Latest Short List For Trump Cabinet Positions - It's A "Knife Fight"

[scm]

Hate to break it to the dreamers, there are zero Paul's on this list. Just looks like more sewage for the swamp.


SECRETARY OF STATE

• Bob Corker, Tennessee senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush
• Newt Gingrich, Republican former U.S. House Speaker
• Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq
• Rudy Giuliani, Republican former mayor of New York City

ATTORNEY GENERAL

• Rudy Giuliani
• Jeff Sessions, senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who takes a hard line on immigration
• Chris Christie, Republican New Jersey governor
• Pam Bondi, Republican Florida Attorney General
• Trey Gowdy, Republican congressman from South Carolina who headed the House committee that investigated the 2012 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya

TREASURY SECRETARY

• Steven Mnuchin, former Goldman Sachs executive and Trump's campaign finance chairman
• Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican congressman and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee
• Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive officer
• Tom Barrack, founder and chairman of Colony Capital Inc

DEFENSE SECRETARY

• Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
• Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser under President George W. Bush
• Jon Kyl, former Republican senator from Arizona
• Jeff Sessions, Republican senator from Alabama and early Trump supporter, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
• Kelly Ayotte, outgoing Republican senator from New Hampshire and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
• Duncan Hunter, Republican congressman from California and early Trump supporter, member of House Armed Services Committee
• Jim Talent, former Republican senator from Missouri who was on the Senate Armed Services Committee

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY

• Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican presidential candidate
• Newt Gingrich
• Rich Bagger, former pharmaceutical executive and former top aide to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
• Bobby Jindal, former Louisiana governor

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY

• Michael McCaul, U.S. Republican congressman from Texas and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
• David Clarke, Milwaukee county sheriff and vocal Trump supporter
• Joe Arpaio, outgoing Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff who campaigned for Trump

HEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

• Myron Ebell, a climate change skeptic at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute who is overseeing environmental policy on Trump's transition team
• Robert Grady, venture capitalist, partner in private equity firm Gryphon Investors
• Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas attorney general
• Carol Comer, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management

ENERGY SECRETARY

• Harold Hamm, Oklahoma oil and gas mogul, CEO of Continental Resources Inc
• Larry Nichols, co-founder of Devon Energy Corp
• James Connaughton, CEO of Nautilus Data Technologies and a former environmental adviser to President George W. Bush
• U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer, of North Dakota
• Robert Grady

INTERIOR SECRETARY

• Sarah Palin, Republican former Alaska governor who ran for vice president in 2008
• Jan Brewer, former Arizona governor
• Forrest Lucas, founder of oil products company Lucas Oil
• Harold Hamm
• Robert Grady

COMMERCE SECRETARY

• Linda McMahon, former world Wrestling Entertainment executive and two-time Senate candidate

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DIRECTOR

• Lieutenant General Michael Flynn
• Mike Rogers, Republican former representative from Michigan who chaired the House Intelligence Committee
• Pete Hoekstra, Republican former representative from Michigan

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

• Lieutenant General Michael Flynn
• Stephen Hadley

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR

• Kelly Ayotte
• Richard Grenell, former spokesman for the United States at the United Nations
• Peter King, Republican representative from New York

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

• Dan DiMicco, former chief executive of steel producer Nucor Corp

VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY

• Jeff Miller, retiring congressman from Florida and chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-15/latest-trump-cabinet-short-list-its-knife-fight

 

[goldenequity]

It's not a 'list' of anything but MSM 'rumors' dipping out of each other's cup. imo

ALL journos are scrambling for the 'inside scoop'.... including ZERO/Tyler Durdin crew.

Competing for emotional response and gossip. It's what they do.

 

[jonhowe]

Jamie Dimon?

This has to be a joke.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Jamie Dimon?

This has to be a joke.

Nah, it's just Trump "playing chess" and "fooling the establishment" hahahaha

 

[UWDude]

Nah, it's just Trump "playing chess" and "fooling the establishment" hahahaha

fooling you for sure.
Trump said only he knows who the finalists are. So unless you are Trump....

 

[The Northbreather]

Nah, it's just Trump "playing chess" and "fooling the establishment" hahahaha

7D chess bro

 

[Ender]

Jamie Dimon?

This has to be a joke.

Not any more than Sarah Palin.

 

[Lucille]

 

[Suzanimal]

So, I've got a shot?

 

[Lucille]

So, I've got a shot?

That would be awesome. You know how to MAGA better than most!

 

[Ender]

So, I've got a shot?

I'd take you, any day!

 

[Origanalist]

"Rich Bagger", um, ok.

 

[oyarde]

Sessions or Gowdy sounds better than Holder .

 

[oyarde]

I have not talked to Forrest Lucas in a long time , I wonder how he is ?

 

[LibertyClick]