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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 04:18 AM Apr 2019

DONALD TRUMP CALLED SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR RANDOLPH ALLES DUMBO AND MADE FUN OF HIS LOOKS BEFORE OU

Source: Newsweek

... snip ....

he White House confirmed Alles’ departure on Monday after reports began emerging earlier in the day of his removal. “United States Secret Service director Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40 years of service to the country,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “Mr. Alles will be leaving shortly and President Trump has selected James M. Murray, a career member of the USSS, to take over as director beginning in May.”

Alles’ departure comes amid a shake-up of top staffers in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). After Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen posted her resignation letter to Twitter on Sunday, two other officials, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna and Office of the General Counsel’s John Mitnick, were also rumored today to be on their way out.

Although Alles’ removal seemed sudden, the New York Times reported the former Secret Service director had fallen afoul of the president after the agency blamed a Mar-a-Lago security breach on Trump’s staffers. Some officials told the newspaper on Monday that although plans had already been made for Alles’ removal before the arrest of a suspicious Chinese woman carrying malware was made at Mar-a-Lago last week, they believe the incident helped accelerate his leave.

Trump had been so frustrated with the retired Marine major general that he nicknamed him Dumbo, a reference to Alles’ large ears, and mocked his appearance before ousting him from office, two officials told the Times.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-soured-secret-service-director-removing-him-office-called-him-1389970?amp=1



How presidential ....



This should start a new trend ...
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DONALD TRUMP CALLED SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR RANDOLPH ALLES DUMBO AND MADE FUN OF HIS LOOKS BEFORE OU (Original Post) UpInArms Apr 2019 OP
Riddle: How much longer is this Arschloch going to sully the office of the presidency? trusty elf Apr 2019 #1
A masterpiece! Woof! Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #3
+1 dalton99a Apr 2019 #12
We can only ask, once again, "Don't they have any mirrors in the White House?" Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #2
. dalton99a Apr 2019 #13
Such a stud. Dave Starsky Apr 2019 #17
It blows my mind every time PatSeg Apr 2019 #21
Donnie Fat Ass...... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2019 #26
This story has the makings of an amazing SNL skit, I have to say ... (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #4
What an ignorant man Timmygoat Apr 2019 #5
Anyone who accepted to work for this administration deserves whatever is coming to them Perseus Apr 2019 #6
Most, if not all CDerekGo Apr 2019 #7
Yes agreed - SS employees aren't political appointees FakeNoose Apr 2019 #9
True, my mistake on this particular person Perseus Apr 2019 #11
as stated in the article, stevesinpa Apr 2019 #20
Here, Here...... NNYCDN51 Apr 2019 #30
Anyone remember the TRAVELGATE scandal and FBI investigation!?!? Sancho Apr 2019 #8
There's a reason other presidents used Camp David for vacation IronLionZion Apr 2019 #10
Trump made fun of somebody's looks? Botany Apr 2019 #14
I know. Really? UpInArms Apr 2019 #15
The man is a clown Botany Apr 2019 #16
An evil clown. dalton99a Apr 2019 #19
Eeeewwwwwwww! UpInArms Apr 2019 #22
Well any one that works for Trump is a dumbo. Opel_Justwax Apr 2019 #18
When I saw Alles's photo yesterday, I knew he was fired because of "optics" Texin Apr 2019 #23
Forty years....... Bayard Apr 2019 #24
Does that destroy what would have been his pension benefits? UpInArms Apr 2019 #28
This firing appears unrelated to what's going on at DHS DeminPennswoods Apr 2019 #25
Our country is being run by an orange septugenarian toddler The Genealogist Apr 2019 #27
Be proud, America... You elected a fucking 9-year-old! Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #29
because the fat clownstick is so pretty. NOT! anus mouth needs to STFU pansypoo53219 Apr 2019 #31

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
21. It blows my mind every time
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:41 AM
Apr 2019

he makes fun of another person's appearance. His lack of self-awareness is incredible, but then again, his mockery of other people could be another example of projection. On some level, he must know how ridiculous he looks. Even if he never looked in the mirror, his image is on TV and in newspapers constantly.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
5. What an ignorant man
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 06:20 AM
Apr 2019

Perhaps we should start calling him names, I do not think he would appreciate what a lot of material he provides us against him.
I wonder who creates the pile of candyfloss on top of his head every day (or is it an animal?)

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
6. Anyone who accepted to work for this administration deserves whatever is coming to them
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 06:24 AM
Apr 2019

if it was to be called "Dumbo" or anything else. Anyone with 1/2 a brain would have known that sooner or later they would be thrown under the bus and ridiculed as it has happened to everyone who stupidly accepted to work for this administration.

I try, and try to understand what it is that attracts people to join the buffoon on anything and I still cannot come up with reasons.

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
7. Most, if not all
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 07:04 AM
Apr 2019

of the staff at United States Secret Service are career Government employees. They are there because they need a job. They are there because they were there before the orange buffoon illegally occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now, because of Hairplug Himmler, another career government employee is out of work, and most likely has lost his retirement as well. Not everyone at the White House is there BECAUSE of the orangesicle. Many have been there quite a few years, building their nest egg, looking forward to the day they can retire. Now, because of a thin-skinned man-child, another career federal employee is without work.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
9. Yes agreed - SS employees aren't political appointees
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 07:27 AM
Apr 2019

... nor are they hired from Central Casting. The Secret Service employees have training and qualifications and they're held to the highest standards. For the pResident to criticize a career SS agent for his/her physical appearance is appalling! The Secret Service agents are dedicated men and women whose main goal is to preserve the life and safety of the POTUS at all costs. Chump needs to show more respect.



stevesinpa

(143 posts)
20. as stated in the article,
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:35 AM
Apr 2019

Alles had been in service to our nation for 40 years. is he supposed to just quit, give up all of the benefits he earned, as he nears retirement age? he was not hired by the subhuman occupying our white house, nor did he choose to start working in secret service in the last two years

Sancho

(9,070 posts)
8. Anyone remember the TRAVELGATE scandal and FBI investigation!?!?
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 07:13 AM
Apr 2019

The repubs don't go after MF45 simply because they also took $s an got help from overseas....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_travel_office_controversy

The White House travel office controversy, sometimes referred to as Travelgate,[1][2] was the first major ethics controversy of the Clinton administration. It began in May 1993, when seven employees of the White House Travel Office were fired. This action was unusual because although staff employees serve at the pleasure of the President and could be dismissed without cause, in practice, such employees usually remain in their posts for many years.
The White House stated the firings were done because financial improprieties in the Travel Office operation during previous administrations had been revealed by an FBI investigation. Critics contended the firings were done to allow friends of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to take over the travel business and that the involvement of the FBI was unwarranted. Heavy media attention forced the White House to reinstate most of the employees in other jobs and remove the Clinton associates from the travel role.
Further investigations by the FBI and the Department of Justice, the White House itself, the General Accounting Office, the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and the Whitewater Independent Counsel all took place over the subsequent years. Travel Office Director Billy Dale was charged with embezzlement but found not guilty in 1995. In 1998, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr exonerated Bill Clinton of any involvement in the matter.
Hillary Clinton gradually came under scrutiny for allegedly having played a central role in the firings and making false statements about her involvement therein. In 2000, Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report on Travelgate. He sought no charges against her, saying that while some of Clinton's statements were factually false, there was insufficient evidence that these statements were either knowingly false or that she understood that her statements led to the firings.

Opel_Justwax

(230 posts)
18. Well any one that works for Trump is a dumbo.
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:24 AM
Apr 2019

The psychopath will use and abuse any one that is stupid enough to choose to work for him.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
23. When I saw Alles's photo yesterday, I knew he was fired because of "optics"
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:48 AM
Apr 2019

tRump is all about superficial and what is photogenic, never mind the fact that he's still stuck in a time warp in which he still believes he is the "hawt" thirty-year old he thought he was.

Bayard

(22,099 posts)
24. Forty years.......
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 10:01 AM
Apr 2019

This man was in government service for 40 years. And tRump fires him because he dared criticize.

Rachel did an eye-opening piece last night on his cabinet appointments. Even though Alles was not in a cabinet position. She said tRump is putting in all these "acting" members because they don't have to be vetted by Congress. And they have to be subservient to him.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
27. Our country is being run by an orange septugenarian toddler
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 11:03 AM
Apr 2019

I guess they have also fired all the people that changed his dirty pampers, made sure he got his Graham crackers and afternoon nap, and supplied him with crayons and coloring books.

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