Donald Trump likes to get what HE wants….
As a President ?
He HAS learned that things do NOT go THAT way….
They are NOT going to go that way AGAIN with Everything Either…
The US Senate IS sending signals …
The US House IS sending signals….
Is he gonna heed the warnings?
Gaetz…..
Hegseth…
RFK Jr…..
Tulsi Gabbard….
Are these SO important to Trump that he makes Congress an ‘Enemey’?
They are are NOT gonna just lie down for him one would think….
Numerous Republican lawmakers told Donald Trump and his team that they believe his pick to be attorney general, controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz, has little chance of being confirmed, according to multiple Senate Republican and people around Trump. And they’re privately hoping Trump doesn’t make them walk the plank.
That message, according to people who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue, has been delivered to the president-elect himself, his future White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and to Gaetz’s unofficial “sherpa,” Vice President-elect JD Vance. And it appears to be at least partially sinking in.
Knowing how toxic a character they are dealing with, Senate Republicans are worried about getting tarnished by the process. They fear that senators up for reelection in 2026, including Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) could face a MAGA primary challenge if they oppose his nomination — while possibly kissing their seats goodbye in a general election if they back him.
It’s not just the politically vulnerable who are fretting. There’s a fear that Trump is going to waste precious political capital trying to push Gaetz through when he could instead be working on advancing other, more feasible nominations — not to mention his governing agenda. Consider, they say, just how distracting Gaetz confirmation hearings will be as Trump moves to dismantle Joe Biden’s regulatory and legislative legacy.
Trump has indicated that he thinks Gaetz “has less than even odds of being confirmed by the Senate,” the New York Times reported last night. But Trump, they add, still wants a fight….
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“That was kind of the whole conversation,” Cramer said. “He’s the disrupter that the department needs. That’s the bottom line. And he doesn’t know that anybody else really will be.”….
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FBI Background Checks….
Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it to private investigators.
Doing so could make it easier for some nominees to win Senate confirmation, but GOP senators say the FBI should retain its leading role in conducting background checks. They argue its agents have access to criminal information that private investigators simply can’t match….
Sure could be wrong…..
But?
The four people i have in this post probably have LESS THAN a 50% chance of being confirmed…
Rubio and few others should make it through
Recess or other efforts thumbs down probably
‘Advise and Consent’ is NOT something even the Republican Senators want to give up…
Update on the floudering Gaetz pick….
Trump’s Calls on Behalf of Matt Gaetz Are Not Going Well
“As Republicans circle the wagons around Matt Gaetz and his nomination to be attorney general, Donald Trump and his surrogates have started calling GOP senators to feel them out on the confirmation battle,” NOTUS reports.
“The calls are not going well.”
“According to three sources familiar with the conversations, Trump and his team are receiving an overwhelmingly negative reaction with regard to Gaetz. One of the sources told NOTUS that multiple senators have even told Trump and his team they won’t be voting to confirm.”
Update on the floudering Pete Hegseth pick….
Pete Hegseth Scandal Is Rattling Trumpworld
Gabriel Sherman: “For now, Donald Trump is reportedly standing by Pete Hegseth, his embattled pick for defense secretary, but some Trump transition officials are beginning to doubt whether the Fox News host can survive the controversy.”
“According to two Republicans close to Trump, the transition team is quietly preparing a list of alternative defense secretary candidates should Trump abandon Hegseth. ‘It’s becoming a real possibility,’ one of the sources says. The second source tells me that transition members are frustrated that Hegseth failed to disclose he had paid a financial settlement to a woman who alleged he raped her at a Republican women’s event in 2017.”
Said one source: “People are upset about the distraction. The general feeling is Pete hasn’t been honest.”