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I have wondered about this myself. I know some appointments just won't get confirmed by Congress due to entrenched swamp loyalties and alliances. But if I'm not mistaken, the president can make temporary appointments (maybe 6 months? Or temp session appointees based on timing with the Senate?) If so, perhaps a group of better candidates can be pooled together and rotated based on time limits and have them answer to VP Vance who can wield the master plan of cleaning up and creating honest efficiency. I'm not saying this is good or ideal, but is an initial thought as to how to sidestep being forced by the Senate to pick yet another swamp creature like Wray, who-- once appointed-- will resist the President.

There are a bunch of good people. Just do the temp things and make congress downvote Trumps picks 20 times. See how many of those scumbag down voters get re-elected. And the Temps can do the job indefinetly.

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Posted by epbart

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Member since Mar 2005

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Posted on 11/8/24 at 11:37 am to omegaman66

Yeah, that's pretty much how I see it.

If I'm not mistaken, Trump did it on a small scale already when he made Ric Grenell the "acting DNI" back in 2020, I think.

Just get a solid group together (Grenell, Flynn, etc). Make Vance the government ethics czar to whom they all answer, have them gameplan and create a POAM (Plan of Action & Milestones)-- to borrow a military term-- to establish a plan of continuity as they rotate, then... to the extent the Senate wants to play hardball and not confirm Trump's choices, they rotate as needed while Vance oversees the process.

I don't have the expertise to know if there are reasons this can't work, but as long as Trump asks the Senate to confirm appointments and the Senate refuses because they don't like them, it becomes the Senate's fault-- not Trump's, and the above process would ensure progress is made in cleaning out bad actors.

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Posted by GrizzlyAlloy