Trumps 24-year-old drug policy appointee to step down by months end
Source: Washington Post
A 24-year-old former Trump campaign worker who rose rapidly to a senior post in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will step down by the end of the month because of controversy surrounding his appointment, the White House said late Wednesday.
Taylor Weyeneth, who graduated from college in May 2016, was named a White House liaison to the drug office the following March and then promoted to deputy chief of staff in July, at age 23. His only professional experience after college and before becoming a political appointee was working on the Trump presidential campaign.
The office, known as ONDCP, is responsible for coordinating anti-drug initiatives at 16 federal agencies and supporting President Trumps efforts to confront the opioid epidemic.
Mr. Weyeneth has decided to depart ONDCP at the end of the month, the White House statement said. A spokesman said Weyeneth was not available to speak.
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Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)he could make more money selling drugs and was just looking for some connections.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)LLC, for the next "Stormy Daniels".
George II
(67,782 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)jmowreader
(50,601 posts)Lawrence Welk (the whitest man in history) called this a "modern spiritual." I don't think so...
Danmel
(4,943 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Thanks for posting, that was hi-larious!
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Looked like they were trying not to laugh.
3catwoman3
(24,134 posts)(For many reasons.) Modern spiritual -
Catchy tune that I always enjoy listening to.
I wore pinafores when I was 6.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)dchill
(38,626 posts)Tracer
(2,769 posts)Doh. I always thought that was "One TOE"!!
I guess I don't pay much attention to lyrics.
JDC
(10,152 posts)I'm qualified for nothing, so surely I should be appointed as an agency head or czar of some kind.
I'll just put Wharton on my educational achievements. Top of my class.
It's a cinch.
ProfessorGAC
(65,428 posts)It's obvious that compounding the lie further isn't a problem with this crew.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,428 posts). . .i used to go to a place pretty close to Princeton. I once took a ride through the campus to see the Einstein statue. I think i'll put down that i went to Princeton. It's sort of true.
eggplant
(3,919 posts)Can you believe it, dude?
Nay
(12,051 posts)brains and the grace to get the hell out!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)outta there.
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)BS
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)they put some 24 year old in charge of Baghdad or something. No experience. These people don't care about the country.
jmowreader
(50,601 posts)When you consider that Trump installed as his Housing secretary a man whose only qualification is having lived in a house, a spokesperson whose voice gives you a splitting headache, a mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer as his health secretary, a man who's never done any labor as his labor secretary, an education secretary who's dumber than a damn rock, and a Small Business Administration head whose only business experience is in a very large business, a drug policy guy who knows how to do drugs is probably overqualified.
marybourg
(12,650 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)and the EPA director being the guy who doesn't believe in environmental rules & regs.
It's pathetic, isn't it.
Skittles
(153,314 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)We're still waiting.
ProfessorGAC
(65,428 posts). . .if they fell on top of them. Einstein and Hawking could parachute directly into one of their offices and they would say "Who are you?"