Secretary Of State To Build “SWAT Team” – Meanwhile, Rex Tillerson Would Settle For Any Team At All

Regular readers love our coverage of Rex Tillerson.

See, the thing about Tillerson is that he didn’t want to be Secretary of State. His wife made him do it. Literally, according to Rex himself.

But, that’s fine. It’s ok that Tillerson doesn’t want to be the nation’s top diplomat, because Jared Kushner sure does. And is – America’s (de facto) top diplomat, that is.

Well now, just days after we learned the Ivanka (Jared’s wife) will be given a security clearance and an office at the White House (but no job title), Trump is going to create a new position for Jared. To wit, from WaPo:

President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises – such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction – by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.

The White House Office of American Innovation, to be led by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will operate as its own nimble power center within the West Wing and will report directly to Trump. Viewed internally as a SWAT team of strategic consultants, the office will be staffed by former business executives and is designed to infuse fresh thinking into Washington, float above the daily political grind and create a lasting legacy for a president still searching for signature achievements.

Ok, so basically Kushner is going to come in and fire government employees and replace them with captains of industry or, more colloquially, really, really rich people.

And to make things more hilarious, Kushner’s team is being internally named after tactical units of police departments whose job it is to kick in doors.

Meanwhile, Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, can’t even get a State Department…