Showing posts with label nepotism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nepotism. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Ivanka Trump has an office of her own in the White House?

Courtesy of AP: 

Cementing her role as a powerful White House influence, Ivanka Trump is working out of a West Wing office and will get access to classified information, though she is not technically serving as a government employee, according to an attorney for the first daughter. 

Since President Donald Trump took office, his eldest daughter has been a visible presence in the White House, where her husband, Jared Kushner, already serves as a senior adviser. On Friday, she participated in a meeting on vocational training with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

Jamie Gorelick, an attorney and ethics adviser for Ivanka Trump, said Monday that the first daughter will not have an official title, but will get a West Wing office, government-issued communications devices and security clearance to access classified information. Gorelick said Ivanka Trump would follow the ethics rules that apply to government employees.

Is this a good time to say WTF?

Yeah I am pretty sure this is where you say WTF?

So exactly what qualifies Trump's daughter to have an office in the West Wing of the White House?

I mean really, what has she done to deserve it?
Oh yeah, that's right.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Donald Trump is going to appoint his son-in-law as his senior adviser. Well of course he is.

Courtesy of CNN: 

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will be senior adviser to the president, a senior transition official told CNN Monday. 

The 35-year-old businessman-turned-political strategist played a key part in his father-in-law's presidential campaign and his new position is expected to test the limit of federal anti-nepotism rules.

Of course Kushner is the son of an ex-con, with no government experience, and numerous ongoing business deals around the world.

Seems like the perfect fit for a Trump administration.

Welcome to the kleptocracy.

(P.S. Any minute now you can expect Sarah Palin to launch an attack on Facebook concerning this obvious case of crony capitalism. Yep, any minute now. Probably just sleeping in, or getting over a hangover, but you stay tuned cause it's a coming.)