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[WTFH]

I bet old Farage is probably on hand to advise Trump (probably under his desk) on what to say

What? Smoking a cigar, more like doing a Monica with a little orange cigarillo.

[darmstadt]

I'd give him 9 out of 10 for his first week. He is sticking to what he said he would do and seems to be cracking on with his agenda. He also is meeting our PM on Friday, the FIRST world leader to meet president Trump. Excellent.

I bet old Farage is probably on hand to advise Trump (probably under his desk) on what to say

[NigelJK]

Apart from the random insult generator what else did you get for XMas?

[SueEllen]

I'd give him 9 out of 10 for his first week. He is sticking to what he said he would do and seems to be cracking on with his agenda. He also is meeting our PM on Friday, the FIRST world leader to meet president Trump. Excellent.

Idiot

[PurpleGorilla]

I'd give him 9 out of 10 for his first week. He is sticking to what he said he would do and seems to be cracking on with his agenda. He also is meeting our PM on Friday, the FIRST world leader to meet president Trump. Excellent.

[darmstadt]

The wall. It'll be 4m high, paid for by the Mexicans... parts'll be wire fence... the other bits from lego... it'll be a painted line... that the US will pay for... marked on maps...

The Mexicans have already started retaliating: Der Postillon: Mexiko beginnt, riesige Tunnel an der Grenze zu den USA zu graben

[NotAllThere]

The wall. It'll be 4m high, paid for by the Mexicans... parts'll be wire fence... the other bits from lego... it'll be a painted line... that the US will pay for... marked on maps...

[darmstadt]

I see that he is allowing the Dakota oil pipeline to go ahead which is going to cause more friction. Interesting that he owned shares in the company that is to do the work and although he has said they have been sold/transferred there is no proof of that. Interesting that it is also a Canadian company which will be doing the work and at the end of the day, it will only provide 35 full time jobs. Bloke is a total dick...

[NickFitz]

There are exceptions. Political appointees aren't included (i.e. positions that Trump and his team nominate), it gives freedom to the Office of Personnel Management to make individual exceptions and, most importantly, there are broad exceptions for the military, national security, and public safety. I would guess that the immigration hires come under public safety. But, essentially, you're correct, there's no contradiction.

Immigration comes under National Security, hence his announcing the wall bulltulip on the day he visited the DHS

[jamesbrown]

I saw a couple of anti-Trump memes about this. Without knowing the US system, I'd rather thought that the first order stopped agencies from hiring on their own authority, but he has direct authority to command hiring in specific cases which overrides this. In which case it's not a contradiction at all, the ruling is simply "you can't hire without my personal say-so"?

There are exceptions. Political appointees aren't included (i.e. positions that Trump and his team nominate), it gives freedom to the Office of Personnel Management to make individual exceptions and, most importantly, there are broad exceptions for the military, national security, and public safety. I would guess that the immigration hires come under public safety. But, essentially, you're correct, there's no contradiction.

[d000hg]

Yesterday we were told that an executive order had been signed in the US banning federal agencies from hiring.

Today we are told that an executive order has been signed in the US for 10,000 immigration officials to be hired.

Which executive order Trumps the other, or is it one of those things where we shouldn't take words literally?

I saw a couple of anti-Trump memes about this. Without knowing the US system, I'd rather thought that the first order stopped agencies from hiring on their own authority, but he has direct authority to command hiring in specific cases which overrides this. In which case it's not a contradiction at all, the ruling is simply "you can't hire without my personal say-so"?

[greenlake]

In Trumpton, no-one can hear you scream...

[Mordac]

Yesterday we were told that an executive order had been signed in the US banning federal agencies from hiring.

Today we are told that an executive order has been signed in the US for 10,000 immigration officials to be hired.

Which executive order Trumps the other, or is it one of those things where we shouldn't take words literally?

In Trumpton, no-one can hear you scream...

[MarillionFan]

WTFH is the best CUK Mod we've ever had. Period!

[barrydidit]

Yesterday we were told that an executive order had been signed in the US banning federal agencies from hiring.

Today we are told that an executive order has been signed in the US for 10,000 immigration officials to be hired.

Which executive order Trumps the other, or is it one of those things where we shouldn't take words literally?

It's best not to overthink these things. Or think about them at all, in fact.