Some Republicans who committed themselves to the ‘Never Trump’ movement… are shocked and dismayed that they aren’t being offered plush, cushy jobs in the Trump Administration.
They are some of the biggest names in the Republican national security firmament, veterans of past GOP administrations who say, if called upon by President-elect Donald Trump, they stand ready to serve their country again.
But their phones aren’t ringing. Their entreaties to Trump Tower in New York have mostly gone unanswered. In Trump world, these establishment all-stars say they are “PNG” — personae non gratae.
Their transgression was signing one or both of two public “Never Trump” letters during the campaign, declaring they would not vote for Trump and calling his candidacy a danger to the nation.
The letters were explicit in their denunciations of Trump’s professed support for torture of terrorism suspects, his pledge to build a wall along the border with Mexico, his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The letters also attacked Trump’s character and temperament, asserting that he “lacks self-control and acts impetuously,” has demonstrated “erratic behavior” and is “fundamentally dishonest.”
And now they’re mad because Trump won’t give them policy jobs in his administration.
The Post tries to spin this a little bit as Trump being bitter and vengeful; blacklisting people with decades of Washington experience out of pettiness. But buried deeper in the article, they have to admit that Trump has been meeting with people who criticized him during the campaign, one of whom describes their meeting as “a sign of maturity and graciousness.”
I remember that last week, one of the Narratives being pushed by the DMC was “Trump’s cabinet picks disagree with him on policy.” Of course, if they had offered unconditional support for Trump’s policies, the Narrative would have been, “Trump’s cabinet is nothing but ‘Yes Men.'” No matter what Trump does, the DMC will spin it against him.
Perhaps he simply doesn’t want trouble-makers in his administration.
Like most CEOs, Trump values loyalty. Why hire someone for a job when they have already signaled a public willingness to diss the CEO? They are fools indeed.
When you burn the bridge as you are leaving, you are a total fool to think you can cross back over it.
These people are really beyond stupid. All sanctimonious and condescending about the rubes in fly over country.
This is really, really delicious. GO TRUMP!
Mitt Romney, Lindsay Graham anyone?
To be fair, Mitt Romney & the PEOTUS had a very public (in terms of reportage) meeting & dinner; whatever was discussed has not been made public, but I’ve not heard Mitt Romney whine about not being selected for anything. I assumed that he might be on the shortlist for a second-string position on the roster, should any of the existing nominees be stonewalled by the Senate or later move off into the sunset.
The kvetching by the left and the #NeverTrump(ers) shows how much denial there is out there. Sad!
The “Never Trumpers” are reaping what they sowed. Period.
I agree with Mary B. at #2 – a CEO knows and rewards loyalty. Maybe the GOP Establishment and its minions of professional politicians need to get a firmer grip on reality.
Regards,
Peter H.
As someone who has lost his innocence in politics (a fortiori, in politicians, pros or amateurs), I know that Trump cannot and will not “make America great again”, simply because no man can.
But hopefully, he will grant her some of her freedoms back for 4 years or more, by — finally! — leaving her alone, instead of riding her into the ground of collectivist mediocrity and self-destruction.
It’s well past due time, already.
As for the self-serving GOP’s Machiavel haughtily neo-conico-idiotic wanna-be’s that are now going into despondence after bitching on the man at full demagogue bore when they thought it was the cool thing to do, I warmly invite them to go do themselves, left, right, up, and down with their neo-commies in the Democrapic Party.
Good points — but we must also remember that all of those guys were “just sure” that Hillary gas going to beat Trump.
Wonder whether any of them were hoping that signing the letters would help them get a position in Hillary’s White House.
Glad to see I was not the only one to notice the press getting all worried that his cabinet picks didn’t always have the same view as he, knowing full well if they did they would get all worried about THAT.
I mean, after all, despite Trump CLEARLY saying that he was not going to challenge the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage, I heard a LOT of leftist gays (yeah, all in the furry fandom) saying that they had decided to speed up the date of their marriage because Trump was going to shut them off on January 20th. SMH
I predicted that the #NeverTrump people might find themselves out in the cold after burning bridges with the party in such dramatic fashion. But let’s be clear, the #NeverTrump crowd was promising to purge the party of anybody who supported Trump. With that in mind, I think Trump is being pretty magnanimous letting them stay. They keep trying to bite the hand that feeds, though, they might suddenly be urged to go to their true home: the Democratic Party, or the Libertarian Party in the case of the real head-cases.
“no matter what trumps does, the dmc will spin it against him.” that is what the complex has been doing to its political opponents for decades. aren’t we suppose to be living in a country in which the press doesn’t have political opponents? you know that INDEPENDENT part of free and independent.
I suppose the DJT, having surveyed the wreckage of the last 16+ years, could have decided that these people don’t have much of anything useful to contribute.
If we give them the benefit of the doubt, they want to work in the administration for the good of the nation… helping DJT make the right decisions. Or they may just want a new cushy sinecure with revolving door to consultancies and the like.
I suspect it’s the latter.
If this week’s morning “news” cable shows are any indication, their relentless negative spin and hatchet pieces render them unwatchable. It’s grotesque how far they are willing to tie themselves in knots of bias against Trump and his incoming administration.
“Fake news, sad!” is the new reality, and CNN is their Profit. (sic)