Trump's extraordinary selection of his daughters' fathers-in-law for key posts underscores his reliance on family member

[dalton99a]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/politics/massad-boulos-michael-tiffany-trump/index.html

Trump’s extraordinary selection of his daughters’ fathers-in-law for key posts underscores his reliance on family members
By Betsy Klein and Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN
Updated 6:01 AM EST, Mon December 2, 2024

(CNN) — Donald Trump has selected billionaire Massad Boulos to serve as his senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs — the second time in as many days the president-elect has chosen a family member for a key post.

Though Trump didn’t mention it in his announcement Sunday, Boulos is the father-in-law of the president-elect’s daughter Tiffany and was heavily involved in campaigning for Trump in Muslim American communities in battleground states. On Saturday, Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner to serve as the next US ambassador to France. Kushner is the father of Jared Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, and was pardoned by Trump in 2020 following a 2005 conviction on federal charges.

Trump has long turned to his family members to serve in political roles, raising questions about conflicts of interest and nepotism. From 2017 to 2021, his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, served as senior advisers with West Wing offices, providing input on a range of issues. Kushner was one of the lead negotiators of the Abraham Accords, a pact that normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and is expected to continue to advise Trump on Middle East issues from outside the White House. Ivanka Trump has said she does not plan to return to Washington in any formal capacity.

Donald Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump ran the family real estate business during his first term but emerged as key surrogates on the 2024 campaign trail. The president-elect’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump, meanwhile, was installed as co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Fascists appoint family, friends, billionaires in key positions.

A way to consolidate power and control.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

Bruno Mussolini (left), with their father, Benito Mussolini and brother Vittorio Mussolini (right), on the cover of Time, 28 October 1935

Vittorio Mussolini served as a Lieutenant (Tenente) in the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica). He participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II. In Ethiopia, both he and his younger brother Bruno crewed bombers. Unlike his brother, Vittorio was not considered a serious pilot and described bombing masses of Ethiopian civilians as "a rose opening up" and killing as "exceptionally good fun".[1][2]

[sop]

2. King Donald and his Royal Family.

As our new Sovereign, Trump will be the sole dispenser of titles. And it will be "off with their heads!" if anyone displeases him.. Kind of like the Saudis.

[Mike 03]

4. Trump's dirty little secret

He doesn't know anybody. He doesn't have friends--certainly not "respectable" friends. He divides people into two categories: Those he can debase and control ("loyalists" ) and those who he cannot control ("enemies" ). Because at the end of the day, as despicable as most of them are, they have egos just like everybody else and aren't masochistic enough to allow him to make total idiots of them. They will reach limits.

But his cabinet is going to blow up in his face. This is going to be a much bigger disaster than his first term. He'll do more harm, but all of these relationships he has with these people will be frayed and finally destroyed because when he makes them do the things he'll make them do, they'll come under unrelenting criticism and ridicule like they've never experienced before, driving them to loggerheads with the Gold Toilet Emperor God.

I didn't believe this at first but I'm coming around to believing there will be more inter-administration turmoil (WAY more) than there ever was in the first term.

[Nikki28]

5. This is why

I am glad I shut off news. I don't want to see his face,hear his voice or see him hogging the media 24/7. I still feel this was a four year coup with the fake electors in place along with Putin. Elon, Flynn,Manifort,Bannon ect working behind the scenes, which is why when people were asking why Trump wasn't trying to win this election;he already knew he had it in the back as a four years from Jan 6 to do it right the next time.There is no way in heck he won all swing states, and popular vote.Noway.I don't know how they rigged or flipped it, but the map ain't mapping. I am not saying electing a woman of color was a winning team, but the map Ian 't mapping and we may find out decades later,but someone in intelligence knows and so does the criminals who pulled it off,which is .why they were quiet after the election.Not trying to go into conspiracy theories,but there is in my opinion something that went on.