Former Navy Seal Commander, Ryan Zinke, currently serving in the House of Representatives, has been selected by President-elect Trump to be nominated as Secretary of the Interior… 
(New York, NY) — President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to appoint U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke from Montana as Secretary of the Interior.

Rep. Zinke has spent his time in the U.S. House of Representatives building an impressive portfolio on Interior issues ranging from federal mineral leases to tribal affairs to public lands conservation.
Rep. Zinke is widely praised for his voting record that supports the Teddy Roosevelt philosophy of managing public lands, which calls for multiple-use to include economic, recreation and conservation. (more…)

The primary role of the energy department surrounds nuclear technology, research and the maintenance of nuclear resources, including atomic weaponry.  The Department was created in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter who spent part of his early career as a nuclear engineer.
(New York, NY) — President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to name former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Gov. Perry was the chief executive of one of the country’s largest states and one of the largest economies in the world. He is also one of the most successful governors in modern history, having led Texas through a sustained period of economic growth and prosperity by developing the state’s energy resources and infrastructure, and making low-cost energy available to companies and families.
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According to almost every media report, President-elect Donald Trump has selected Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as the nominee for Secretary of State.  The announcement is anticipated to take place this morning.  Here’s our previous outline anticipating T-Rex:
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Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the possibility of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as a Secretary of State nominee.
In addition, Conway discusses the current status of the transition process.

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Call it “the revenge of John Galt“, call it “the revenge of main street“, call it “the rebuke of the compliance department”, or call it something else…. but what’s brutally missing amid all the pearl-clutching punditry is an acceptance that President Trump is ushering back an era of The Titans of Capitalism.

A succinct comment by thesavyinvester cuts to the brutal heart of the matter:

How ironic… The last 8 yrs ( and frankly much longer ) the non producing bureaucratic state only focused on growing it’s own organisms ( like something Ripley fought against ) rather than fostering yours, will now be run by those that for eons that had to dot their I’s and cross their T’s for all these pencil pushers. Yikes, they will be more uncomfortable than Rodney Dangerfield constantly adjusting his collar and tie during his comedy routine?. No I am not tired of winning, grab the popcorn this will be fun.

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…“and we will win, and you will win, and we will keep on winning, and eventually you will say we can’t take all of this winning, …please Mr. Trump …and I will say, NO, we will win, and we will keep on winning”.
~ Donald Trump

CNBC – United States Steel would like to accelerate its investments and hire back laid-off employees now that Donald Trump will be occupying the Oval Office, CEO Mario Longhi told CNBC on Wednesday.
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For more than a year we have been discussing the Trump ‘America-First’ economic platform.  Within the discussion you may remember the following:

[…]  In addition, an unquantifiable benefit comes from investment, where the smart money play -to get increased return on investment- becomes putting capital INTO the U.S. economy, instead of purchasing foreign stocks. (read more)

We would strongly urge people to grasp the fundamental outline of Trump’s economic path; because he continues specifically showing evidence of this fundamental economic paradigm shift:

Masa (SoftBank) of Japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the U.S. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2016

In addition to the announced investment from Masayoshi Son of Softbank, a very Trump-esque business leader within Japan, President-elect Donald Trump also made a specific point about Boeing and the contract they carry to build the next generation Airforce One fleet.
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Forget President Obama breaking 40 years of U.S. diplomatic policy and engaging in direct talks with Iran…. forget that.
Forget President Obama breaking 50 years of U.S. diplomatic policy and engaging in direct political relationships with the communists in Cuba…. forget that too.
The Donald took a phone call from the President of Taiwan.

OMG Yikes, Stop The Presses !!

Quick, cue the Dobbs:

Repost – Donald Trump took a congratulatory phone call from the President of Taiwan, and now the Chinese will be apoplectic.
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President-elect Donald Trump met last week with former Vice President Dan Quayle, and no-one seemed to bat an eye.  President-Elect Donald Trump meets today with former Vice President Al Gore and everyone goes bananas.
Ask yourself, who is stating the reasoning was to discuss “climate change” – Trump or the MSM?
There is absolutely no indication the reason for either meeting was dissimilar in any way, and yet….  See, it’s called ‘projection’; that is the almost knee-jerk reaction created by decades of battered conservative syndrome.  I digress:

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A fire erupted in a warehouse in Oakland California where authorities fear as many as 40 people have likely been killed.  According to most media reports there was a party or gathering at the venue when the fire broke out.  A horrible inferno ensued.
However, what MSM doesn’t provide is an accurate context or backstory.  Such context first begins with noting the location, Oakland California – the epicenter of some of the most recent and violent left-wing political stories.   Examples include the Occupy Wall Street ideologues and the last seven years of liberal riots and protests.
It does not take a deep-dive of research to identify the warehouse was illegal use of a non-residential building to house a communal artistic alt-left group.  Accepting reality in no way intends to lessen the sorrow and horrific tragedy; however, there is a particular irony in the outcome of an affiliated enterprise rebuking the very tenets of regulation and safety compliance that are specifically in place to prevent such an outcome. (more…)