Philip Bilden, President Trump’s pick for secretary of the Navy, is the
second nominee to withdraw his name for consideration to lead one of the biggest armed
services. Bildensaid ethics requirements would cause him “undue disruption and
materially adverse divestment of my family’s private financial interests.”
(Reuters)
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When Trump, Cabinet diverge on foreign policy
The following article by Annie Linskey was posted on the Boston Glob website February 26, 2017:
President Trump triggered deep concern when he discussed the merits of seizing Iraqi oil during a speech at the CIA just after taking office. But a few weeks later, on Presidents’ Day, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis was in Baghdad assuring the Iraqis that the United States doesn’t take oil — it pays for it.
The exact same day, on a different continent, Vice President Mike Pence was massaging another one of Trump’s ideas, trying to calm Europeans meeting in Brussels by saying the United States is committed to the NATO alliance.
It was just one head-snapping day in the massive mop-up operation that Trump administration officials at many levels find themselves toiling to accomplish. The goal is to soothe world leaders who are trying to unlock the puzzle of when to take Trump at his word and when to believe the often more conciliatory statements of his surrogates.
It’s a question that voters grappled with during last year’s campaign: Does one take him seriously or literally? Or both? And since his inauguration, the world is in the same unsettling position. Continue reading “When Trump, Cabinet diverge on foreign policy”
How Trump’s cabinet picks compare to Obama and Bush’s nominees
Priya Krishnakumar, Lorena Ingiguez Elebee, Kyle Kim, Nina Agrawal and Joe Fox with the L.A. Times have compiled an interactive chart showing you how Donald Trump’s cabinet picks differ from Barak Obama’s and George W Bush’s.
Visit their site, and click on the different options to see who stays and who goes.