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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:13 PM Apr 6

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked

Reposted by Tom Nichols

David Burbach
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This sort of behavior took down a couple of Trump 1.0 cabinet secretaries.

April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/dburbach.bsky.social/post/3lm6bj6t32k2v

Radley Balko
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The Secretary of the Interior requires his staff to make him cookies and serve him meals.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/burgum-cookies/682319/

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3lm67euz4kc2v
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The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 OP
Sickening behavior from a #Trump appointee. damn! riversedge Apr 6 #1
I am so sick of their arrogance. N/t bronxiteforever Apr 6 #2
Fossil Fuel F-wad Delarage Apr 6 #3
I Would Love to Bake His Cookies! ScoutHikerDad Apr 6 #4
Kick dalton99a Apr 6 #5
This guy isn't treating Americans as people, he's treating us as servants. Disgusting. He can hire, if he wishes, SWBTATTReg Apr 7 #6
Dougie the Diva! Dulcinea Apr 8 #7
Gotta love how this obnoxious, privileged behavior has set people off. Paladin Apr 8 #8
I'd swap out the chocolate chips for Ex-Lax PlanetBev Apr 10 #9

Delarage

(2,397 posts)
3. Fossil Fuel F-wad
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:38 PM
Apr 6

Did Debra Haaland ever make such obnoxious demands of her staff? Or was she focused on protecting the natural beauty and resources of this country? Hint: It's the latter.

ScoutHikerDad

(17 posts)
4. I Would Love to Bake His Cookies!
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:54 PM
Apr 6

But only if I had a raging sinus infection and had just eaten a Snickers Bar. They would taste even better with a nice, gooey lunger in the dough.

SWBTATTReg

(25,182 posts)
6. This guy isn't treating Americans as people, he's treating us as servants. Disgusting. He can hire, if he wishes,
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 7

his own servants on his own dime and have them at his expense make him cookies if he wants them so bad. God, he's so pathetic.

Paladin

(30,211 posts)
8. Gotta love how this obnoxious, privileged behavior has set people off.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:40 AM
Apr 8

I wish all of trump's appointees were acting in this snotty, well-publicized fashion---we'd be rid of them all a lot quicker.

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