Don’t forget about pets- it’s not so easy to move them internationally at the last minute.

Meanwhile, they’re talking about not moving into the White House so as to not disrupt poor Barron’s schooling.

There are a lot of threads on Twitter that lay out his ties to Russia very explicitly (check out Adam Khan @khanoisseur if you’re interested), but I REALLY want to see those returns.

So basically this fuck just created a god damn nightmare for all these people and their families.

I think it’s also a safe bet that any executive privilege Obama pushed to the ethical line will be massively abused by Trump. It adds another layer of disappointment to his failure to reign in some of these powers.

For my work, I move our employees from a home location to another location so they can work on projects/open offices/etc. To move a family from one location to another in two weeks is almost impossible. There is immigration considerations to consider, schooling if they have children, sale of houses/cars/furniture that…

Historically that’s pretty common. As someone wittier than I pointed out when Trump mega donors were being appointed to cabinet level positions - “Buying a government office isn’t just limited to ambassadorships anymore.”

I think the issue here isn’t that he’s replacing Obama’s people-that’s to be expected. The issue…

I just posted a similar comment. This applies as far as I understand only to politically appointed ambassadors, not career diplomats. Political appointments for these posts is actually a fairly big problem and one that Obama sadly increased from the Bush years. I work somewhat in this field (not for the US government…

No shit. I keep thinking somebody must be working on something somewhere, but each passing day I grow a little more skeptical.

This, right here. Why hasn’t some black hat with a heart of gold hacked this shitbag so we can see his tax records?

So, let me guess....now he’s gonna appoint a bunch of diplomats with pro-Russian ties/interests?

The only reason I can think of for him to do this- besides *spite- is isolationism. He’s going to bring in people who are categorically ill-suited to the job, like all his other posts.

“Why do we need Ambassadors. I mean they’re great guys, the best, but when I let everyone know about everything via Twitter using the best words, you know they’re tremendous words, what’s the need for them.

At least he’s telling them now instead of changing the locks on the 20th, I guess.

I mean, presumably the cable read: “On January 21st, all ambassadors will be formally recalled. Make plans accordingly.”

My god the next four years are going to be a fuckfest.

Oh, I have never wanted to live more now that I have read that!

Oh, shit! I was just thinking thinking what do I want to get at the grocery store in case of bad weather. Now we know.

#cheeseballlifegoals

Well, Jude, I think you can’t really live unless you have a Newfoundland dog for cuddling purposes and you eat at least one port wine cheese ball a week. But that’s just me.