Thursday, January 14, 2021

Trump's June 2017 Cabinet meeting. Where are they now?

 Do you remember that cabinet meeting on June 12, 2017? That was the one where Donald Trump required everyone at the meeting to take a turn fawning over him and praising him like he was North Korea's "Dear Leader", Kim Jong Un.

To jog your memory, here's a Web search that will give you video of it and articles about it.

With one week left in Trump's presidency, let's take a look at the roster of participants in that meeting and see what's happened to all of those shameless ass-kissers.

  • Vice President Mike Pence - He's still there. The two of them had a serious falling out just before January 6, 2020, the date of both the Electoral College certification at which Pence presided, and the Capitol riot and takeover by the right-wing mob.
  • U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer - still there.
  • Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue - still there.
  • CIA Director Mike Pompeo - promoted to Secretary of State Apr 26, 2018. Succeeded at CIA by Gina Haspel. Still there as Secretary of State.
  • Secretary of Energy Rick Perry - replaced by Dan Bouillette, Dec 1 2019
  • Chief of Staff Reince Priebus - replaced Jan 2, 2019. There've been 3 since him.
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price - replaced Sep 29, 2017. There've been 3 since him.
  • UN Ambassador Nikki Hailey - replaced Dec 31, 2018. There've been 2 since her.
  • Secretary of Defense James Mattis - replaced June 3, 2019. There've been 4 since him.
  • Secretary of State Rex Tillerson - fired by Tweet, March 13, 2018. There've been 2 since him.
  • Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao - Quit on Jan 11, 2020, 5 days after the riot.
  • Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos - Quit on Jan 8, 2020, 2 days after the riot.


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