What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[The Minsky Moment]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

[merithyn]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

Haven't you heard? He's dropped the whole "drain the swamp" thing. It was a catchy slogan, and people loved it, just love it!, but you know, it's played out now. He's moved on.

[celedhring]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

Carl Icahn as regulatory advisor still leaves me flabbergasted. Yep, he'll bring back all those rust belt manufacturing jobs. Allright. 

[Razgovory]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

He's just picking his poker buddies.

[The Minsky Moment]

Carl Icahn as regulatory advisor anything still leaves me flabbergasted.

Clarified.  He's just awful.
But this is the administration that is putting the likes of Rick Perry and Ben Carson into cabinet positions so expectations are low in the extreme. 

[Admiral Yi]

We shouldn't overhype the Icahn thing.  "Special Advisor on Regulation" is a lunch date and a photo op.

[The Minsky Moment]

We shouldn't overhype the Icahn thing.  "Special Advisor on Regulation" is a lunch date and a photo op.

It's impossible to tell.  In a normal administration certainly.  In the court of Donald, the informal advisor who has the emperor's ear may be more powerful.  I suspect it won't amount to much in this case but more because Icahn probably has more important things to do.

[CountDeMoney]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

He's just picking his poker buddies.

These aren't poker buddies.  These are people he has always craved acceptance from, men he has always wanted to be. 

[Admiral Yi]

These aren't poker buddies.  These are people he has always craved acceptance from, men he has always wanted to be.

Good call.

[The Minsky Moment]

Funny thing is that Icahn took over one of the Trump casinos in Atlantic City and few months back shut the whole thing down.  Huge job losses and were talking AC so it's not like there is work down the street.

[Berkut]

Icahn, Ross, Mnuchin, Cohn - all wall street money guys.  As is Kudlow who is rumored for CEA - or at least he plays one on TV which is good enough in Trumpland.  Plus the SecArmy (!) who is another Wall Street guy.

He's just picking his poker buddies.

These aren't poker buddies.  These are people he has always craved acceptance from, men he has always wanted to be. 

Bingo.

[Berkut]

We shouldn't overhype the Icahn thing.  "Special Advisor on Regulation" is a lunch date and a photo op.

It's impossible to tell.  In a normal administration certainly.  In the court of Donald, the informal advisor who has the emperor's ear may be more powerful.  I suspect it won't amount to much in this case but more because Icahn probably has more important things to do.

Exactly. If there were some other, serious appointments being made as well, you can not worry about a few kooks here and there - he is throwing some bones out, paying some debts.

But it is kooks all the way down.

[Oexmelin]

These aren't poker buddies.  These are people he has always craved acceptance from, men he has always wanted to be.

Astute observation. If you haven't, you should read Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town. I have a feeling the politics of the Early Republic may provide some insight into the years to come.

[The Brain]

These aren't poker buddies.  These are people he has always craved acceptance from, men he has always wanted to be.

Astute observation. If you haven't, you should read Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town. I have a feeling the politics of the Early Republic may provide some insight into the years to come.

We must kill the sons of Brutus.

[Eddie Teach]

What did those S.O.B.s ever do to you?