Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair, cites hiring of foreign workers

[Nevilledog]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-fires-tennessee-valley-authority-chair-cites-hiring-of-foreign-workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, criticizing the federal-owned corporation for hiring foreign workers.

Trump told reporters at the White House that he was formally removing chair Skip Thompson and another member of the board, and he threatened to remove other board members if they continued to hire foreign labor.

The TVA is a federally owned corporation created in 1933 to provide flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region that was hard hit by the Great Depression. The region covers most of Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky as well as small sections of Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.

He also said the TVA board must immediately hire a new chief executive officer who “puts the interests of Americans first.” According to Trump, the CEO, Jeff Lyash, earns $8 million a year.

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[CottonBear]

1. This is some big shit going down.

Trumpy is going full dictator.

[crickets]

5. Looks like it, with a dash of Shock Doctrine on top.

I think this may be the signal trump has realized he is not going to be reelected. Operation Burn it All Down With a Vengeance has begun.

[Botany]

2. Good Jeb-Zee-Us in heaven

How many foreign workers has Trump hired to build and work @ his golf courses?

[Indykatie]

3. Trump is a f**king Hypocrite. He Prefers Foreign Workers at His Hotels Including Mar-a-lago.

[Skittles]

4. says the man whose ties are made in China

fucking hypocrite

[Chainfire]

6. We are in the middle of a national health crisis

and a economic collapse and Trump is focusing on changing the head of the TVA. Now that is prioritizing.