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Seedersandleechers

(3,044 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 06:59 PM Oct 2018

Trump says 'no one more competent in the world' than daughter Ivanka to replace Nikki Haley as UN am

Source: Independent

There is no-one more qualified “in the world” to become the next US ambassador to the United Nations than Ivanka Trump, her father Donald has claimed.

Speaking to the media on the White House lawn, the US president described his second child as "dynamite".

He told reporters that he has heard the 36-year-old's name discussed for the post, but said if he selected her he'd be accused of nepotism.


Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ivanka-trump-nikki-haley-nepotism-un-ambassador-us-donald-replace-2020-a8576526.html?utm_source=reddit.com



Oh Hell NO!
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Trump says 'no one more competent in the world' than daughter Ivanka to replace Nikki Haley as UN am (Original Post) Seedersandleechers Oct 2018 OP
The writing on subway walls? saidsimplesimon Oct 2018 #1
It's funny that the only jobs his "qualified" daughter had ever held is with her daddy's company. politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2018 #45
He does not come up with Scarsdale Oct 2018 #2
In the world!!!! REALLY!!! NO ONE! C'mon, there's got to be someone! The Liberal Lion Oct 2018 #3
Trumps exaggerations are comical most of time ---also sickening] riversedge Oct 2018 #28
Thing is they are not really funnay at all because people belive him. pangaia Oct 2018 #36
Ivanka isn't qualified to do squat! Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #4
But she's a successful businesswoman! And she's hired child labor in so many truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #5
Well there you have it she is a skilled negotiator and a job creator!! cstanleytech Oct 2018 #11
So why did she close her business if she's so good? Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #30
Mushroom Dick thinks she'll be an asset to the team. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2018 #38
Nikki Haley be like GusBob Oct 2018 #6
She is a cluless spoiled grifter Stainless Oct 2018 #7
Ivanka says "replacement will not be me" DesertRat Oct 2018 #8
Formidable? DownFromTheMountain Oct 2018 #34
Ha! DesertRat Oct 2018 #35
Less qualified than NikKi Haley... paleotn Oct 2018 #9
She is a much better choice than John Bolton. NCjack Oct 2018 #39
That's an extremely low bar. paleotn Oct 2018 #46
This Friggin Grifter Family just do not get it! Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #10
And the laughs continue! Crowman2009 Oct 2018 #12
Oy vey secondwind Oct 2018 #13
Well, this will certainly help her sell her products... yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #14
I remember how qualified the blond handbag designer looked sitting with Angela Merkel... Hekate Oct 2018 #15
+1000 Pachamama Oct 2018 #52
"Someone you'd like to bone" is not the definition of competent... LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #16
some of my students were trying to convince me that Trump was secretly brilliant... yurbud Oct 2018 #17
Hands down, the best candidate... Or is it 'Hands on'? keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #18
Damn, I was hoping this was the onion or Borowitz. NT raccoon Oct 2018 #19
The press and all of us should remind whomever the F'n MORON nominates....that SayItLoud Oct 2018 #20
She has many positive qualities. Education, experience, and locution are not three of them. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2018 #21
No nepotism! No nepotism! You're the nepotism! I'm dynamite! ancianita Oct 2018 #22
Well, now. . . cloudbase Oct 2018 #23
A Despot move! Athenapallas Oct 2018 #24
Yer shittin' me. JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #25
Designer of hand bags made in foreign countries at140 Oct 2018 #26
Will diplomatic immunity prevent her from being sent home to testify? Deb Oct 2018 #27
Can she do that from block B at the Federal Penitentiary ? magicarpet Oct 2018 #29
Good. Then she will have no problem passing the Foreign Service Officers Test. for starters. Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #31
The Foreign Service Officers exam Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #48
She's not qualified to work at Taco Bell. onecaliberal Oct 2018 #32
He's going to fucking DO THIS. And tell me who is going to STOP him? bullwinkle428 Oct 2018 #33
Hey Republicans, he is you. zonkers Oct 2018 #37
Looking more like the house of Rominov every day. BlueIdaho Oct 2018 #40
Right. DFW Oct 2018 #41
Was Haley required to ass kiss Ivanka and Jared on her way out? Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #42
Running on the Trump ticket in 2020. Trump/Haley sarcasmo Oct 2018 #47
There was a hint in Michael Wolf's book Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #50
posturpedic polka Kali Oct 2018 #53
You're welcome. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #56
🤔 sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #54
Nepotistic shit bag (nt) apnu Oct 2018 #43
she isn't even competent enough to replace Betsy DeVos olddad56 Oct 2018 #44
He'd "be accused of nepotism?!" What has he been doing since Day #1?! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #49
So how much nepotism is there now? sakabatou Oct 2018 #51
"Would" be accused of nepotism? Doreen Oct 2018 #55

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
1. The writing on subway walls?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 07:07 PM
Oct 2018

Why am I not surprised with the possibility? Nepotism is not first on my list. Not qualified for office seems to be a never ending bottomless pit.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
45. It's funny that the only jobs his "qualified" daughter had ever held is with her daddy's company.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:52 PM
Oct 2018
"He told reporters that he has heard the 36-year-old's name discussed for the post, but said if he selected her he'd be accused of nepotism. ..."

The only person that has mentioned "the 36-year-old's name" for the post is her 'wish-he-could-have-sex-with-her' obsessed father.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
2. He does not come up with
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 07:07 PM
Oct 2018

words that easily. He has already promoted Ivanka for the job, and SOMEONE told him that if he does he will be accused of nepotism. With her vast experience at - WHAT the HELL is she qualified at? - she would be awesome.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
36. Thing is they are not really funnay at all because people belive him.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:10 PM
Oct 2018

And THAT is a monstrous DANGER to Democracy...


Lonestarblue

(9,963 posts)
30. So why did she close her business if she's so good?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:29 PM
Oct 2018

Did she think that another Trump bankruptcy would not look so good with the king of bankruptcies in the White House?

38. Mushroom Dick thinks she'll be an asset to the team.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:56 AM
Oct 2018


And if there's one Donnie Two Scoops has shown, it's that he knows a great asset when he pats it.

It looks like Ivanka and Melania are having a stilleto heels competition: Who wore them highest?
34. Formidable?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:58 PM
Oct 2018

God, what has happened with these people? Jesus, Dante may have been right..what level of hell are we in..it hurts my brain to listen to this stupidity

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
35. Ha!
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:08 PM
Oct 2018

She probably meant it like "tough", but these synonyms to formidable in Merriam-Webster fit my feelings about this whole admininstration.

alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formidable

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
14. Well, this will certainly help her sell her products...
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:05 PM
Oct 2018

she WILL certainly make herself richer, and to her, that's all that really matters.

Hekate

(90,624 posts)
15. I remember how qualified the blond handbag designer looked sitting with Angela Merkel...
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:05 PM
Oct 2018

...German Chancellor and professor of physics.

Pachamama

(16,886 posts)
52. +1000
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 01:23 AM
Oct 2018


Yes, my thoughts too as I saw her next to Merkel, blinking and smiling with her phony smile

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
17. some of my students were trying to convince me that Trump was secretly brilliant...
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:21 PM
Oct 2018

but he finds new ways to prove he has below room temperature IQ all the time.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
20. The press and all of us should remind whomever the F'n MORON nominates....that
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:37 PM
Oct 2018

she/he is not as good as Ivanka.

JohnnyRingo

(18,623 posts)
25. Yer shittin' me.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:15 PM
Oct 2018

I just got in for the evening to hear this and I had to look to see if it was from Borowitz.

Does he think she can sell her now defunct jewelry line at the UN? I have no idea where she could have gotten the skills to represent us to the world. Unbelievable!

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
48. The Foreign Service Officers exam
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 01:15 AM
Oct 2018

is harder than the MCAT and the LSAT combined, squared over the factor of 3.14 . . . .

It is a nightmare.

NOBODY in that family could pass it.

DFW

(54,330 posts)
41. Right.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:18 PM
Oct 2018

That's like saying that there is no one more competent to perform brain surgery than José Feliciano.

I take it the only reason Trump hasn't proposed him yet is so as not to be accused of Braillism (that, and Trump probably doesn't like his accent).

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
42. Was Haley required to ass kiss Ivanka and Jared on her way out?
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:32 PM
Oct 2018

Seemed like a strange thing to do... to talk them up like she did.

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
47. Running on the Trump ticket in 2020. Trump/Haley
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 01:05 AM
Oct 2018

It's the only thing that explains the Jared and Ivanka ass kissing.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
55. "Would" be accused of nepotism?
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 02:45 AM
Oct 2018

You stupid ass, you already have. Lets see, Eric, Donny Jr, Jared, and your daughter. They were in before you even stole your dictatorship vile piece of shit.

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