# What will Trump do on Inauguration Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459 "2017-01-06T17:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/41 "2017-01-06T21:37:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You don’t seem to understand what a “political appointee” is in this context. All ambassadors are appointed by the president. Those three are career foreign service officers, not political appointees. Polashick joined the foreign service in 1995, Mills in 1988, and Bernicat in 1982. > > “Political appointees” are generally people without significant previous foreign service experience who are appointed because of political service to a party. Maybe I don’t understand the context. I do understand the difference between appointing your barber (or large contributor) and appointing a career foreign service professional. I’m not sure I buy the label “political appointee” only applies to the former. > [@](#): > > According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is “any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head”. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/42 "2017-01-06T21:39:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Do you honestly think that this would be the time/place for making a joke? > > Or does this actually represent your opinion of the dignity of the office of the President of the United States? Trump hasn’t shown one ounce of dignity for the office of the President of the United States from day one of running for president. There is going to be no “dignity” in the White House for the next 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/43 "2017-01-06T21:43:53Z")
Ban everybody. It’ll be a first. Oh, wait. That’s been done. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/44 "2017-01-06T21:55:18Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m not sure I buy the label “political appointee” only applies to the former. It does. It doesn’t apply to career foreign service officers _in this context_. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/45 "2017-01-06T22:15:07Z")
What will Trump do on inauguration day? Same as every other day. Make a fool of himself. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/46 "2017-01-06T22:28:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > 6:02 PM: “Mexico will pay for wall eventually. Will put tax on salsa. Dishonest media refuses to report. Sad!” > [@Czarcasm](#): > > I was hoping people would post things that he was actually doing that day, and leave the imaginary stuff for the Pit. Posted earlier in another thread, but ABC had this tweet from Cheato today: > [@](#): > > ``` > **--NEW FROM TRUMP'S TWITTER THIS MORNING:** > > ``` > > [ul] > [li]6:19 AM: The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later![/li][/ul] > [@running\_coach](#): > > That looks pretty realistic to me. Hum a few bars of “Imagine” with me? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/47 "2017-01-06T23:03:24Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > From your link: > > They are all political appointees No, they are not. Those are career State Department people. Political appointees are basically friends of President, or big Democratic donors who have no experience in diplomacy and are granted cushy positions in fun/exotic locations for a bit. Thus this “outrage” that US will go “unrepresented” if such people are recalled is silly. USA is represented by the diplomats in the embassies, sometimes they are Ambassadors but often they are deputies. The political appointees are there as a sinecure only. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/48 "2017-01-06T23:12:44Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > No, they are not. Those are career State Department people. Political appointees are basically friends of President, or big Democratic donors who have no experience in diplomacy and are granted cushy positions in fun/exotic locations for a bit. Thus this “outrage” that US will go “unrepresented” if such people are recalled is silly. USA is represented by the diplomats in the embassies, sometimes they are Ambassadors but often they are deputies. The political appointees are there as a sinecure only. You’re using a different meaning of words than the words mean. I understand the point trying to be made, but “political appointees” does not mean what you say it does. I quoted this earlier, and it continues to make sense: > [@](#): > > According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is “any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head”. Maybe you mean patronage appointees. Or political favorites. Or corrupt practices. “Political Appointees” is a term that already has a definition, and it includes career professional diplomats appointed by the President to be an Ambassador. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/49 "2017-01-06T23:16:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You’re using a different meaning of words than the words mean. I understand the point trying to be made, but “political appointees” does not mean what you say it does. > > I quoted this earlier, and it continues to make sense: > Maybe you mean patronage appointees. Or political favorites. Or corrupt practices. “Political Appointees” is a term that already has a definition, and it includes career professional diplomats appointed by the President to be an Ambassador. What the various articles are describing is the demand sent to what you call “patronage appointees” to resign immediately and leave. The fact that the news sources are using “political appointees” to describe them doesn’t change the heart of the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/50 "2017-01-06T23:21:22Z")
There is exactly one source that I found that bothered to clarify that only the patronage “political” ambassadors are asked to resign: > **[Some U.S. ambassadors directed to quit by Jan. 20](https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-united-states-ambassadors-20170106-story.html)** > > Ambassadors in some of the most desirable foreign capitals such as London and Paris have been told they must end their service immediately on Jan. 20. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/51 "2017-01-06T23:21:38Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > He might really lose it if he sees reports that viewership is down. Viewership is going to be yuuuuge, eight or nine billion people. Of course, the dishonest media will lie about it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/52 "2017-01-06T23:24:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > But this thread isn’t about that one thing being the worst thing he has done/will do. This is a thread about what he will actually do on inauguration day, and I just threw out the first example to get the ball rolling. To be pedantic that’s actually something he is not doing. All Obama appointees are out unless granted an exemption. Trump has decided to not grant any exemptions. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/53 "2017-01-07T01:24:41Z")
Considering how few real powers of the office Cheetolini has to himself just yet, the opportunity to disrupt the lives of people he feels didn’t support his run on such a personal level had to give His Flaccidness his greatest thrill of 2017 so far - the chance to publicly enjoy being a petty tyrant. ‘Look Vladi - I’m throwing people out of their homes like I did black people in the 70s! See how powerful I am, just like you? Oh Vladi-daddy, teach me how to be more like you.’ ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/54 "2017-01-07T01:46:22Z")
I don’t know what he’ll do, but by god, I wish it didn’t affect us, your neighbours to the north. I do recall watching Obama’s inauguration with tears and much emotion, wishing so much that my mother was still alive to witness it. I was 45 minutes late for work that day, and it was worth it. I won’t be watching Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/55 "2017-01-07T03:22:31Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > There is exactly one source that I found that bothered to clarify that only the patronage “political” ambassadors are asked to resign: > > [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-united-states-ambassadors-20170106-story.html](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-united-states-ambassadors-20170106-story.html) Thanks that explains it a lot more clearly. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/56 "2017-01-07T09:40:46Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I would absolutely love it if he started his Inaugural Address off by saying, “Good morning, my fellow Americans. Barack Obama - YOU’RE FIRED!” “Fellow Americans”? I have a hard time imagining Trump using this turn of phrase for some reason. It’s not self-aggrandizing enough, and it implies that he wasn’t born in space. ---
**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 20, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/57 "2017-01-20T19:08:55Z")
And back to things he is actually doing on Inauguration Day: [Removing all references to “climate change” from the official White House website.](https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/the-official-white-house-website-has-dropped-any-mention-of-climate-change/) ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/58 "2017-01-20T21:55:53Z")
Next: [Trump Administration suspends mortgage insurance discount for new homeowners.](https://consumerist.com/2017/01/20/trump-administration-suspends-mortgage-insurance-discount-for-new-homeowners/) ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/59 "2017-01-20T22:22:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And back to things he is actually doing on Inauguration Day: [Removing all references to “climate change” from the official White House website.](https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/the-official-white-house-website-has-dropped-any-mention-of-climate-change/) [While adding his wife’s businesses.](http://www.sltrib.com/home/4844287-155/white-house-website-promotes-melania-trumps) ---
**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 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459/60 "2017-01-20T22:27:08Z")
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