{"id":175946,"date":"2020-10-16T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/10\/16\/the-trump-stink\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T00:48:00","slug":"the-trump-stink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/10\/16\/the-trump-stink\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Stink"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Members of the Trump administration have discovered that with Donald Trump flagging in the polls, they have become toxic to future employers<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

They aren’t getting calls returned.<\/p>\n

Oh the humanity:<\/p>\n

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Four years ago, some Republicans who said unsavory things during the campaign about the new president worried that such remarks might ruin their chances of redemption via employment in the Trump administration. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Today, some of those same Republicans are now quietly on the job hunt as President Trump\u2019s standing in the polls continues to slide against Democratic nominee Joe Biden with decision time in just 18 days. But now, these GOPers are hoping the Trump presidency isn\u2019t a disqualifying blemish on their resumes or Google footprint as the door revolves the other way and they seek to land, once again, in the private sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s always a market for lobbyists, but look at someone like [former White House Press Secretary Sean]<\/span> Spicer who had high-profile gigs in the White House and where did he land?\u201d noted Amanda Carpenter, a Trump critic, CNN contributor and former aide to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). \u201cHe\u2019s a host on Newsmax right now. That\u2019s not the kind of leg-up to high-profile communications in the corporate world that\u2019s the typical path\u2026. If he can\u2019t do it, I think people with such a high profile will have similar problems.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over a dozen Republican strategists, former Trump administration staffers, current Capitol Hill hands and associates close to the Trump White House predict that many graduates of the Trump administration could have a tough time sticking a landing in the private sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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They say Trump\u2019s shaky standing in the campaign \u2014 and his pull on down-ballot races \u2014 is already making Republicans especially nervous. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cQuiet conversations in Gmail are more active now than would be expected a month before an election,\u201d said a senior Republican strategist who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations. \u201cI have a buddy in the administration who is starting to quietly move his resume around, and he\u2019s noticed people who he thought would be quicker to respond to inquiries have been less so. He called it \u2018the Trump stink. How much Trump stink is on my resume right now?<\/span><\/b>‘\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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This strategist said more prominent White House aides such as Mark Meadows and Stephen Miller may have bigger hurdles than more anonymous mid-tier aides seeking a job. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cBut I don\u2019t think Stephen Miller ever foresaw a job on K Street,\u201d the strategist added. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, is one of the most recognizable current Trump White House officials. Carpenter predicts she will have an even more difficult time than Spicer if and when she exits but adds that for someone like McEnany, who made her name defending Trumpism on cable news, the benefits of the job might have outweighed other prospects. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Many of those interviewed for this story did not want to go on the record in order to discuss private conversations with candor. But they say concerns about hiring people from Trumpworld are real. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The longtime GOP strategist who runs a public affairs firm recalled coming close to hiring a former Trump White House staffer until a Google search revealed the prospective hire\u2019s track record defending Trump on race and immigration. It ground the interview process to a halt, the strategist said. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cA lot of people who came into this in 2015 and 2016, they knew that there would be a stigma going into this \u2014 and it\u2019ll likely last for a very long time,\u201d said a Trump campaign staffer. \u201cProbably for the rest of their lives. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s lost on anyone.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Emphasis mine<\/i>)<\/p>\n

No sympathy from me.<\/p>\n

You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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