President-elect Trump will have about 4,000 government positions to fill, including some of the most important posts in the US government. As CNN details below, cabinet positions require Senate confirmation, but other key posts are completely up to the discretion of the President.
So far 9 of the 16 'big' ones have been named...
The Chosen Few
Secretary of Defense
Gen. James Mattis
Retired Marine general
Hillary Clinton supporters in Florida are attempting to overturn the election results by demanding a recount in the Sunshine State. In a desperate attempt to claw back tens of thousands of lost votes following the failed Wisconsin recount, Hillary Clinton supporting Democrats are mounting a lawsuit in a final bid to win Hillary the White House. USA Today reports: In a lawsuit filed Monday in Leon Circuit Court, they assert that Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, actually won Florida.
Time magazine has urged 65 million Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton to withhold from paying their taxes until Donald Trump’s election victory is overturned. Under the false notion that Trump lost the popular vote, Time’s Mark Weston claims that there is “no taxation without representation“. In an outrageous illegal call-to-action, Time magazine told readers not to pay taxes to the federal government “until democracy is restored.” Zerohedge.com reports: Because, It’s just not fair?
Hopes that the US-backed operation would retake the ISIS stronghold in Mosul are reportedly fading. After nine weeks, Iraqi troops and their allies have failed to make significant progress in liberating Iraq’s second-largest city from ISIS despite outnumbering the terrorists ten-to-one. US generals are now preparing to deploy more American ground troops in Iraq, pending the approval of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis.