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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:15 AM Jun 2018

Trump Changes Tune: Praises Nielsen For 'Fabulous Job' At Press Conference

Source: TPM

In a rare move, President Donald Trump praised his secretary of homeland security Tuesday, saying that she did a “fabulous job” at a Monday press conference about the administration’s policy of separating families at the border.

Homeland Security @SecNielsen did a fabulous job yesterday at the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country, while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete & nasty laws, which force family separation. We want “heart” and security in America!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2018

Recent reports have catalogued Trump’s rage with Nielsen, who he considers to be too soft on immigration, a feckless Bush administration holdover. He has been unhappy with her nearly since the beginning of her tenure when he flagellated her at a Cabinet meeting in an episode some attendees called “the most uncomfortable scene they have witnessed in their professional lives.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-praises-nielsen-for-fabulous-job-at-press-conference




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Trump Changes Tune: Praises Nielsen For 'Fabulous Job' At Press Conference (Original Post) demmiblue Jun 2018 OP
The only thing forcing separation of families is trump's policy. Plain and simple. shraby Jun 2018 #1
Trump could change this with a stroke of the pen (or just a stroke) Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #2
Rumors abound that she considered quitting-- if true, now would be perfect... TreasonousBastard Jun 2018 #3
Congress should demand he reverse HIS policy, duforsure Jun 2018 #4

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Rumors abound that she considered quitting-- if true, now would be perfect...
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:34 AM
Jun 2018

If she quit after getting yelled at she'd be trashed unmercifully as being chased out, but now she'd be quitting from a position of power.

Too much to hope for?

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