President Trump Says He Doesn't Want a 'Poor Person' in Cabinet Role

[jpak]

Source: Time

Contradicting rhetoric from his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump explained why he chose Wall Street billionaires for several of his Cabinet roles during a campaign-style rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday evening.

"So somebody said, 'Why did you appoint a rich person to be in charge of the economy?' I said, 'Because that's the kind of thinking we want ... because they're representing the country. They don't want the money. And they had to give up a lot to take these jobs."

"We can't have the world taking advantage of us anymore," Trump added. "And I love all people, rich or poor, but in those particular positions, I just don't want a poor person," Trump added. "Does that make sense? If you insist, I'll do it — but I like it better this way, right?"

Trump appointed a number of Wall Street executives to his Cabinet, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross of WL Ross & Co., and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin of Goldman Sachs.

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[TBA]

1. Rich Equals Smart

Right? Oh wait....

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "And they had to give up a lot to take these jobs."

Like him, they "gave up" NOTHING. They continue to get money pumped into their coffers, whether overtly or in some fake "trust". But being in those positions, they ensure that they will be able to get even more and to hell with anyone else.

[Sunlei]

10. trump has his first real job at age 70 and he doesn't like it. Get to work Trump you lazy cheap man.

Transitions the slowest in history with your failed leadership. can't even get your sons or the Republican party to work FOR you.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He prefers to "campaign" in front of adoring fans and "tweet" rather than actually do work.

[Sunlei]

15. I've known a couple people like that. One guy didn't eat right, sat on his ass all day smack talking

on the computer, yelled a lot. One day his wife found him slumped over the keyboard dead.

Trump can't take care of himself and his fellow Republicans are "Brebarting him", encouraging those behaviors. Republicans stuffed Breibart with mac n cheese, pulled pork buffets, open bars and let him rage & scream at protesters.

. Look what happened to poor old Breibart in just a year! / wink

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Oh geez.

[Sunlei]

19. I feel like sending Mr Trump fast food gift cards, boxes of kobe beeffat & starting a twitter warz

with him.

But only Republicans have the unlimited time and money for that kind of enabling of their unfit president.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. They all embrace the Darwin theory. 😁

[Sunlei]

22. natural selection will take out the weak but unfit $tud already produced to many offspring!

[not fooled]

24. Oh, yes

I think of Melania--especially now that she's living in the White House--saying to the con in her most seductive, wheedling voice:

" 'Av anozzer bucket of ze KFC, Donnie"

[Deb]

3. Who? The poor that know the value of a dollar

and get the most for it?

The poor who never go over budget?

The poor who know how to work 2-3 jobs to keep food on the table?

The poor that make daily personal sacrifices for their children?

The poor who can feed 20 on one lb of hamburger?

The poor that can turn one man's trash into a thing of beauty with raw inventiveness?

What a clueless idiot.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. How does he know they're rich?

Did he get to see their tax returns?

[turbinetree]

5. You know what I hate more than a f***ing sexual predator that harassed woman

is people going to work for a sexual predator and getting a pass from the media, they have none, zilch, nada, zero, PRINCIPLES, SCRUPLES, they are f***ing dirt bags, and they have the mental capacity of piss ants.

When the media could have and should have said why are going to work for someone that said and did this on a tape!

And this narcissistic f***ing sexual predator say these words of f***ing wisdom:

"We can't have the world taking advantage of us anymore," Trump added. "And I love all people, rich or poor, but in those particular positions, I just don't want a poor person," Trump added. "Does that make sense? If you insist, I'll do it — but I like it better this way, right?"


Especially the last sentence structure from a absolute total IDIOT sexual predator he is asking for acceptance and some form of narcissistic megalomaniac forgiveness --------------------right!!!!


FUCK YOU

[spiderpig]

6. I don't want a moronic, misogynistic, lying cretin in the Oval Office.

Go away, Orange Julius. Just go away.

[muntrv]

7. Because the rich guys prevented the great recession of 2008, right?

[Chrysanthemum]

18. Bingo!

You hit that effing nail right smack on the head!

[Chemisse]

8. A nation for the rich. by the rich.

Can't have any of the 99% riff-raff having the slightest influence over our country.

[dalton99a]

27. +1

[Sunlei]

9. this mans never walked the city streets among the commoners or had a GREAT pet dog.

His sad loss .

Now he's pissed off about his only trip because how did Harry say it a couple weeks ago? not exact quote-

"The Queen doesn't want to meet fools"

[broadcaster90210]

11. How about a smart one?

nt

[Marthe48]

13. Big fail --they are all poor choices

If their parents or spouses hadn't worked for the riches, all of trump's choices would be working 2 or 3 jobs and living in their cars or under a bridge.

[Bengus81]

14. Look at what all those RICH guys did for us in 2007/2008.........

Smartest guys in the room eh??

[Mad-in-Mo]

17. And apparently poor people are poor because

they have been taken advantage of.

[Bayard]

21. This from the guy that filed four bankruptcies

Just because you're rich, doesn't make you smart. Especially, if like DeVoss, the money was inherited. Did any of these people start poor, or even middle-class, and become a self-made billionaire?

"And I love all people, rich or poor," Rump HATES the poor. They waste rich people's money on things like healthcare and food.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. God forbid he has an advisor with real world experience

[not fooled]

25. The only people stupider

than the con, extolling the benefits of having a bunch of financial predators running the U.S. government, are the dumbasses cheering him on. Talk about chickens cheering for Col. Sanders!

[Enoki33]

26. Doesn't Putin also surround himself with obscenely rich people?

[Gothmog]

28. Trump is an idiot

[IronLionZion]

29. Because there's no one in between?

people are either billionaires or poor.

[sarcasmo]

30. Robber Barron days are back.