Donald Trump wants to make sure he doesn’t install any sleepers who are disloyal to him. Some are even “radioactive”. His blacklist is extensive.

Just because someone is a candidate for one party does not mean they represent the whole party. Like Donald Trump. He stands up for himself and his supporters, and he insults others as “RINOs”: “Republicans in name only”, Republicans in name only. One of his sons has been working on a massive blacklist for months for a possible election win against Democrat Kamala Harris. Who will not be allowed to serve in the Trump II government? Who should be excluded from the new administration?

The names of those who resigned in protest of the January 2021 capitol storm are already on the list; Others who worked on the Heritage Foundation think tank’s “Plan 2025,” a controversial 900-plus page list of Republican presidential candidates, were considered disloyal. Trump’s first term has been marked by leaks, publicized internal disputes and constant staff changes. Trump has repeatedly fired employees from the lowest ranks to ministers when disagreements arose among staff.

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That should not happen this time. Faith comes first. Howard Ludnick, one of the two chairmen of Trump’s transition team, said anyone seeking the nomination would have to show “loyalty” to Trump and his intentions. Billionaire Ludnick and co-owner Linda McMahon are gearing up for the former president’s second term; Both are major donors to Trump. They are supported by their partner JD Vance and sons Eric and Donald Jr.

“Politics” writes that the latter is also responsible for the blacklisting of exiles. The main goal is to prevent “bad actors from getting in.” Donald Jr. told the Wall Street Journal that he was busy checking: “A lot of people put an R next to their name but do whatever the swamp wants because they’re looking for the next consulting job.”

Surprisingly, all the employees of “Project 2025” are among the exiles, at least 140 of whom already worked for Trump. Ludnick recently warned that such people are “radioactive.” As far as the election campaign goes, he’s right: A majority of American voters reject “Plan 2025,” with only four percent viewing the plan favorably. Trump says publicly that he had nothing to do with it.

Don’t risk getting too close to “Plan 2025”.

However are compatible Many of Trump’s announcements and statements line up with the conservative think tank’s plans detailed in full-scale government powers. Its editors were in constant touch with the candidate’s campaign team, writing American media. Two years ago, the former president said of the Heritage Foundation: “They will lay the groundwork and develop the detailed plans for what our movement is going to do.”

The plan calls for massive changes, including a greater concentration of power in the White House and a mandate to replace not only the usual 4,000, but tens of thousands of staffers with lower-level loyalists. Trump signed such an order for a second presidential term in 2020. But his opponent, Joe Biden, won the election and overcame it.

Keeping a list of wanted and wanted employees is nothing new in Washington. “Plan 2025” is working One pageThose interested can apply for jobs in the Conservative presidency and end up in the relevant database. The transition team seeks to distance itself from the influential think tank staff. But that could change. “I see this as a political ploy, not a permanent exemption,” one member of Trump’s 2016 transition team was quoted as saying by Politico. After a potential electoral victory, different rules apply.