Trump personnel office weighs asking appointees to offer their resignations

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The White House Presidential Personnel Office is considering asking nearly every political appointee in the Trump administration to write and tender provisional letters of resignation right before the election, according to two senior administration officials.

The personnel office would then decide which ones to accept and which to reject — giving President Donald Trump maximum flexibility in choosing his team in a possible second term.

The potential maneuver has angered some officials as appointees calculate their next career moves — weighing their loyalty to the president and his agenda against the danger that he may lose in November and leave them scrambling for gainful employment.

“It’s a rotten way to treat people who risked their own reputations and career paths to join the administration and have been working tirelessly to get the president over the finish line,” said one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as to not publicly antagonize the White House.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-personnel-office-weighs-asking-appointees-to-offer-their-resignations/ar-BB19St6R?li=BBnb7Kz

[BKDem]

1. Not to defend the asshole, but this is standard procedure.

Not necessary in this case, since this administration will get their asses wiped.

[enough]

10. Is it usually done before the election for the second term? NT

[BKDem]

14. Yes. That's pretty much the only time.

[A HERETIC I AM]

22. Not wiped, whipped.

Not to be too pedantic, but no one, and I mean NO ONE, is going to wipe the ass of this administration after it shits itself completely on election day.

[HelpImSurrounded]

2. How much sympathy can I really have?

These people backed this dumbass. They're still there.

They deserve what they get.

[COLGATE4]

3. Yeah.Who would ever have thought that an asshole

would act like an asshole? I tell you...

[kurtcagle]

4. It's not SOP prior to an election

This usually happens only during transitions between presidents, and then typically only in December. Not that I'm expecting that Biden will end up replacing most of those appointees, but it's not atypical to have existing heads stay in to train their replacement.

[moonscape]

6. The transition is going to be a cluster. I'm

so glad Biden knows his way around, and has folks who know what they're doing ready to come back to help put the country back together. I'm assuming this anyway.

[peggysue2]

8. Then this move would make sense

Because Trump claims that the Obama team abandoned their responsibility to ease through a helpful transition after he was elected. Which is, of course, BS from everything I've read. Trump's people wanted nothing to do with any Obama help, thought they (the Trumpers) knew everything. Trump wants as much chaos as possible.

That being said, Joe Biden is not a novice to the workings of government and will bring along experienced people.

This is just more spite coming out of Trump and a clear show of disloyalty to his own team. I don't blame his people for being pissed by this move. On the other hand, I don't feel sorry for them. They knew who he was and still continued working for him.

Sleep with dogs and all that.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

21. The day after the election in 2016, all of the government agencies

were waiting for Trump people to show up and find out what they needed to know about the agencies, and how to assure a smooth transition. They waited weeks, or in some cases no one from the Trump campaign ever showed up. And those who finally did had essentially no knowledge of the agencies.

Read The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis. It's horrifying. The incompetence and ignorance of the Trump people is breathtaking.

[peggysue2]

24. Haven't read the Fifth Risk

But I've heard Michael Lewis talk about those early days.

Yes, horrifying, breathtaking and every descriptive in the book. Even on the pandemic response plan that the Obama team had meticulously put together. As I recall, the Trump team showed up reluctantly and then barely hid their contempt and absolute indifference. And we all know how that went. We're living it now.

Incredible.

[Boogiemack]

17. When Biden wins, his team will need no training. They have done this before, twice.

They already know more about running government then their would be predecessors. Plus Biden will really pick the "best" people most of whom will have already been vetted during the Obama administration and some even vetted in a Bush administration.

[Renew Deal]

5. 25th amendment insurance?

[Lars39]

7. Chaos would occur if they tendered their resignations

and trump didn’t accept any of them back.

[dixiechiken1]

9. Yeah, but how would that be any different?

[Lars39]

11. It wouldn't be any different, just more to fix.

I hope they have a team of people keeping track of what has to be straightened out.

[dixiechiken1]

15. Sorry, forgot sarcasm emoji.

I agree with you. I was just kidding but I gotta stop acting like things couldn't possibly be any more chaotic than they are. Ol' Dumbass always finds ways to take us to new lows.

[Lars39]

16. Yep, he always does.

Put me in the “expect the unthinkable column”.

[icymist]

12. What the hell did these people expect him to do? Be nice?

This guy has a long track record of using people and then throwing them away.

[GulfCoast66]

13. I see the upside. On January 21 President Biden accept everyone of the resignations.

Every trump appointee gone on day 1.

[EndlessWire]

23. I agree. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

18. I don't think it should change their plans in any way...

...as they all should be planning for a new career in the private sector after 1/20/21 in any event.

[LudwigPastorius]

19. You won't get that far, Trump, but...

why don't you grow some balls and just fire who you don't want, Mr. "You're Fired"?

[Lonestarblue]

20. Biden should get rid of every person hired since January 2017.

Some lower-level employees might reapply after careful vetting, but any political appointee needs to be gone.

[CloudWatcher]

25. Lame duck disaster

But veterans of the personnel office say that asking for provisional resignation letters ahead of an election — rather than, say, in January before Inauguration Day — would be highly unusual.

I think they want to have 100% MAGATs in place for the wholesale looting and destruction they're planning for between the election and Inauguration Day. Trump will be burning down everything he can touch.