Elaine Chao, #Trump's Transportation Sec, has also received $ from the Iranian org. on US terrorist list for 15 yrs. pic.twitter.com/e4zPJhOOFX
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) November 29, 2016
… Joining Trump faves Giuliani and Bolton, apparently. I know almost nothing of the MKO, but I do remember the Unification Church (aka ‘Moonies’) spending a supercarrier of money courting various GOP machers during the Reagan Administration — with results somewhere between the farcical and the sinister, depending on your paranoia levels. (Figures that the Bush Crime Family would be the main U.S. beneficiary, of course.)
Getting sucked into Iran’s internal politics seems a lot more dangerous — not least because Trump’s potential cabinet picks have nowhere near the level of political experience of the foreign policy people around Reagan (and back in the 1980s, who could’ve imagined that phrase being written in earnest truth?).
Anybody with more knowledge want to predict whether these “approaches” have the potential for genuine danger? Or is it just more would-be “global leaders” throwing their money down another Trump/GOP rathole?
Trump's pick for Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao called for "regime change" in #Iran last year during a MKO cult gathering in pairs. pic.twitter.com/pcwYVryLl0
— Sadegh Ghorbani (@GhorbaniSadegh) November 29, 2016
(Last word is a typo for ‘Paris’, I think.)
@lrozen I see, but it really looks like that MKO has a say in Trump transition team! Giuliani, Bolton, Gingrich, Townsend…
— Sadegh Ghorbani (@GhorbaniSadegh) November 29, 2016
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