Donald Trump Jr has said there is no place in his father’s administration for “war hawks” amid growing signs the president-elect will follow through on plans to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine.
Mr Trump Jr, who has taken an increasingly prominent role in Republican politics, backed calls to keep “neocons and war hawks” out of the White House after his father earlier ruled out a return for two prominent pro-Ukraine voices.
Retweeting a post from a Right-wing comedian that said: “We need maximum pressure to keep all neocons and war hawks out of the Trump administration” he responded: “Agreed... I’m on it.”
The president-elect is in the process of selecting his Cabinet and hiring thousands of federal workers to staff his administration when he returns to power in January.
On Saturday, Mr Trump announced that he would not appoint Mike Pompeo, the former CIA director, or Nikki Haley, his former UN ambassador, to his new Cabinet.
Both have expressed strong support for the US supplying Ukraine with the weapons it needs to hold off Russia.
Questions remain as to how the incoming president will address the conflict, with Mr Trump repeatedly insisting that he will end it “in 24 hours”.
Disastrous_Berry_572 on November 10th, 2024 at 13:52 UTC »
This is the type of thing I find the most puzzling about all of this - the way these people and their rabid followers resort to juvenile gloating, mocking and taunting. Even when they win, they are completely insufferable. They are technically adults, but behave like the worst ill-mannered children you ever came across.
And in this particular context, we're talking about decisions that will likely destroy millions of lives, which makes it so much worse.
It's so far removed from any behavior I've ever seen or come to expect from adults (especially from people in positions of power), that I don't even know where to begin in trying to understand it.
imconsideringdascrod on November 10th, 2024 at 13:18 UTC »
I’ll never understand how the worst people in the world can be so insulated from consequence while better, actual human beings bust their ass just to keep from being miserable every day
pseudowoodo3 on November 10th, 2024 at 12:49 UTC »
Jr talking about anyone else’s “allowance” is fucking hilarious.