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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump makes it official "Lemme tell you, the one that matters is me. Im the only one that matters"
Lemme tell you, the one that matters is me. Im the only one that matters, because when it comes to it, thats what the policy is going to be.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/trump-on-unfilled-jobs-i-am-the-only-one-who-matters.html
Your State Department still has some unfilled positions. Are you worried that the State Department doesnt have enough Donald Trump nominees in there to push your vision through? Ingraham asked, adding that theres a concern that the State Department is currently undermining your agenda.
Trump responded with his customary eloquence and clarity of mind.
So we dont need all the people they want, Trump said. Im a businessman, and I tell my people, When you dont need to fill slots, dont fill them. But we have some people that Im not happy with there. Lemme tell you, the one that matters is me. Im the only one that matters, because when it comes to it, thats what the policy is going to be.
Even if you give it the most generous possible interpretation the President is stating that he can run the entire federal system by himself, hiring key people is unimportant, everyone is a clerk except for him and that every decision should be forwarded to him for final disposition.
The excerpted quote however expresses the real sentiment of the ass in chief.
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Trump makes it official "Lemme tell you, the one that matters is me. Im the only one that matters" (Original Post)
grantcart
Nov 2017
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. I think Bob Mueller agrees.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. Whoa, slow your roll there, dude
The Nazi Sebastian Gorka and inexplicably still on your payroll Kellyanne Conway both admonished the media not to be so obsessed with what you had to say:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-advisers-tweets_us_59354d76e4b0c242ca259bda
Who are we supposed to believe, here?
Girard442
(6,086 posts)3. You're right Donald. Now that we've got you, everybody else is superfluous.
Have fun scrubbing those gold toilets.