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Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 08:33 AM Oct 2021

Former Trump officials' new career ventures suggest very little changed after leaving White House

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has been milking his access to the Secret Service.

Thanks to Trump's order extending the use of the Secret Service to members of his administration, Mnuchin has used the professional perk to his benefit. The publication reports that in his first six months out of office, Mnuchin has racked up the highest Secret Service tab. The Washington Post detailed how Mnuchin managed to rack up more than $150,000 in Secret Service expenses:

Wilbur Ross is reportedly fantasizing about putting "Trump condos on the moon."

Back in February after the Trump administration transitioned out of the White House, Ross spoke with Bloomberg and shared his upcoming post-government plans; which involve "Trump condos on the moon."

Ben Carson is launching a venture similar to Boy Scouts of America.

After departing Washington, D.C., Ben Carson —the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary— launched an organization called the American Cornerstone Institute. Carson's new think tank reportedly places an emphasis on discovering "commonsense solutions to some of our nation's biggest problems."

Elaine Chao contributed to calls for Kroger to be boycotted.

Chao —wife of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former transportation secretary— worked for several of the country's top corporations prior to her role with the Trump administration. But Intelligencer reports that "she and other Trump Cabinet alums were having a hard time finding cushy landing spots after exiting the administration. 'The feedback was 'It's too soon,' said one of the headhunters involved in an unsuccessful effort to find companies willing to work with Chao."

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Former Trump officials' new career ventures suggest very little changed after leaving White House (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2021 OP
Calling them vermin and cockroaches insults those species. They are worthless succubi. CurtEastPoint Oct 2021 #1
Agree! True Blue American Oct 2021 #2
Can Biden remove this extended Secret Service usage? luv2fly Oct 2021 #3
It was for six months. Expired in June. But stevie and the worthless t**** spawn niyad Oct 2021 #4

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
3. Can Biden remove this extended Secret Service usage?
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 08:55 AM
Oct 2021

If a tRump order created this option, can't Biden remove it?

niyad

(113,055 posts)
4. It was for six months. Expired in June. But stevie and the worthless t**** spawn
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 09:11 AM
Oct 2021

soaked the taxpayers for hundreds of thousands in that time. Colour me soooooo not surprised.

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