“The idea is flush out the loyalists, because loyalty is so important to Donald Trump.” Political Editor Nick Watt discusses the possible thinking behind Donald Trump’s latest appointments, including Robert F Kennedy Jr and Matt Gaetz. #Newsnight - ThreadSky

bbcnewsnight.bsky.social • 105 days ago

“The idea is flush out the loyalists, because loyalty is so important to Donald Trump.”

Political Editor Nick Watt discusses the possible thinking behind Donald Trump’s latest appointments, including Robert F Kennedy Jr and Matt Gaetz.

#Newsnight

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cynicallyinsane.bsky.social•105 days ago

The possible thinking is that of a lunatic

alliekeenan.bsky.social•104 days ago

Crazy appointments ! Compared to the biden administration we are facing a far right government. With its central pillar America First totally different to Biden and world First.

We are Europeans we must work to rejoin the EU I voted for Brexit I totally regret it I was wrong feed a lie !

toadovision.bsky.social•104 days ago

Takes strength that you can admit you were misled. If Starmer had any sense he’d seize the opportunity of Trump‘s re-election to rejoin the EU as clearly we will not get any special treatment from Trump’s bizarre administration.

jmiller423.bsky.social•101 days ago

He’ll keep them as long as they prove useful. If they stop kissing his rear he’ll boot them.

jubilado251.bsky.social•105 days ago

The world must think we’ve taken leave of our senses.

mikequin.bsky.social•103 days ago

Please read https://open.substack.com/pub/spoonamore/p/duty-to-warn-letter-to-vp-harris?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

booboo70.bsky.social•101 days ago

Nice to see other countries realize the fool we have as president

mlgg12.bsky.social•103 days ago

USA just voted to die younger. Trump is going to destroy Obama Care. Life expectancy, the best reason to have a publicly funded healthcare system. It is clear that there's no justification for private care other than greed or incompetence.

johndoe123123.bsky.social•105 days ago

I have just rewatched the Godfather...it's all you need to know about Trump and America...

klassmi.bsky.social•103 days ago

Flush out the lying election deniers 🗽

grzek.bsky.social•101 days ago

Gazeta Wyborcza

mark1962b.bsky.social•105 days ago

RFK ran against Trump for president and only quit quite late on when it was clear he couldn’t win, hardly a loyalist.

alicat62.bsky.social•105 days ago

Nothing new here

mickmuldoon.bsky.social•105 days ago

He's never ever shown that level of nous before.

But he has often appointed idiots.

p7ulg.bsky.social•104 days ago

It's about nothing more than he is doing it because he can. And that is going to be what we can expect for his term in office.

vwagon.bsky.social•105 days ago

🤬

peterelee.bsky.social•104 days ago

Trump cares not for loyalty, that goes two ways, he wants obedience.

Given Trump's lack of grip on detail, being an obedient, thick-skinned mind-reader is the person spec.

andrewmacfarlane.bsky.social•105 days ago

Flush out people who are loyal to the constitution and put in place people who are loyal to him. Thats the plan. Drain the swamp something something. All that’s left is scum Something something.

toadovision.bsky.social•104 days ago

That approach killed the Tory party. Hopefully it will destroy Putin’s GOP too.

leehaxton.bsky.social•104 days ago

Sycophancy over skill
Arse kissing over ability
Kowtowing over class

monsieurcapybara.bsky.social•105 days ago

Some of Trump's appointments make Nadine Dorries or Chris Grayling look like geniuses

honeyflies.bsky.social•105 days ago

Nadine Dorries is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of the Conservative Party.

greatermiddleeast.bsky.social•104 days ago

Note: There are multiple dimensions to this loyalty. One is that #Trump has to fully #trust you. Another is that you must be aligned with his preferred policies. Yet another is that you are willing to go to bat for them.

clusterfuffle.bsky.social•105 days ago

Why give him this pretence of strategic thinking? He's doing it because these are people who have sucked up to him and will do what he wants. Gaetz is the sort of person who would happily go after any of Trump's enemies with the DOJ, it's as simple as that.

winter02.bsky.social•105 days ago

I’m going for Baron Trump advising him after his push for his Dad to do Joe Rogan.

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