rooster59 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Trump says acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan is stepping down FILE PHOTO: Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan reacts while protesters interrupt his remarks at the Migration Policy Institute annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was stepping down and a new acting chief of the agency would be named next week. McAleenan became the fourth person to lead the agency under Trump in April after the Republican president asked for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Before becoming acting secretary, McAleenan served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, one of the agencies operating under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). "Kevin now, after many years in Government, wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector," Trump said on Twitter. "I will be announcing the new Acting Secretary next week. Many wonderful candidates," he said. Trump, who has made cracking down on legal and illegal immigration a signature issue of his presidency and 2020 re-election effort, said he and McAleenan had "worked well together with Border Crossings being way down." Despite the praise, Trump never formally nominated McAleenan to run the agency. In a statement, McAleenan said during his six-month tenure DHS had "made tremendous progress mitigating the border security and humanitarian crisis we faced this year." U.S. Customs and Border Protection said this week that arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border fell in September for the fourth month in the row. It said there were just over 52,000 migrants either apprehended or encountered at the southwest border in September, down almost 65% from a peak in May of 144,000. The bulk of arriving migrants are from Central America, many of them families, fleeing situations of violence and poverty at home and often seeking asylum in the United States. (Reporting by Eric Beech and Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Sandra Maler) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-12 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Town Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, rooster59 said: "wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector" Yeah. THAT'S not suspicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujo Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 So no border crisis. Hes the 4th appointment? What happened to only having the best bigly people with the best words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Difficult boss innitSent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, J Town said: Yeah. THAT'S not suspicious! Trump speak for, he found his conscience and is fed up with the BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Another one trying to save himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Town Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I'd say rats leaving a sinking ship but they're the GOOD guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 1 hour ago, rooster59 said: "Kevin now, after many years in Government, wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector," Trump said on Twitter. Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust. (Thanks Queen). "wants to spend more time with his family" AKA, the standard departure line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 White House HR department working overtime again this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 1 hour ago, rooster59 said: "Kevin now, after many years in Government, wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector," Trump said on Twitter. Probably knows that at in a little over twelve months the job market will be flooded with ex government employees looking for work in the private sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I think Trump enjoyed his time on The Apprentice too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 A post using a trolling meme has been removed. Another post of a trolling nature was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 3 hours ago, J Town said: Yeah. THAT'S not suspicious! that's another way of saying ""he didn't agree with my policies...."" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 "Despite the praise, Trump never formally nominated McAleenan to run the agency." Formal nominees need to be confirmed by senate, and though in Republican control, they don't like to expose to American people just how incompetent and ill suited Trump's "best and brightest" truly are. Huge number of agencies being run by "acting" heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Emdog said: "Despite the praise, Trump never formally nominated McAleenan to run the agency." Formal nominees need to be confirmed by senate, and though in Republican control, they don't like to expose to American people just how incompetent and ill suited Trump's "best and brightest" truly are. Huge number of agencies being run by "acting" heads Acting heads do what the chosen one has told them to do or be told to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jany123 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Do they have revolving doors at the White House? If not, I'd say Trump needs them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I'm seeing Joe Arpaio or David Clarke as the next Acting Secretary for Homeland Security. Or maybe Stephen Miller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Rats leaving the ship before it sinks. I have never known a presidency with so many changes of line-up. Giuliani next to be let go. Pompeo cannot be far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Acting. Key word. Was the "Muppet Show" a warning? I guess there is a certain intolerance for normal people to endure a finger up their..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On a sinking ship I can imagine that the crew who see a Capitan who can't swim as a liability to self. Yes! I will take a seat on any life boat and outa here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 13 hours ago, J Town said: Yeah. THAT'S not suspicious! After all the S__t he's had to put up with from the squad and other <deleted> lefties, he's entitled to spend time with his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 i wonder what historians will write about trump's presidency? someone who was changing his collaborators as often as his underpants, maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Town Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 5 hours ago, Pique Dard said: i wonder what historians will write about trump's presidency? someone who was changing his collaborators as often as his underpants, maybe... And making unilateral policy decisions while IN his underpants (tweeting at 3:00 a.m.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Town Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 2 hours ago, rhyddid said: Trump is worst of exterminator, more resignations in 1 term of ever seen in 3 decades. And yet so many people (VOTERS!) ignore the facts and drink the Fox News Koolaid. Can't they connect the dots and see where William Barr visited the head of Fox and the very next thing Shepard Smith "retired?" When will enough be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 And yet so many people (VOTERS!) ignore the facts and drink the Fox News Koolaid. Can't they connect the dots and see where William Barr visited the head of Fox and the very next thing Shepard Smith "retired?" When will enough be enough?Ultimately this is bad for Fox. Smith gave that brand credibility that it did not deserve. Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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