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Donald Trump Inquired About Adding His Face to Mount Rushmore | Consequence of Sound

  

Category:  News & Politics

Via:  jbb  •  4 years ago  •  171 comments

By:   consequence (Consequence of Sound)

Donald Trump Inquired About Adding His Face to Mount Rushmore | Consequence of Sound
Donald Trump frequently compares himself to Abraham Lincoln. Now, according to a new report, he'd also like to be etched right alongside him on Mount Rushmore.

Things just keep getting stranger and stranger in Trump Land!


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Donald Trump frequently compares himself to Abraham Lincoln. Now, according to a new report from the New York Times, he wants to be etched right alongside him on Mount Rushmore.

The Times reports that a White House official contacted South Dakota's governor last year inquiring about the process of adding additional presidents. In turn, the state's governor, Kristi Noem, recently gifted Trump with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included his likeness alongside Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Ultimately, though, it is not up to Noem whether or not to add Trump to the actual Mount Rushmore. As it is a federal monument, it's managed by National Park Service. And, fortunately, their stated position is there's no room for a fifth face.

"The rock that surrounds the sculpted faces is not suitable for additional carving, said Maureen McGee-Ballinger, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education, in an interview with the Argus Leader. "When Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore died in 1941, his son Lincoln Borglum closed down the project and stated that no more carvable rock existed."

Additionally, McGee-Ballinger explained, "Mount Rushmore was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum to represent the first 150 years of the history of the United States — the birth, growth and preservation of our country. He chose the four presidents to represent the principles of our present form of government not to represent the individuals themselves."

"It is one man's artistic interpretation, and a tribute to that period of our nation's history. The National Park Service takes the position that death stayed the hand of the artist and the work is complete in its present form. Thus, to maintain both the integrity of the structure and the artist's concept, there is no procedure for adding another likeness, the sculpture is complete."

Then again, when have established norms and traditions ever stopped Donald Trump from getting his way?


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JBB
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1  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

I'll be damned...This is not satire! Lord Help Us All...

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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1.1  Raven Wing  replied to  JBB @1    4 years ago

I vote for putting a 'Bobble Head' version of Trumps head cemented on a small platform near the Hidden Door on MT. Rushmore.

Kills two birds with one Bobble Head.....Trump gets his wish of having his head on Mt Rushmore, and no one has to see it. jrSmiley_79_smiley_image.gif

Which one would you pick?

384 384

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Raven Wing @1.1    4 years ago

The fat guy

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
1.1.3  Raven Wing  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.1.1    4 years ago

I picked that one too. IT looks more like Trump than the mild mannered guy in a suit, which certainly is not indicative of Trump and his temperament. 

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.2  Tessylo  replied to  JBB @1    4 years ago

tRump said he never suggested it.  BULLSHIT!

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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1.2.1  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Tessylo @1.2    4 years ago

The only place Trump's face belongs on is a mug shot.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
2  Ed-NavDoc    4 years ago

Fake news...🤣

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Principal
2.1  Sparty On  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @2    4 years ago

Yeah, they have zero shame that’s for sure.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
2.1.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  Sparty On @2.1    4 years ago

That's so lame you win the no shame game.

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Principal
2.1.2  Sparty On  replied to  JBB @2.1.1    4 years ago
That's so lame you win the no shame game.

Cool, that means I’m spot on target.

Appreciate the feedback JBB ..... you are the best!

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
2.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @2    4 years ago

Is it? Looks real to me...

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
2.2.2  seeder  JBB  replied to    4 years ago

The source iui s the State of South Dakota!

Trump did it and you are feeling the shame...

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.2.3  Dulay  replied to    4 years ago

Gov. Noem is one of the sources. 

Mount Trumpmore? It's the president's 'dream,' Rep. Kristi Noem says

There's a video at the link with Noem telling the story...

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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2.2.4  Trout Giggles  replied to  Dulay @2.2.3    4 years ago

I've got the crow heating up on the grill

I'll go get the plates and utensils

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
2.2.5  Dulay  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.2.4    4 years ago

Eating crow would require that he step up and admit he was wrong and no matter how many times that happens, he never does. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.2.6  Trout Giggles  replied to  Dulay @2.2.5    4 years ago

Oh, I'm not talking about trmp...I'm referring to all the people in this seed who taunted JBB. 

They're the ones that need to eat a healthy portion of crow

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
2.2.7  Dulay  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.2.6    4 years ago
Oh, I'm not talking about trmp...I'm referring to all the people in this seed who taunted JBB. 

So am I. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.2.8  Trout Giggles  replied to  Dulay @2.2.7    4 years ago

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Paula Bartholomew
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2.2.9  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JBB @2.2.2    4 years ago

Who are you speaking to.  There is no name.  How does that even happen here?

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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2.2.10  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.2.4    4 years ago

Don't forget the hot sauce.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
3  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

It seems everyone says this is real. GOOD GRIEF...

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
4  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

Yep! It's real all right. Real as can be!

 
 
 
lady in black
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6  lady in black    4 years ago

Orange conman POS, maybe etch his face in toilet bowls and urinals...that's where he belongs

 
 
 
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7  Account Deleted    4 years ago

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Mark in Wyoming
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10  Mark in Wyoming     4 years ago

I read a similar article from a different source , I wonder how many people actually know there is no more suitable rock to be carved around whats already carved  hense there will never be a 5th face carved there.

 Oh and the article I read , is he inquired about a 5th face , and not his.

 But spin meisters will spin ...

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
10.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @10    4 years ago

Tell Trump then. He is the one asking SD to put his mug up there next to some really great Presidents!

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
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10.2.1  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  JBB @10.2    4 years ago

SD has no control over it . 

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
10.2.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @10.2.1    4 years ago

Read the article. It was SD Trump inquired to!

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
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10.2.3  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  JBB @10.2.2    4 years ago
Read the article. It was SD Trump inquired to!

Actually it was to the gov of sd he was talking to , and she did what she could when she had a 4 ft mock up made for his 4th of july visit with his face with the other 4 . 

 so yes I did read your article that was seeded , as well as the article they linked to from the times .

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
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10.3  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  Mark in Wyoming @10    4 years ago

I can personally think of 4 more former presidents worthy of Rushmoresque treatment for different reasons even if its not on a Rushmore scale.

1. FDR

2. JFK

3. Reagan

4. Obama

condition would be it would be done only  20 years after their deaths. and a super majority of the population would have to agree.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
10.3.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @10.3    4 years ago

None of them were shameless enough to ask...

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
10.3.3  seeder  JBB  replied to    4 years ago

You are not dealing well with this. Why is that?

Has Trump finally gone too far for or even you?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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10.3.17  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  JBB @10.3.3    4 years ago

Thread cleared of slap fight. Please knock it off. 

 
 
 
cjcold
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10.3.18  cjcold  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @10.3.17    4 years ago

Was there ever a topic more deserving of a slap fight?

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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10.5  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @10    4 years ago

Who would he suggest...Stormy Daniels so that the other faces can get some?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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12  JohnRussell    4 years ago

I've got a place they can put his face

donald_trump_dartboard-rb3d6269526474e73b1e848a4ceb68df6_fomu6_8byvr_540.jpg

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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12.1  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @12    4 years ago

or...

donald-trump-toilet-paper.jpg

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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12.1.1  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JohnRussell @12.1    4 years ago

Is that so Trump kisses ass when wiping with it?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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12.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @12.1    4 years ago

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cjcold
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12.1.3  cjcold  replied to  JohnRussell @12.1    4 years ago

The ink has been proven to cause anal cancer.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
12.1.4  Trout Giggles  replied to  JohnRussell @12.1    4 years ago

I don't think so. That area is way too sensitive for his face to go near

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
12.1.5  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Trout Giggles @12.1.4    4 years ago

He will do an EO mandating that all TP be 4 ply.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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12.1.6  Ozzwald  replied to  JohnRussell @12.1    4 years ago

I'm impressed John!  How did you take a picture inside Putin's bathroom?

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
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12.2  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  JohnRussell @12    4 years ago

LOL reminiscent of the Obama toilet paper and the Hillary urinal targets I have seen.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
12.2.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @12.2    4 years ago

No, it is not reminiscent or comparable at all...

Trump asked SD to put him on Mt Rushmore!

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
12.2.4  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JBB @12.2.1    4 years ago

SD should station the Baby Blimp near the mountain for 30 days.

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
12.2.5  cjcold  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @12.2.4    4 years ago

And allow target practice.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
12.3  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JohnRussell @12    4 years ago

I used to be on 5 dart teams and that would so throw me off of my game.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
14  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

Even hardcore Trump fans must be really ashamed of this embarrassment or else they would not still be denying what is now plainly proven to be the truth...

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
14.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JBB @14    4 years ago

They would probably stand in line to clean the stone....with their tongues.

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
14.2.1  cjcold  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @14.2    4 years ago

I would volunteer to piss all over it daily to help give it a yellowish/orange tint.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
14.2.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  cjcold @14.2.1    4 years ago

Give me enough beer and I could hose the entire thing down.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
17  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

I didn't think it possible Trump may lose the Dakotas.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
18  Gsquared    4 years ago

"... after President Trump was sworn in, he relayed his dream of actually being carved on the mountain, according to South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem.

Noem said the two struck up a conversation in their first meeting at the Oval Office.

He said, 'Kristi, come on over here. Shake my hand,'" Noem said. "I shook his hand, and I said, 'Mr. President, you should come to South Dakota sometime. We have Mount Rushmore.' And he goes, 'Do you know it's my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?" 

Noem thought he was joking.

"I started laughing," she said. "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious."

Gov. Noem is a Trumpist and favorite of Trump's, even riding with him on Air Force One as recently as July 6th.

You would think the Trump cultists would love the idea.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
19  Texan1211    4 years ago

So, THIS is the crisis du jour?

lol!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
19.2  cjcold  replied to  Texan1211 @19    4 years ago

No worries. Trump will stick his foot in his mouth again and say something stupid  tomorrow.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
19.2.1  Texan1211  replied to  cjcold @19.2    4 years ago
No worries. Trump will stick his foot in his mouth again and say something stupid  tomorrow.

No worries. I am sure the usual "I Hate Trump" crowd will be along to yak, yak, yak about it all day long.

SOSDD

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
19.2.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  cjcold @19.2    4 years ago

It won't take him until tomorrow.

 
 
 
Citizen Kane-473667
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20  Citizen Kane-473667    4 years ago

This Seed is locked due to becoming nothing but a Flame Fest full of Personal Insults, Off Topic comments, Sweeping Generalizations, and all around Bad Behavior by almost everyone.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
20.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Citizen Kane-473667 @20    4 years ago

While I agree that this is a flame fest, I thought it was worth leaving open with a cleanup. Any further flaming on the seed will result in heavy penalties. The seed is now open again. 

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
20.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Citizen Kane-473667 @20    4 years ago

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JBB
Professor Principal
21  seeder  JBB    4 years ago

[deleted]

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
22  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom    4 years ago

$100 says Trump disguised his voice and called Gov. Noem himself.  He has been known to do that in the past...

Even Roger Stone has blabbed about it.

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
22.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @22    4 years ago

America's most heinous villain, well besides maybe Benedict Arnold, was Joe McCarthy's number one henchman the dirty trickster and mob lawyer Roy Cohn. Roy Cohn had three special buttboy acolytes. They were Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Donald Trump. What does that tell everyone with a brain?

We got had! We have one chance to fix it Nov 3rd...

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
22.1.1  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  JBB @22.1    4 years ago

Dump Trump 2020!

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
22.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @22    4 years ago

It makes sense as he has been posing as a POTUS for 4 years.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
23  Bob Nelson    4 years ago

It doesn't look like there's enough room.

Of course, Washington could be replaced by Trump.

   ... ... kinda what Trump'd prefer, probably...

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
Professor Silent
23.1  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  Bob Nelson @23    4 years ago

My bet would be Jefferson the way cancel culture is going after slave owning democrats from the past .

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
23.1.1  Bob Nelson  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @23.1    4 years ago

True. But Jefferson's bust is behind Washington's. That would never do!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
23.1.2  cjcold  replied to  Bob Nelson @23.1.1    4 years ago

I'm thinking it should be made out of paper mache so it will wash away with the next rain. He'll just forget about it tomorrow anyway.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
23.1.3  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Mark in Wyoming @23.1    4 years ago

It is more than a slave owning issue in regards to Jefferson.  He is responsible for the Trail Of Tears where thousands died.

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
23.1.4  Dulay  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @23.1.3    4 years ago

Actually, that was Andrew Jackson, not Jefferson. 

 
 
 
Mark in Wyoming
Professor Silent
23.1.5  Mark in Wyoming   replied to  Paula Bartholomew @23.1.3    4 years ago

Your thinking Andy Jackson , another slave owning democrat

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
23.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Bob Nelson @23    4 years ago

It would't cost much, just attach a huge dead looking head of dyed muskrat hair.

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
23.2.1  cjcold  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @23.2    4 years ago

You would sacrifice innocent muskrats for Trump's  insanity? 

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
23.2.2  cjcold  replied to  cjcold @23.2.1    4 years ago

Went back and watched episodes of Trump's idiotic TV show. He was/iis insane! 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
23.2.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  cjcold @23.2.1    4 years ago

There's lots of nutria in the Southern US....they are an invasive species so let's use those

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
23.2.4  Bob Nelson  replied to  Trout Giggles @23.2.3    4 years ago

512



Great mustaches, though...

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
23.2.5  Trout Giggles  replied to  Bob Nelson @23.2.4    4 years ago

Add bigger teeth and they could be the ROUS from Princess Bride

 
 
 
Sparty On
Professor Principal
24  Sparty On    4 years ago

Damn .... if this is the best the left has you really are toast in November.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
24.1  Texan1211  replied to  Sparty On @24    4 years ago
Damn .... if this is the best the left has you really are toast in November.

Well, you just know they all focus on the really, really, really important stuff!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
24.1.1  cjcold  replied to  Texan1211 @24.1    4 years ago

The only really important stuff at this time is anthropogenic global warming. It's still 50 years ahead of COVD-19 as the biggest killer of mankind. Wake up folks.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
24.1.2  Bob Nelson  replied to  cjcold @24.1.1    4 years ago

True.

And the two have a snowball effect.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
24.1.3  Texan1211  replied to  cjcold @24.1.1    4 years ago
The only really important stuff at this time is anthropogenic global warming.

So we can at least agree that the hullabaloo over this is basically NOTHING!

People up in arms over bullshit as if it the most important thing!

At least we know what is really, really important to them!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
25  cjcold    4 years ago

Actually many are crossing the aisle to destroy trump for now and forever. I wish them luck.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
25.1  Bob Nelson  replied to  cjcold @25    4 years ago

The Bulwark (never-Trump Republicans) is fun reading these days.

I think that the number of rats leaving the sinking ship will be a good indicator of Trump's prospects.

 
 
 
Thrawn 31
Professor Guide
26  Thrawn 31    4 years ago

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Right Down the Center
Junior Guide
27  Right Down the Center    4 years ago

My first thought was Donald, Donald, Donald.  Then I saw the report was from The New York Times and I thought Fake, Fake, Fake

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
27.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Right Down the Center @27    4 years ago

And guess what?

You're wrong, wrong, wrong

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
Junior Guide
27.1.1  Right Down the Center  replied to  Trout Giggles @27.1    4 years ago

I am wrong about what I was thinking?  You wouldn't be a liberal that believes they know everything would you?

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
27.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Right Down the Center @27.1.1    4 years ago

It's not fake news so.....

 
 
 
freepress
Freshman Silent
28  freepress    4 years ago

Trump could have had his picture in every POST OFFICE in America. Instead he is dismantling the Postal Service leaving our Veterans without timely mailed medications and hurting anyone who tries to save money on mail order prescriptions. He wants glory, just a blatant self serving glory hog expecting everyone not to see how harmful his policies are to Veterans and all Americans.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
28.1  Texan1211  replied to  freepress @28    4 years ago

Can you outline for me the steps Trump has taken to dismantle the Post Office?

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
28.1.1  Bob Nelson  replied to  Texan1211 @28.1    4 years ago

He appointed a crony who immediately fired two senior executives... at a time (census, election) when disorganization is really, really not what is needed.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
28.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  Bob Nelson @28.1.1    4 years ago

So, no dismantling of the post office despite claims to the contrary.

Thanks!

 
 
 
Dismayed Patriot
Professor Quiet
28.1.3  Dismayed Patriot  replied to  Texan1211 @28.1    4 years ago

"Congress authorized USPS to borrow $10 billion as part of a coronavirus relief package, but Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is refusing to hand over the money until it turns over much of its operations to him. (This was not remotely stipulated in the law and is probably illegal.)"

Trumps donor appointee Louis DeJoy "has limited overtime, instructed mail carriers to leave mail behind that will slow down their delivery routes, and required that they park no more than four times along their delivery routes. Trump, meanwhile, has demanded the USPS quadruple its rates on packages."

"Trump has been screeching paranoid lies about voting by mail for the last few months, falsely portraying it as some kind of Democratic conspiracy to commit voter fraud" in the middle of a pandemic.

If you refuse them congressionally approved funding, cut their overtime, cut their stops, quadruple prices and decry voting by mail during a pandemic when more people than ever want to vote by mail, what results can you really expect? So either this was a calculated attack on the postal system by those who have been trying to privatize and destroy a constitutionally mandated service to line their own pockets with profit, or it was a blind, bumbling, inept and moronic attempt to 'fix' the postal system by the most ignorant poorly appointed manager and leadership ever.

But let's not forget it was these same slimy conservative Republicans back in 2006 who put the rope around the post offices neck which led it to be in such bad shape today.

"the USPS has struggled since 2006, when (convicted pedophile and Republican House speaker Dennis Hastert's led) Congress and President Bush imposed absurd retirement benefit funding requirements in the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. As my colleague Jeff Spross writes, this required the agency to pre-fund its retiree health benefits over the next 75 years , and immediately knocked its budget into the red. As I have argued before, fully pre-funding even normal pensions is absurd for a permanent government agency, but this is even worse — requiring the USPS to sock money away for future employees who aren't even born yet. "

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
Professor Guide
28.1.4  Bob Nelson  replied to  Texan1211 @28.1.2    4 years ago

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