# Trump's Cabinet of Curiosities **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367 "2016-11-10T16:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/501 "2016-12-12T19:20:00Z")
Trump is reportedly considering Carly Fiorina for Director of National Intelligence. > **[Trump considering Fiorina for director of national intelligence: New York Times](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14122B)** > > U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on Monday to former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina about the job of director of national intelligence, the New York Times reported, citing a senior Trump transition team member. Makes sense. The intelligence community uses computers. And Fiorina knows compu- Ah fuck it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/502 "2016-12-12T19:22:09Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Trump is reportedly considering Carly Fiorina for Director of National Intelligence. > > [http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14122B](http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14122B) > > Makes sense. The intelligence community uses computers. And Fiorina knows compu- > > Ah fuck it. She does have expertise in cutting back on staff. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/503 "2016-12-12T20:59:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She does have expertise in cutting back on staff. She has the power to affect even the dead. I understand that both Hewlett and Packard have been rolling over in their graves for some time now. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/504 "2016-12-13T00:48:36Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Texas Governor Rick Perry Said to Be Trump’s Top Candidate for Energy Secretary.](https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-11/rick-perry-said-to-be-trump-s-top-candidate-for-energy-secretary) > > Sure, why not. How about [Elmer Fudd](https://www.google.com/search?q=senate+majority+leader&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirtpvvju3QAhUG42MKHZVbBNEQ_AUICSgC&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=dQjK9w8tB-S2NM%3A)for … whatever. I think that was the department he couldn’t remember when he said he’d eliminate three… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/505 "2016-12-13T01:47:40Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > I think that was the department he couldn’t remember when he said he’d eliminate three… :dubious: You’re right, of course. That’s ironic. Maybe he’ll forget to show to work, err gut his department. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/506 "2016-12-13T03:19:56Z")
Tillerson gets State, unless the Kremlin picks him up on waivers. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/507 "2016-12-13T03:40:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Tillerson gets State, unless the Kremlin picks him up on waivers. I dunno. I think Republicans are going to be very hesitant to vote on this one. This might become a referendum on Trump’s coziness with Putin. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/508 "2016-12-13T03:48:38Z")
Maybe. Can’t help but notice suddenly Mitch The Turtle has switched his emphatic position as regards the whole Russian thing. Yesterday(?) it was all partisan nonsense, nothing to see here, move along and then bang! a grave threat yadda blah yadda blah. That, coupled with his reported resistance in the first instance gets me to thinking he’s afraid the evidence will be released, as well as his firm refusal to dignify it. His ass is on fire and his head is catching. Don’t recall such a thorough change of perspective since Saul of Tarsus fell off his donkey. So, I see him scrambling to get away from those positions. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/509 "2016-12-13T04:05:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Maybe. Can’t help but notice suddenly Mitch The Turtle has switched his emphatic position as regards the whole Russian thing. Yesterday(?) it was all partisan nonsense, nothing to see here, move along and then bang! a grave threat yadda blah yadda blah. > > That, coupled with his reported resistance in the first instance gets me to thinking he’s afraid the evidence will be released, as well as his firm refusal to dignify it. \*\* His ass is on fire and his head is catching.\*\* Don’t recall such a thorough change of perspective since Saul of Tarsus fell off his donkey. So, I see him scrambling to get away from those positions. My bold. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/510 "2016-12-13T07:40:32Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > So, now we know for sure that Trump just took the previous GOP presidential candidate out for a public shaming, and the rest of the GOP is left just saying, “Thank you sir, may I have another.” > > Cowards. And by getting Romney to publicly praise him, he’s now silenced one of his loudest critics in the GOP. Winning! ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/511 "2016-12-13T07:42:35Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > And by getting Romney to publicly praise him, he’s now silenced one of his loudest critics in the GOP. Winning! Are you tired of all the winning yet? ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/512 "2016-12-13T08:27:42Z")
I don’t think we’ve heard the last from Romney. I imagine he will seek revenge on Trump. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/513 "2016-12-13T09:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry - who famously once forgot that he wanted to abolish the Energy Department - to be secretary of energy, two sources familiar with the transition process told NBC News on Monday … > **[Rick Perry is Trump's pick to run Energy Department he wanted to abolish](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-picks-energy-department-opponent-rick-perry-energy-secretary-sources-n695241)** > > The former Texas governor endorsed Ted Cruz after he dropped out of the presidential race and called Trump a 'barking carnival act.' So will he be in charge of closing it down? ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/514 "2016-12-13T11:10:27Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Are you tired of all the winning yet? It’s like that landslide electoral college win—even though they haven’t actually voted yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![soonerblue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soonerblue/32/3302_2.png) [@soonerblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soonerblue)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/515 "2016-12-13T11:18:27Z")
Re Romney’s public shaming - I knew that’s what Trump was doing, felt it in my bones, and couldn’t get a certain political cartoon out of my mind; the one of Trump driving around in a limo with Romney strapped to the top in a dog carrier. Sorry … can’t remember the artist, or the caption. If anyone wants an example of the inner workings of this sociopathic showman’s head, Romney’s humiliation is a shining example. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/516 "2016-12-13T13:05:41Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > I think that was the department he couldn’t remember when he said he’d eliminate three… :dubious: On the morning news, here in Houston, Perry’s Oops Moment was mentioned when the newscasters told of his appointment. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/517 "2016-12-13T13:09:37Z")
> [@soonerblue](#): > > Re Romney’s public shaming - I knew that’s what Trump was doing, felt it in my bones, and couldn’t get a certain political cartoon out of my mind; the one of Trump driving around in a limo with Romney strapped to the top in a dog carrier. > > Sorry … can’t remember the artist, or the caption. > > If anyone wants an example of the inner workings of this sociopathic showman’s head, Romney’s humiliation is a shining example. Romney himself bears some of the blame. What I’d like him to do now is publicly apologize for auditioning to be a part of the incoming criminal administration and double down on the nasty things he said about Cheeto before. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/518 "2016-12-13T13:12:04Z")
You know who Trump reminds me of? Andrew Johnson. During Reconstruction getting he was more concerned with humiliating people than what was best for the country. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/519 "2016-12-13T13:15:07Z")
> [@soonerblue](#): > > Re Romney’s public shaming - I knew that’s what Trump was doing, felt it in my bones, and couldn’t get a certain political cartoon out of my mind; the one of Trump driving around in a limo with Romney strapped to the top in a dog carrier. > > Sorry … can’t remember the artist, or the caption. > > If anyone wants an example of the inner workings of this sociopathic showman’s head, Romney’s humiliation is a shining example. This one? [Riding With Mittens – CLAYTOONZ](https://claytoonz.com/2016/03/03/riding-with-mittens/) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/520 "2016-12-13T15:49:08Z")
> [@soonerblue](#): > > Re Romney’s public shaming - I knew that’s what Trump was doing, felt it in my bones, and couldn’t get a certain political cartoon out of my mind; the one of Trump driving around in a limo with Romney strapped to the top in a dog carrier. > > Sorry … can’t remember the artist, or the caption. > > If anyone wants an example of the inner workings of this sociopathic showman’s head, Romney’s humiliation is a shining example. It was Gail Collins in the New York Times. Mitt had done this to the family dog when the family went on vacation. Gail mentioned this is every one of her columns during the Presidential campaign. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367.md?page=27)