Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Mnuchin Speaks for Nobody - and Fails

by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

Last year Donald Trump showed America just how he planned to "drain the swamp" as he appointed a raft of incompetents and people of power and privilege to his inner circle.  One of Trump's more interesting selections was Steven Mnuchin, the man whom he nominated to become the 77th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.  Mnuchin, a long-time executive with Goldman Sachs who went on to lead a group in the formation of banking giant One West - a foreclosure beast - also headed a Hollywood production company before coming to Washington.  As a new Trump cabinet member he has proven to be one of the more colorful clowns at the circus.

This past summer Mnuchin married his third wife, an actress named Louise Linton, and made headlines when it was learned that he had tried unsuccessfully to commandeer a government plane for their honeymoon - ostensibly so he would have access to good communications equipment.  Later he made headlines when the new wife tweeted about all of her shopping successes while accompanying hubby on some on his government business flights - aboard private chartered jets.

Steve and Louise - just a couple of crazy kids out enjoying life and love - on the public dime.

Steven Mnuchin grabbed a few more headlines this week when he made an odd statement on one of the Sunday news shows.  Mnuchin informed the interviewer that "nobody" thinks Russia influenced the U.S. elections and it was time to move on.  He had this to say on Face the Nation:

“Let me be clear, nobody thinks this has had any impact on the election. So whatever occurred, there was no impact.  So I think the American public is ready to move on to more important issues: tax reform and foreign policy and national security.”
I guess that makes me "nobody" because I damned sure believe that Russia influenced the 2016 U.S. Presidential election - and it did so to such an extent that it was able to install a total incompetent into the Oval Office - one that would appoint somebody like Steven Mnuchin to be the Secretary of the Treasury.

So much for draining the swamp!

That's my two cents worth.  "Nobody" has spoken!

No wait, there's more.  Steven, to paraphrase American master-poet James Carville, "Screw you and the horse you rode in on!"  You may speak for a certain class of individuals, but you will never speak for us - the "nobodies" of the the world.  So just shut up and count your money.

Okay, now I'm finished!

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