Trump's sons involved in interviewing, vetting Cabinet candidates

Great work if you can get it, right?

Daddy runs for president as a self promoting joke.

Daddy shockingly wins presidency.

Rather than distance yourself from Daddy politically so as to avoid the appearance of impropriety, you get to pick Daddy's employees, presumably putting yourself in a position to stack Daddy's cabinet with folks friendly to your desires whilst you run Daddy's company.

I mean this is great, right? I sure wish I knew that Trump was going to pick Tillerson so I could have run out and bought some Exxon stock, helped chose any of the other folks so I could have a leg up in my business.

In a shocking accusation, apparently the younger Trump lads are working on selecting the cabinet, something that strikes me as a bit outside their purview and smelling, very slightly, of nepotism.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-eric-ivanka-transition-role/


Donald Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, are actively involved in his transition efforts, sources say -- raising questions about their dual role in his administration and businesses.
Donald Trump Jr. helped vet and interview candidates for the interior secretary position, a source familiar with the process confirmed, and Eric Trump was present for at least one meeting for secretary of state between his father and Mitt Romney.

CNN reported last week that Trump Jr. was heavily involved in the opening at Interior, in large part due to his hunting passion. He has played a heavy role in picking that nominee, which is Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, transition sources confirm.
The pick was expected to be a western state politician given Trump Jr.'s background. He is part of a conservationist hunting club called the Boone and Crockett Club, based in Montana, which Zinke represents. Trump Jr. and the transition have also gotten input from Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines, who has been hunting with Trump Jr. and his son. A transition source said the Trump children's natural inclination toward conservation was weighed heavily in the search, balanced against other traditional Republican priorities of small government and less federal control of public lands.
Montana congressman is Trump's choice for Interior
A source close to the process said the children's involvement is only natural given how much Trump trusts their opinion and how well they know their father. They've long been a key part of his executive team at his organization, and their involvement in building his administration is an extension of that.
But at the same time, that history with the organization is exactly the problem, critics say.
Trump has faced frequent questions about how he will manage his potential conflicts of interest between his business empire and his administration. He has said he would have his children manage the company, but experts say that only a blind trust would be enough to satisfy ethical concerns -- admitting that Trump's situation is complicated.
Trump postponed a previously teased press conference planned for this week, which he had repeatedly said and tweeted would be the forum to answer questions about untangling his administration from his business dealings. The press conference will now be in January, his team says.
The new plan will reportedly involve Eric and Donald Jr. managing the business with non-family help, presumably freeing Ivanka to have a formal role in her father's administration. She and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been house hunting in Washington, and Kushner is also expected to play at least a key informal role in the administration.
But Eric and Donald Jr.'s roles in the transition have given fodder to ethics experts who say that even without their formal involvement in the administration, their closeness to their father mean there would not be enough of a firewall between the business and the White House.
The transition did not respond to a request for comment about the potential conflicts.
The Democratic National Committee criticized the role of Trump's children in the transition.
"Donald Trump's adult children cannot run the business and simultaneously have a role in Donald Trump's transition without the appearance President-elect Trump's decisions are for the good of the Trump Organization instead of the country," said Eric Walker, DNC deputy communications director in a statement.
Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric were also all seen in a meeting Trump held with big Silicon Valley executives Wednesday at Trump Tower.
Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee who has been working closely with the Trump team on the transition, told CNN's Kate Bolduan that only "sneaky" dealings are a problem.
"You tell everyone, here's what's going on, here's the process, here are the people that are playing a role, that's being transparent," Spicer said. "Conflicts of interest arise when you're not -- when you're sneaky about it, when you're shady about it, when you're not transparent about it

 

"A source close to the process said the children's involvement is only natural given how much Trump trusts their opinion and how well they know their father. They've long been a key part of his executive team at his organization, and their involvement in building his administration is an extension of that."

Yes how dare he trust their judgement when they have already proven themselves through their executive experience.

Pretty sad the left is now left with nothing but attacking his family while knowing nothing about them.

 

Oh, the horror! If it were Chelsea Clinton, you'd be celebrating her maturity, wisdom and service to our country.

 

So, what is wrong with that ? Isn't that the way a royal family or a dictatorship is supposed to operate? What did you expect when you elected a guy who said he knew more than generals about ISIS , or saw non existant dancing naked Muslims on NewJersey rooftops cheering Bin Laden.

On a serious note Trump thinks that he was named Chairman of the Board and CEO and CFO of a corporation named USALANDIA AAand that he holds 100 % of the stocks is that Corporation as a family owned business. So sure he thinks it's ok. for sonny boy or his daughter to be part of running this company he owns.

 

Glad Trump is taking advice from his family. They appear to be far more restrained than Donald himself.

 

He really doesn't seem to get that (while both are executive positions) the President is not CEO of America.

 

Thus is not the "left" attacking his family it is honest decent clear thinking Americans wanting those who they elected as president of this democratic republic to be forming their government. We did not appoint a king, orva czar, or a dictator who has his cronies and family members run our government. We elected a guy who promised to drain the swamp not let the puppies of the head alligator run the swamp.

You said his kiddies proved themselves in HIS organization. That's nice but this is OUR country that they aren running. You also are ignoring the fact that Trump has a conflict of interest in that he still owns his company and even if he has his kiddies run it that dies not sever the conflict.

Also he said the kiddies are to run his compbay ok nice but he let's his kiddies decide hiw and who will be in our government and his kiddies will be running his business and those cabinet secretaries will be making decisions that can affect the business that his kiddies are running. That sounds like transparency and honest government to you. .

 

Advice is not running the Government.. slow down with the fearmongering.

 

I was hoping they'd be involved... Eric and Don Jr. have a great head on their shoulders.

 

Maybe as a joke on you, but his family's counsel was "don't run unless you plan to win, because if you run, you will win." they of course were right and the Left was wrong and is currently reduce to blaming the Russians and trying to steal the election from the voters.

 

I voted for Trump

 

That is exactly what I pointed out before I read your post. I wasn't plagerizing just being a concerned honest American . Too many people do not understand that running a democratic republican country and running a business is not the same. Running a bysiness and running a dictatorship is closer but still not the same.

Sadly too many of those who voted did not understand that.

 

Why is your flag upside down?

 

I am currently in Australia.

 

Bull(*)(*)(*)(*)

 

And he is not going to get it. The dumb ameircans voted this guy in and now have to live with what he does... It is going to be a big joke and then back to regular politics... I bet he doesn't keep one of his promises... NOT ONE !

 

New Zealand?

 

Your comments are overly simplistic and grossly wrong. The overwellming issue is not if the Russian hacks caused Trump to win because thatvalone did not and maybe did not caused even an insignificant number of people to change their votes. The point is that Trumpeizdas are willing to accept an enemy country interfering with an election as ok. That is the same stupidity and treasonous thinking as if someone said it was ok for a foreign enemy to launch a military art know against their country as long as it was not successful. So since Japan did not invaded the Hawaiian Islands but just attacked Pearl Harbor that was ok with you?

 

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By using his sons or family, is Trump doing something illegal?

 

you're funny. something the left can't be "accused" of these days.

 

They are reduced to their essence and quite right.

No one but the crazed Left is claiming Hillary lost because of the Russians. During the campaign we were repeatedly assured by these same folks that Hillary's lax security, so lax in fact that tens of thousands of State Department emails ended up on Anthony Wieners computer that he was using to tweet pictures of his boner to fifteen year old girls, posed any national security risk at all, but then she lost and now they are claiming her lax IT security cost her the election.

You need to sniff less glue.

 

What is your objection to Trump letting his two sons help him?

 

You are missing or ignoring the important point being that due to the fact that Trump has a major ultra conflict of interest between hus company and him being POTUS Elect and the fact that his kids are in the business and they will be "running" it that fact is paramount in the at best the perception of conflict of interest to worst an actual future conflict of interest.

 

Hardly they are giving advice just like his entire transition team they are running nothing concerning his Admin. Again fearmongering.... Seems "Conflict of interest" has replaced "racist" as the choice of term to just be thrown out every time Trump is mentioned..

 

Like keeping jobs in America?

Let me guess, regular politics is the politics we've dealt with for the past 8 years, right? Yeah, that's what got Trump elected and helped him defeat Clinton by a landslide.