# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/781 "2017-01-05T20:40:53Z")
[Deja Vu, anyone?](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Pam+Bondi) Youngish skinny woman with straight blonde hair. This guy is shopping. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/782 "2017-01-05T20:42:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Deja Vu, anyone?](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Pam+Bondi) Youngish skinny woman with straight blonde hair. This guy is shopping. He already paid for this one. And she’s 51. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/783 "2017-01-05T20:46:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He already paid for this one. And she’s 51. He likes to keep his blondes close to home. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/784 "2017-01-07T18:44:29Z")
[Monica Crowley](http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/kfile-trump-monica-crowley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/) a Trump pick to be a senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council, did a fair bit of plagiarism in a 2002 book. > [@](#): > > “The review of Crowley’s June 2012 book, “What The (Bleep) Just Happened,” found upwards of 50 examples of plagiarism from numerous sources, including the copying with minor changes of news articles, other columnists, think tanks, and Wikipedia. The New York Times bestseller, published by the HarperCollins imprint Broadside Books, contains no notes or bibliography.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/785 "2017-01-07T18:55:37Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > [Monica Crowley](http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/kfile-trump-monica-crowley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/) a Trump pick to be a senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council By a remarkable coincidence, Crowley is also a youngish skinny woman with straight blonde hair. But no, I disagree that Trump is using these administrative appointments to shop for potential future mistresses/wives. I think it’s just that women who are **not** young/youngish skinny conventionally attractive blondes are simply invisible to him. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/786 "2017-01-07T19:23:00Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > [Monica Crowley](http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/kfile-trump-monica-crowley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/) a Trump pick to be a senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council, did a fair bit of plagiarism in a 2002 book. Yeah, like that’s really a deal breaker anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/787 "2017-01-07T19:37:21Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I think it’s just that women who are **not** young/youngish skinny conventionally attractive blondes are simply invisible to him. Not all pussies are worth grabbing, apparently. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/788 "2017-01-07T19:40:37Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Yeah, like that’s really a deal breaker anymore. I’m not sure anything is a dealbreaker any more. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/789 "2017-01-07T20:49:48Z")
Mike Flynn, who was fired from an intelligence position because he is a nutcase. By comparison, Ms Crowley is a splendid candidate and abundantly qualified. It has been independently verified that she can read. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/790 "2017-01-07T20:59:24Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mike Flynn, who was fired from an intelligence position because he is a nutcase. By comparison, Ms Crowley is a splendid candidate and abundantly qualified. It has been independently verified that she can read. Well, she can clearly ctrl+c/ctrl+v anyway. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/791 "2017-01-07T21:16:07Z")
So, the control button the “plus” button, then “C”? Followed by he control button the “plus” button, then “V”? Does that make the porn disappear from your screen when someone is about to enter the room, and replaces it with a spreadsheet? Uh, asking for a friend. Not him, the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/792 "2017-01-07T22:07:47Z")
Copy/paste. The plagiarist’s shortcut. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/793 "2017-01-09T21:38:31Z")
[VICE is reporting that Jared Kushner will be made a Senior Advisor to the President](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/trump-will-reportedly-tap-son-in-law-jared-kushner-for-senior-advisor-vgtrn). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/794 "2017-01-10T00:23:45Z")
This is all becoming reminiscent of the Nixon White House. Lots of Super Creeps. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/795 "2017-01-10T00:27:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [VICE is reporting that Jared Kushner will be made a Senior Advisor to the President](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/trump-will-reportedly-tap-son-in-law-jared-kushner-for-senior-advisor-vgtrn). [AP now running a story about this](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_KUSHNER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-09-18-54-49). ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/796 "2017-01-10T01:01:24Z")
Chuck Schumer’s [troll game](http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/9/14217638/obama-trump-senate-letter-ethics) is pretty solid. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/797 "2017-01-10T01:06:45Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Chuck Schumer’s [troll game](http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/9/14217638/obama-trump-senate-letter-ethics) is pretty solid. I particularly liked the last few paragraphs (of the story, not the letter). Thanks to Harry Reid, Mitch can just trash this letter and carry on. ETA: but I had a chuckle about it, and it’s exactly the sort of political theater that the far left will adore. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/798 "2017-01-10T01:16:16Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I particularly liked the last few paragraphs (of the story, not the letter). Thanks to Harry Reid, Mitch can just trash this letter and carry on. > > ETA: but I had a chuckle about it, and it’s exactly the sort of political theater that the far left will adore. I know. Because you’re more interested in your party winning than doing the right thing. You’ve made that clear. You don’t have to keep reiterating. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/799 "2017-01-10T01:36:46Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I know. Because you’re more interested in your party winning than doing the right thing. You’ve made that clear. You don’t have to keep reiterating. I don’t think this is a moral issue. I think it’s some bullshit obstructionism by the Left and some hard-nosed politics by the Right, made possible by Harry Reid, which I find ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/800 "2017-01-10T01:41:25Z")
Having your ethics paperwork in place should not be optional. Of course that’s a moral issue. It wasn’t obstructionism when McConnell required it, and it isn’t now. Whether you can circumvent it with votes doesn’t change this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367.md?page=41)