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Who better to finalise the theft of the middle class than to name a Goldman Sachs exec who heavily profited from the housing crisis, as treasury secretary. I think I can hear the popping of $10,000 champagne corks from here.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/29/news/economy/donald-trump-steven-mnuchin-treasury/index.html?adkey=bn
JHan
(10,173 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)and the occasional water moccasin. Trump isn't draining the swamp; he's restocking it with crocodiles, pythons, piranhas, Komodo dragons, more water moccasins, and the Kraken.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Frankly I'm terrified. And that's not an exaggeration.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)I mean, I suppose they are making sense to the grifters who run the Republican party, but they don't match up in the least with Trump's so-called message. And it's only been a couple of weeks since the election.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)But of course Trump is a sociopath so he never actually had any real ideals or plans of his own that he cared about. All he has ever cared about is his own personal brand name.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)It's all so Beverly Hillbillies anyway, his brand.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)The end is near make no mistake.
This is a disaster being manufactured by greed. Sheer greed.
No lessons learned.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)He is out to try and gain the respect of the 1 group that he has always wanted, but never had.