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J_William_Ryan

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8. "No one elected HIM."

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:56 AM

23 hrs ago

WH staff and advisors aren’t required to be elected or confirmed by the Senate.

In theory the people ‘elect’ WH staff and advisors when they vote for president.

The problem is an incompetent, corrupt, and criminal president such as Trump will appoint staff and advisors who are just as incompetent and corrupt.

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Why is the unelected Jared Kushner involved in everything? [View all] Swede 23 hrs ago OP

Mucho dinero I believe is your answer chicoescuela 23 hrs ago #1

He is the bag man gab13by13 23 hrs ago #2

Someone has to funnel all those billion$ into the barely legitimate "investment" schemes created by TrumpCo. sop 20 hrs ago #29

I recall how they treated Hunter Biden... spanone 23 hrs ago #3

;-{) Affinity Partner..... Goonch 23 hrs ago #4

Yes, he is effectively an employee of the Saudi royal family, and he's there to see them right muriel_volestrangler 22 hrs ago #15

I don't know. Omnipresent 23 hrs ago #5

He's always there to make money out of other people's suffering. What other possible reason could there be? Doodley 23 hrs ago #6

Ivanka's boy toy is the bag man. Autumn 23 hrs ago #7

+1 and his dad Charles is Bibi's bestie n/t leftstreet 20 hrs ago #25

"No one elected HIM." J_William_Ryan 23 hrs ago #8

Follow the money. Emile 23 hrs ago #9

Because grift LR3 23 hrs ago #10

He is the one who goes personally to get cash, land, other assets. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #11

+1 dalton99a 23 hrs ago #13

Why is Malania addressing the UN. doc03 23 hrs ago #12

Because the only way they could get the "numbers" up for her flopumentary is to give each security counsel jls4561 20 hrs ago #28

Jared Kushner Wasn't Just Involved in Trump's Push to Overturn 2020. He Helped Start It dalton99a 23 hrs ago #14

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ cornball 24 22 hrs ago #16

Because a dictatorship is a family business. sinkingfeeling 22 hrs ago #17

He's the bag man. Nt Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #18

Because he is bibs godson. That is it. Clouds Passing 21 hrs ago #19

GRIFT Martin Eden 21 hrs ago #20

Wasn't there some problem with him getting a security clearance? But Dotard smoothed it over. raccoon 20 hrs ago #21

I blame Tom Brady twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #22

Trump is obsessed with doing Israel's bidding PCB66 20 hrs ago #23

And why is Sean Hannity mingling with Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-A-Lago? Initech 20 hrs ago #24

He had to be there HighFired49 20 hrs ago #26

Punchable gob on that asshole. Klarkashton 20 hrs ago #27