Trump's trade czar Ross easily wins Senate confirmation

[Eugene]

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Source: Reuters

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross easily won confirmation as U.S. commerce secretary on Monday, clearing President Donald Trump's top trade official to start work on renegotiating trade relationships with China and Mexico.

The U.S. Senate voted 72-27 to confirm the 79-year-old corporate turnaround expert's nomination, with strong support from Democrats.

Ross is set to become an influential voice in Trump's economic team after helping shape the president's opposition to multilateral free trade deals such as the now-scrapped Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Ross drew votes from 19 Democrats and one independent, partly because of an endorsement from the United Steelworkers union for his efforts in restructuring bankrupt steel companies in the early 2000s, which saved numerous plants and thousands of jobs.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-ross-vote-idUSKBN167028

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Politics | Mon Feb 27, 2017 | 11:06pm EST
By David Lawder | WASHINGTON

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EDIT: New article at link

Original Reuters headline: Senate confirms Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary

[Angry Dragon]

1. Just another trump turd

[guillaumeb]

2. This:

The U.S. Senate easily confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as U.S. commerce secretary on Monday with strong support from Democrats, installing President Donald Trump's top official on trade matters.

The GOP does not need Democratic support, but Ross received it anyway.

[mimi85]

3. Seriously.

I truly believe we should play the GOP game - even as much as I hated it at the time. No Democrat should vote for any of these picks.

[guillaumeb]

7. You are not alone.

Make the GOP own everything that they do, and do not allow them to claim bipartisan support for their agenda.

[Calista241]

12. I disagree.

Wilbur Ross may be a billionaire, but he's also one of the least objectionable of Trump's picks.

He's saved steel jobs at his steel companies, and he's supported by the steel unions.

[guillaumeb]

19. You may be interested in this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028721429

[lagomorph777]

21. We need to primary every Dem who voted for the pro-Putin turd.

Rachel Maddow detailed Ross' Russian connections last night.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/27/commerce-nominee-wilbur-ross-bank-of-cyprus-putin

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/27/wilbur-ross-is-still-another-trump-cabinet-pick-with-underexamined-russian-ties.html

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-billionaire-commerce-pick-ross-79-faces-scrutiny-russia-ties/#.WLWVTlMrJEY

[guillaumeb]

22. More Russian connections.

Showing the common interests of the 1% that have no real ideology other than making more money at the expense of the workers.

[lagomorph777]

24. Both of my VA Senators voted for the turd, and I have written them to complain.

I wrote this:

You should be ashamed of your vote for this Putin associate. Do you read anything about these clowns before you collaborate with Trumputin?

Rachel Maddow detailed Ross' Russian connections last night.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/27/commerce-nominee-wilbur-ross-bank-of-cyprus-putin

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/27/wilbur-ross-is-still-another-trump-cabinet-pick-with-underexamined-russian-ties.html

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-billionaire-commerce-pick-ross-79-faces-scrutiny-russia-ties/#.WLWVTlMrJEY

[benld74]

4. Canada and Mexico should just not show at meetings

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Saw a breaking banner on this

As a sidenote, that was one of the departments that in the past - Perry, Cruz, Paul, Gingrich, et al, wanted to get rid of... And then someone told them that NOAA (which includes the National Weather Service) and the Census Bureau were under that department.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Russian connections through the Bank of Cyprus

.

Wilbur Ross Comes to D.C. With an Unexamined History of Russian Connections

Trump’s Choice for Commerce Secretary Holds a Top Post With a Mysterious, Russian-Controlled Cyprus Bank

https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-comes-to-d-c-with-a-long-and-profitable-history-of-russian-connections/?preview_id=944

(diagram not from article)

[7962]

8. Jeeze what a spiderweb!!! nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. tRump's a spider, Putin's an octopus

An octopus is possibly the most intelligent invertebrate, surpisingly capable of learning and planning.

tRump is a spider, operating purely on reflex, ensnaring many suckers with a web of lies.

[cstanleytech]

11. *meh* Its six degrees of separation in essence and a graphic like that can be done

for just about everyone to create a link to Trump and or Putin.

[7962]

13. Good point; because I CAN be connected to Kevin Bacon in less than 6!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. You might have a 6 deg to Putin. But do you have (3) 2 deg, (4) 3 deg, (5) 4 degree?

Those are the ones known at this point.

What contacts did Pence, Priebus, Ryan, McConnell, Roger Stone, Carter Page, and Michael Cohen have? And others? Tillerson (not on chart) would be a fourth 2 degree connection and another 3 degree through Exxon.

Who are the beneficiaries of the secret purchase of 19.5% of Rosneft? Exxon? Tillerson? Who is the mystery buyer parceling it out (assuming it is parceled out)?

[cstanleytech]

15. I wouldnt know I havent bothered to ask my friends to ask their friends friends friends.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Oh, you are cute. If you did have so many connections, you WOULD KNOW. . . nt

[cstanleytech]

17. Ha, I wish I was that psychic maybe I could finally win the powerball then LOL

[guillaumeb]

23. Avoidance of uncomfortable revelations in evidence?

Ignorance can be bliss, but ignorance can also lead to disaster.

[guillaumeb]

20. With Jill Stein at the bottom.

I remember a certain perennial vanity candidate for President. Her name is Jill Stein also.
How coincidental!!!!!!!!!!!!

[former9thward]

9. Labor supported Ross.

Steelworkers Chief Gerard on Support for Wilbur Ross

United Steelworkers International President Leo Gerard discusses why steelworkers support the nomination of WL Ross & Co. Chairman Wilber Ross as Commerce Secretary.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-01-12/gerard-on-steelworkers-support-for-wilbur-ross

Ross saved thousands of steelworker jobs by turning around steel mills which were ready to close.

[Retrograde]

18. Any reports yet on which Dems voted for him? (n/t)