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not fooled

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5. Why?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:59 PM

21 hrs ago

Limit embarrassing photos of Cabinet members living the high life on junkets abroad? Keep them closer for easier firing? Easier to keep their noses to the grindstone destroying America? Ensure maximum attendance to praise Dear Leader at Cabinet meetings?

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Trump's chief of staff bans international travel for Cabinet members unless approved by the White House: report [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

An unelected person telling Senate approved Cabinet what to do? pwb 21 hrs ago #1

Not unusual Boo1 15 hrs ago #14

she wants them close by so they can be fired. Is she the one running the country? dem4decades 21 hrs ago #2

She is on loan from Netanyahu. pwb 21 hrs ago #3

I think she & Miller are doing a lot behind the scenes. TBF 19 hrs ago #10

Afraid they will be arrested by a foreign government for violating international laws? biophile 21 hrs ago #4

Or Maduro style "apprehension." BattleRow 16 hrs ago #12

BINGOIIII nt Kahuna 3 hrs ago #22

Why? not fooled 21 hrs ago #5

This is political theater fujiyamasan 20 hrs ago #6

"They want to avoid Cancun Cruz type photos I guess." BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #8

I wonder if this applies to business travel only... COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #18

Well I think the suggestion has to do with travel using government resources and vouchering BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #19

I think it's probably both an optics and a security measure. COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #20

For some reason BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #21

My mind went a different direction... Scully 16 hrs ago #13

With this gang you never know... fujiyamasan 15 hrs ago #16

Wish some nation would put the cuffs on Trump, Hegseth, Vance, and Rubio for crimes against humanity. pat_k 19 hrs ago #7

Good Lord Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #9

Better yet lonely bird 18 hrs ago #11

The agency noted that Trump and his trade officials GenThePerservering 15 hrs ago #15

...and his sons and son in law. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #17