As advisers and allies of Republican President-elect Donald Trump search for personnel to staff his coming administration, one quality is absolutely paramount: unquestioning loyalty.
During his 2017-2021 term, Trump butted heads with key appointees, particularly those in the intelligence, national security and law enforcement communities, several of whom later recounted slow-walking or trying to talk Trump out of his most controversial plans.
Without people around him who are inclined to push back, the president-elect may find it easier to bend longstanding norms in pursuit of his conservative agenda, both Trump supporters and opponents say.
Here are the early picks.
SUSIE WILES, chief of staff
Trump on Thursday announced that Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff.
While the specifics of her political views are somewhat unclear, Wiles, 67, is credited with running a successful and efficient campaign. Supporters hope she will instill a sense of order and discipline that was often lacking during Trump's first four-year term, when he cycled through a number of chiefs of staff.
TOM HOMAN, 'border czar'
Trump announced on Sunday night that Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from his first administration, will be in charge of the country's borders.
Trump made cracking down on people in the country illegally a central element of his campaign, promising mass deportations.
Homan said on Monday he would prioritize deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally who posed safety and security threats as well as those working at job sites.
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said Homan will be "in charge of our nation's borders ("The Border Czar"), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security," including the deportation of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
ELISE STEFANIK, U.N. ambassador
Trump announced on Monday that Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch Trump supporter, would be his ambassador to the United Nations.
Stefanik, 40, a U.S. representative from New York state and House Republican conference chair, took a leadership position in the House of Representatives in 2021 when she was elected to replace then-Representative Liz Cheney, who was ousted for criticizing Trump's false claims of election fraud.
"I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations," Trump said in a statement. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter."
Stefanik will arrive at the U.N. after bold promises by Trump to end the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel's war in Gaza.
LEE ZELDIN, EPA administrator
Trump announced on Monday he had appointed former congressman Lee Zeldin of New York state as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Zeldin said he had accepted the role.
Zeldin, 44, a staunch Trump ally, served in Congress from 2015 to 2023. In 2022 he lost the New York governor's race to Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul.
Trump has promised to overhaul U.S. energy policy, with the aim of maximizing the country's already record-high oil and gas production by rolling back regulations and speeding up permitting.
As head of the EPA, Zeldin will play a key role in implementing those policies.
Turbulent first administration
Just days before the Nov 5 election, one of Trump's former chiefs of staff, John Kelly, called him a "fascist" in an interview. One of his national security advisers, John Bolton, has repeatedly described Trump as unintelligent. And his second defense secretary, Mark Esper, recounted talking Trump out of bombing drug cartels in Mexico in his 2022 autobiography.
Trump has in return blasted those former cabinet-level officials, going so far as to suggest that his second joint chiefs of staff chairman, Mark Milley, should have been executed for treason. This time around, Trump has said only true believers in him - and in his "Make America Great Again" movement - will be allowed into government.
"President Trump has publicly said that he's learned from his first term," Mike Davis, a conservative attorney who frequently talks to the president-elect, told Reuters. Davis, who helped Trump get his Supreme Court picks through the Senate as a high-ranking Capitol Hill aide, has drawn frequent praise from Trump's most conservative allies.
"Political appointees require both competency and loyalty. You can't have just one or the other. You need both."
On X last week, Davis put it bluntly: "Before asking me for help, I am going to ask you to provide me specific and concrete evidence of your loyalty to Trump," he wrote. "If you cannot provide a lot of that, stop asking me."
To keep actors considered disloyal out of Trump's government, his transition team is taking a forensic look at every potential appointee for signs they might turn against their boss, even for lower-level appointees like assistant and deputy secretaries, according to two people involved in the effort.
Researchers contracted by Trump's transition team are sifting through potential appointees' past statements to see if they have ever spoken negatively about Trump, according to one of those people involved in the transition effort, who has direct knowledge of the matter. They are also checking if potential appointees have donated to Democrats - or even to Republicans who have sharply criticized the president-elect, that person said.
While such donations or negative statements are not necessarily disqualifiers, the person added, they are demerits.
Davis singled out the attorney general as a particularly crucial position.
Trump fired his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, after he declined to shut down inquiries into contacts between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian officials. Trump later said that hiring Sessions was his "biggest mistake."
Trump also fired his first FBI director, James Comey, under similar circumstances.
With a more loyal attorney general and FBI director, Trump allies say, he would be less likely to face damaging probes. Trump would also likely face less resistance if he tries to make good on campaign trail pledges to investigate opponents, including Democratic President Joe Biden, a matter of serious concern for Democrats and civil servants.
A spokesperson for Trump did not address the dynamics of how potential political appointees were being selected, beyond saying decisions on key appointments were imminent. Three appointments - White House chief of staff, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and border czar - have already been announced.
In a statement, the Democratic National Committee expressed concern that Trump was choosing loyalists they said would put Trump's interests over those of the nation.
"Instead of making sure agencies and law enforcement have the best and the brightest with the resources they need, Trump and his cronies are looking to dole out job offers to loyalists who will put Trump ahead of the American people," said Alex Floyd, a DNC spokesperson.
While it is normal for presidents to choose loyal allies for key appointments, the focus on loyalty over subject-matter expertise goes beyond the norm, according to interviews with five Trump advisers and public statements made by the president-elect's associates.
In many cabinets, presidents often reach out to the various wings of their own party so that distinct ideological factions have a seat at the table. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, said on the trail that she would appoint a Republican to her cabinet.
"We're going to give people the role based on their capacity — and their fidelity and loyalty to the policy, as well as to the man," Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of Trump's transition effort, told the Financial Times last month.
One Trump adviser predicted the president-elect would bring much of his campaign to the White House, many members of whom have proven their loyalty in Trump's eyes by running a disciplined and tight-lipped campaign. Last time around, that adviser noted, Trump hired officials from the Republican National Committee.
"Loyalty is super important," said the Trump adviser, who was not authorized to speak to the media.
"There will be a lot more of the campaign staff that will transition over to the White House. Last time, a lot of party folks ended up in the White House, but their loyalty wasn't to the president. It was to themselves."
© Thomson Reuters 2024.
104 Comments
TaiwanIsNotChina
That's great and all but the honeymoon ended sometime in January 2017. Prepare for war, basically.
Underworld
This has always been the case. If the Trump thinks you aren’t sufficiently loyal, then you are out.
Expect a high turnover.
JeffLee
Isn't this what countries are supposed to do? Especially ones committed to the rule of law? If I sneaked into Japan, from say Canada, by landing on a beach and skirting immigration procedures, and the authorities knew about it, I could expect to be detained in a cell until deported, even if I didn't pose a safety/security threat. And no one would care.
Why is the US case controversial? And why the double standard when it comes to the US (and usually other Western countries)?
plasticmonkey
A recipe for disaster. And Americans will pay the price, including our MAGA friends.
Bad Haircut
This makes sense after what happened last time. Apart from their country, they should be loyal to him, to the extent that they can question him when the need arises. A nest of disloyal backstabbers is a recipe for disaster in any administration. Just ask Joe Biden.
NOMINATION
Toman Homam is a real 'border czar.' Not to worry crybabies about him breaking up families, he will send back the entire family together.
NOMINATION
edit please
*Tom Homan
dagon
Trump Nov 4: I know nothing about Project 2025
MAGA 2025 Nov 6: We are bringing in all the architects of Project 2025 into the new administration.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-project-2025-author-coming-onboard-if-elected-1966334
Pure MAGA dark comedy, especially for all the minority rubes who voted in Trump.
bass4funk
As it should be.
Not this time, this time he’s putting in place the people he personally knows and trusts, last time, the swamp recommend certain individuals that went against his agenda, so he’s clamping down on that early.
bass4funk
Holman will get this done, he did an outstanding job last time.
IMadeAnAccountJustForThis
I thought the President's job was to look after the people and the country. This article makes it sound like Trump is looking after Trump at the sacrifice of the country.
bass4funk
Oh, yeah? How? Lol
Bad Haircut
The writers just can't help themselves. They've had nearly 4 years of Democrat leadership looking after their own interests to the country's detriment, and can't imagine it being any other way.
This is going to be a very entertaining 4 years, if nothing else.
Nifty
Not surprisingly, putting inexperienced toadies into positions formerly run by bright folks of both parties will turn the USA into a third-world, weak country. This is because many other countries put their best people in such positions. Being cruel, hateful, and easily bought is less effective than being strong, smart, and skillful in your field. If you need a good plumber, don't call a landscaper, and vice versa. Czars don't even belong in Russia.
funkymofo
Yeah it will be if you keep writing fan fiction like this.
maxjapank
It's these kinds of remarks by maga supporters that need to end. Whatever party we voted for, in the end, we are all Americans. And in reality, we should support policies that support everyone's wishes through compromise. It is not a one-sided, winner takes all. That's what Dems have being trying to emphasize, I think. Country before party. I hope that you will think about this and realize that those kinds of comments only create division. Please. The division needs to end.
David Brent
Homan is the best person to be border czar. The guy is no-nonsense, gets the job done.
bass4funk
It’s already weak
That’s what he’s doing now when you check their backgrounds.
I agree, we are on the same page
True.
stormcrow
Loyalists = Yes Men/Women
Ah_so
Just the same way that a mob boss chooses his inner circle. He doesn't want people with loyalty to the country or constitution, but to him as a person.
It is also how cult leaders operate.
Mob boss, cult leader or both?
Bad Haircut
Pointing out the obvious is fan fiction? If you say so...
Yrral
The Democrats have not lost the house as yet.
owzer
It’s going to be an awesome four years!!
bass4funk
They will lose the House.
Yrral
Bug Blue California is paving the way,what race are you since ,you say was not White
Jay
Why is this a story? To get results, you need a team that shares core American values, ie not Far Left Uber Liberal radicals who think “Marxism just hasn’t been done properly yet."
Why would he bring in people who believe in tearing down the very freedoms he’s trying to protect? Anyone with even half a functioning brain would hire people they could trust to put America first, not those who would rather push socialist experiments or lecture hard-working Americans on how racist/transphobic they are.
Unlike these Uber Liberals dreaming of utopias that only work when written in crayon, Trump’s team is focused on real results for real Americans.
bass4funk
.
I doubt it.
Peter Neil
tariffs and more tax cuts for the top 1% by loyalists will help the country fall off the depression cliff.
wealth inequity is now where it was in 1928.
the working poor who voted for this are about to get the opposite of what they were conned into voting for.
by his third year in office, he’ll be blaming the crapshow on obama.
true leaders want to hear differing views and ideas, not just yes men and women sucking up.
ok1517
Of course only "loyalists" need to apply!
Only people who agree with everything Donald wants.
Only people who will never criticize him.
Only people who will follow him all the way to the end.
Only people who are willing to be .... you know what.
Only people ...... you continue.
And soon he will call them, too, suckers and losers.
quercetum
Another post crying over all split families. Keep families together and send them back together. Why separate them? Don’t split up families!
Break the law. Deport them all.
ok1517
Yrral,
hate to disappoint you, but the way it looks right now, Donald will be the "Imperator Maximus".
Something like a modern "Nero" - the one who burned down everything.
As for now, the House: 204 DEMs - 214 Reps with another with another 8 votes probably coming in for DEMs.
Won't be enough - unbelievable, unreal!!!
EvilBuddha
Trump is now the king of America.
The US has always had kings. They were just known by some other name.
The only difference is that the previous kings cared more about Europe and hid behind terms like 'democratic values, human rights, liberal world order' to maintain their right to rule.
King Trump cares more about the US and will do everything to make America the center of the great American empire. King Trump will start by draining the swamp of the deep state neocon warmongers.
Trumpamania begins.
owzer
Why would Trump hire anyone who was trying to put him in jail or destroy him politically? Of COURSE he’s going to hire people who are loyal. This is a non-article.
wallace
There are no kings in the US even if Trump behaves like one. The US is a constitutional republic.
bass4funk
Utter nonsense
Thank the Dems for that in big part for focusing on expanding the government and not focusing enough on the private sector
Absolute ludicrous
No, Biden since he’s the current president.
And that’s why Trump won. He has now a mandate so this is what the people want
bass4funk
We know this
Liberals minds can think how they want.
Thank you!
Underworld
Jay
Trump doesn’t want a team that shares core American values, he wants a team that will share core Trump values.
wallace
bass4funk
There are no kings in the US
You need to tell EvilBuddha that.
Yrral
Minority voted for Trump out of being ignorant
Peter Neil
the supreme maga court changed everything. presidents are now immunized from crimes in office.
not the first time. lincoln exiled newspaper editors not loyal to him. suspended habius corpus. roosevelt did also with american citizens of japanese dissent.
america has a history of supporting fascism. ford, general motors, shell oil, chase bank, exxon, general electric, kodak, ibm all sold to nazis germany throughout the war.
dagon
Yep, I am part of an American minority and we are not free from being defrauded, bamboozled like a lot of white people.
A lot of poor whites just voted for Trump because they remember the COVID stimulus checks.
If Kamala had proposed a UBI she would have dominated this election.
Better than an oligarch lotto.
NCIS Reruns
American voters have chosen to sow the wind, and will soon be reaping a chaotic whirlwind, generated in part by the incompetent nutjob "loyalists" who Trump appoints to key government positions and the courts.
Mocheake
If he runs the country into the ground, the MAGA cult will still blame everyone but themselves. America elected this convicted felon and deserves what's coming. We'll soon see what all that entails.
Antiquesaving
And?
Let's see, when it seemed a good idea as some thought he was going to lose they jumped out of the woodwork to complain.
Now look at the Harris camp, popping up on MSM trashing her, trashing her campaign, turning on her, exposing the millions she spent on celebrity endorsements, etc...
Then look at Biden, and see how many "loyal" to him came out and attacked him and how many are now blaming him for Harris's loss, etc...
Watching the backstabbing that happened to Trump, Biden and now Harris by the power brokers of both parties and the supposed loyal staff, anyone with half a brain would and should be slightly paranoid about who they let near them.
wallace
Musk has established himself in the first hours of the Trump transition as a powerful advisor and gatekeeper with sweeping influence.
Tokyo Guy
I mean I think the US is going to have a nasty wake-up call at some point, but as Trump clearly won the election, if he wants to surround himself with lickspittles and yes-men (and yes-women), he can and he will.
I can imagine the reception that Stefanik will get at the UN...a 40 year old flunky who opposed several of Trump's 2016 policies, but who clearly knows when to bend the knee and which way the wind is blowing (possible salacious pun intended).
zulander
How many wars were there last time?
Antiquesaving
It is hilarious reading comments.
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling" "run run run the new Hitler is in power" etc...
But we heard all this before in 2016 and the only people to be arrested and charged were Trump and his supporters, staff etc...after Biden took office.
Trump is well known for saying stuff about people that is outrageous then just not doing anything.
But the weak minds that drink the Maddow's style koolaid get their panties in a twist and panic.
I bet Biden is now thinking he should have done this same heavy vetting even before he picked Harris as VP.
zulander
Newspaper reports that Political Organisation hiring people will only look at those applicants who's values align with said organisation - what a shocker.
Ricky Kaminski13
What never ceases to amaze me is that absolutely nothing was learned from this election. Like nada. The articles and comments still playing to crowd too. Just wow Americans living in Japan!
Thanks to you guys the T man now has a MANDATE. The majority handed it to him, plain as day, yet we will all continue on this cynical attack fest that got us here in the first place. That new border Tzar in line , the one that AOC had a run at, well that is just plain poetry in motion. Karma is real.
Can’t wait to see the big shake up. It was going absolutely nowhere with the dysfunctional dems at the helm. The danger was always within, but I get it , projection is easier.
Have fun y’all! Bitter sweet tough love coming atchyas! God bless Muuurica and have a toppa day!
zulander
So is this publication admitting that all/most of these cases are just politically motivated lawfare ? ..... so we can only have investigations one way is it? Seriously the so called "media" needs to check itself
TaiwanIsNotChina
Democracy does exist and India ain't it. It's good I get to use this for a change.
proxy
It is going to be a bad time for the DEI grievance industry. He just announced universities that discriminate based on race will be fined the entire amount of their endowment fund. That is very good news for Americans of Asian ancestry. Trump is not going to put up with any more of the far left Marxists in government, people will need to be loyal to America and Western thought.
proxy
@Ricky Kaminski13
It certainly does seem that most Americans living in Japan are significantly left of center and have lost touch with what is going on in their homeland. CNN is not a reliable news source and I think that is where they get their news from.
dutch
This is terrific and even better than I'd hoped for.
President Trump learned a valuable lesson from his 1st term and is not going to make the same mistake twice with sniveling RINOs undermining his presidency.
I'm particularly excited by Tom Homan as the border czar. If you are not familiar with him, check out his evisceration of AOC on Youtube. Made her look every bit the mindless twit she is.
Also over the moon with Lee Zeldin as the new EPA chief.
Drill, baby, drill!!
Ken
The government going to look as monotone and racist as they did in the 1950s, people who don't meet minimum requirements will get job positions they don't deserve because the only requirement now will be giving up your soul to Trump and being part of Maga
Underworld
Antiquesaving
One thing they won’t be doing is whining that it was stolen for 4 years like a sore loser!
Jimizo
You will destroy your reputation working for Trump. Hard to get quality.
Watching intelligent people in his first term trashing their image and credibility by making excuses for his conduct was cringeworthy.
People in these positions can’t say ‘he was trolling the libs’ or ‘watch the liberal tears’. They aren’t 12 years old.
Peter Neil
wallaceToday 08:59 am JST
he just wants to be sure chinese ev’s stay out of the country and tesla gets more government money and tax breaks.
why else would you hang around with a guy who bankrupted every business he ever started?
EvilBuddha
Democracy does exist and India ain't it. It's good I get to use this for a change.
Going by your definition of democracy, US ain't it either.
Wake up and bend your knee for King Trump.
Wasabi
only the best for trump and his family, like last time.
dutch
While listening to the "Louder with Crowder" podcast this morning, I learned there is buzz that none other than Tucker Carlson could be named Press Secretary.
Big if True!
R B Quinn
MAGA = More Anarchy Guaranteed Ahead … the nation and the world at large will be negatively affected by this mindless and unnatural ideology.
Blacklabel
MAGA won the election.
why would we reward people who didn’t contribute anything to our win?
Jimizo
It’s more a question of quality. People of quality and integrity saw what happens when you work for Trump - you almost saw previously serious people’s souls leave their bodies when defending his conspiracy theories or latest tantrum.
In the private sector, you can staff your company with idiots, lackeys, stunted adults ,social media spammers and the like but you are going to go bankrupt with that kind of nonsense.
Blacklabel
Always so predictably wrong, never stop!
Blacklabel
Ok so who that has been announced so far is a bad pick?
no one yet, right? Keep on reeeeeing! it’s gonna be a long 4 years, pace yourself.
BillieJ
Why would Trump want anyone other than loyalists?
On that note, interesting to see the Democrat elite ripping each other apart now, as the massive red wave sweeps over them.
wallace
The Republicans win the House of Representatives. Currently 218/209 seats.
EvilBuddha
Given how the RINOs in bed with the deep state tried to thwart Trump during his first term, it's obvious he will trust only loyalists to take his agenda forward this time. No surprises there.
Jimizo
I haven’t read half of the books ever written on recruitment, but having quality people who have the capacity to disagree and offer better solutions is beneficial.
Let’s face it, Trump isn’t exactly knowledgeable in many areas and he’s in mental decline.
Yrral
I think naturalize citizens that do not intend to live in the US and reside in a foreign country , should be stripped of American citizenship,I know a Mexican woman is afraid of being deported ,but she is a DACA recipient,who.may lose status under Trump,I told her she should go to California,where she has some legal protection
ok1517
@black, to put a little more transparency on Donald's picks, just one to begin with:
Elise Stefanik: backed Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
She claimed that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was responsible for the attack on 6 January
She voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
She voted on party lines in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and more!!!
bass4funk
Incompetent is what we currently have occupying the White House.
Yes, and they will finally get things done.
bass4funk
No surprise. And so the cleanup begins
Blacklabel
Yeah and now she is UN Ambassador not Nikki Haley.
great pick!
bass4funk
Not so sure about that one.
A lot of poor whites voted for Trump because they were tired of the crime and all of the reverse racism
She didn’t and she was a horrible candidate from the start, she never had a chance
bass4funk
By calling out irregularities, she had that constitutional right to do so.
She was responsible for Capitol security.
Thankfully
Yes, she did. Democrats never look at the cost on anything, ram it through and figure it out later.
dutch
I'm still waiting for her bad points. Did you have any to offer?
By the way, its official;
the Republicans have just won the House majority!
Blacklabel
The Democrats are great at naming stuff then attacking people who don’t vote for it by using the misleading name though:
sheeeee voted against the “Super Duper Wonderful Happy Happy Act”.
so what does that do? Oh it just gives every American job to an illegal alien. Lol
dutch
Dems rely on over-emotional, low-information voters who never read beyond the headline.
Loki520
Because... you know... insulting entire classes of people worked out SO WELL in the past few weeks.
Antiquesaving
interesting! Trump is 78
Nancy Pelosi is 84
If Trump is old and in mental decline then Nancy must already be long gone mentally.
And Schumer at 73 can't be far behind.
Interesting how some her have double standards.
Loki520
Of course he's doing this.
If Kamala had won (and thank the gods she didn't) both the EC and the popular vote, the left and the media (repetitive, I know) would be shoving "it's a mandate" down our throats non-stop. They only believe in such things as "democracy". "mandates", "speech", etc., when their ideas on those things happen to coincide with their desire to mold everyone else in their image.
Just happens to be that the mandate is on the other foot.
Now... those on the left need to be apologizing to, and thanking, Kyrsten Sinema.
Jimizo
Erm…people age differently. Incredible, eh?
Some are sharp as tack at 90.
I think Trump is in worse shape than Biden was when he took office, and Biden was in decline then.
dutch
Oh dear. Thats disheartening.
I guess its going to be a loooong 4 years for until JD Vance takes over....
Burgerland
Trump won in a landslide he can pretty much do as he wants. American voters gave him the mandate.
That's great and all but the honeymoon ended sometime in January 2017. Prepare for war, basically."
Never ending leftist hyperbole, what war should people prepare for?
A recipe for disaster. "
Nope.
And Americans will pay the price, including our MAGA friends."
Golden Age coming to America. US voters are lucky with Trump at helm.
dutch
It is a Golden Age for the world, minus the enemies of freedom.
AMERICA is BACK!
wallace
Many foreign countries are concerned about President Trump Elect and what it will mean for them.
KnightsOfCydonia
time will tell, let's revisit this in 2028
why does everyone project their own vision on what a Trump presidency will be like. It's like a fantasy land
dutch
and?
dagon
Dark days since the election, defrauding of the American electorate.
But one thing that slightly encourages me is seeing the opines of right-wing Australians and Europeans about Trump's ascension.
The idiocracy is not confined to the US!
Good to know.
Blacklabel
The fun part of all of these new appointments that I keep forgetting is who is going to be thrown out of roles or quitting between now and inauguration day.
wallace
No one is 'thrown out". The democrat administration lost the election and now there will be a handover of power-the same as in all previous occasions.
Eat the left
So 50% of Trump's choices so far are female. I don't suppose we'll be seeing an article on this site about that.
dutch
Breaking:
New US Border Czar Tom Homan plans to deploy US Special Ops to eliminate cartels.
NOW we're cooking with gas!
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6364573054112
Peter14
Trump is not interested in hiring those who are loyal to the USA or to GOP. Trumps only goal is to hire those loyal to him personally, just as Hitler did before him, Putin and XI have shown Trump how to turn America into a country run by a despot who can hang on to power for life.
wallace
About 600 people work at the White House. Many will stay in place until Trump can replace them.
Underworld
Peter14
The biggest resistance will come from the GOP. Trump isn’t a conservative and the GOP is.
This will be the hollowing out of the GOP.
elephant200
These are the most evil in modern history. Donald Trump 's narcissistic behavior is getting America to be a crazy country. By the way,what is the definition of loyalists? I think the U.S. is heading to be like North Korea Stalinist state where worshipping and fear are going to haunt the entire nation !
bass4funk
I’m sure they are.
Now the left complains? They don’t like when the doc is on the other foot
NawX I think the left just ran out of ammunition.
dutch
Of course, anyone who follows the news knows that 230 was cravenly used to censor political rivals of the Democratic Party and the Biden White house. They've had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter, virtually any form of communication between private citizens and large public audiences.
Twitter, before Musk bought it, had become a tool of the left as an arbitrator of news and opinion. It was a gatekeeper, like the mainstream media, for what information the public could and couldn't see,
Trump and Musk are vocal free speech absolutists, so your suggestion that they would seek to do the opposite is bogus.
bass4funk
Wrong
All Presidents do this
Yes, and your point?
Ok, despite the lies the left tell you, that will never happen, relax.
dutch
Textbook Projection.
"Always accuse the other side of whatever crimes you are guilty"