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 administrations 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 Trumps 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.
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shraby
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(9,934 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)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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(11,882 posts)Or we need people that will in Congress .