{"id":2376389,"date":"2024-12-04T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pulls-nomination-from-dea-pick-after-finding-out-what-he-said-to-my-pastors-and-other-supporters\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:56:38","slug":"trump-pulls-nomination-from-dea-pick-after-finding-out-what-he-said-to-my-pastors-and-other-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pulls-nomination-from-dea-pick-after-finding-out-what-he-said-to-my-pastors-and-other-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pulls Nomination from DEA Pick After Finding Out &#8216;What He Said to My Pastors and Other Supporters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pulls-nomination-from-dea-pick-after-finding-out-what-he-said-to-my-pastors-and-other-supporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">turbulent cabinet \u200cselection \u2063process<\/a>,particularly\u2064 focusing \u2064on his nomination of Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister \u200cto\u2064 lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Governance (DEA).Chronister announced he would withdraw\u2063 from consideration after facing scrutiny for his past actions, including arresting a pastor during COVID-19 lockdowns. Major news organizations\u200d reported on this \u2062progress, prompting Trump to criticize the Wall Street\u2063 Journal \u200dfor its portrayal of the event, claiming he was the one who asked Chronister to step \u200bdown adn not \u2064the other \u200dway around.He\u200d expressed\u2063 his dissatisfaction with media coverage and highlighted that he\u200d had just won the presidency, questioning the framing of\u200c his cabinet \u2062struggles as setbacks.\u200b Despite \u2064some challenges,\u2063 several of Trump&#8217;s other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aussie-made-home-ccp-virus-test-ramps-up-production-for-us-not-australia\/\" title=\"Aussie-Made Home CCP Virus Test Ramps up Production for US, Not Australia\">cabinet nominations<\/a> are seen as more likely \u200cto \u200bbe confirmed,\u200b while the inauguration\u200b is scheduled for \u200dJanuary 20.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s rocky cabinet selection process took another turn on Wednesday, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tees-up-a-golfball-says-hell-be-47th-president-of-the-united-states\/\" title=\"Trump Tees Up A Golfball, Says He\u2019ll Be \u201947th\u2019 President Of The United States\">47th president<\/a> d an interesting correction of the establishment media.<\/p>\n<p>News broke late Tuesday that Trump&rsquo;s nomination to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-dea-nominee-chad-chronister-withdraws-consideration-past-comes-back-haunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawing from consideration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most major outlets, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/florida-sheriff-chad-chronister-withdraws-trumps-nominee-lead-dea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/pete-hegseths-controversies-threaten-to-derail-defense-secretary-bid-35b4c3bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, reported on Chronister&rsquo;s candidacy, with the Journal even adding that Trump&rsquo;s other cabinet picks are being &ldquo;scrutinized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump took issue with the Journal&rsquo;s characterization.<\/p>\n<p>He took to  Tuesday, tearing into that headline while adding some critical context to what he claims really happened.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113595507414156033\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Wall Street Journal is becoming more and more obnoxious and unreadable,&rdquo; Trump began. &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s main headline is: &lsquo;Trump&rsquo;s DEA Pick Pulls Out In Latest Setback.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With all that&rsquo;s happening in the World, this is their Number One story of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Besides, he didn&rsquo;t pull out, I pulled him out, because I did not like what he said to my pastors and other supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But, more importantly, what&rsquo;s my &lsquo;latest&rsquo; setback??? I just won the Presidency of the United States!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They haven&rsquo;t written a good story about me in YEARS.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump ended the post by making sure Forbes magazine caught a stray: &ldquo;Somebody over there ought to look at what they&rsquo;re doing. The only one worse than them is stupid, China-centric Forbes Magazine!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of what Chronister &ldquo;said to my pastors and other supporters,&rdquo; the short-lived DEA pick came under intense scrutiny after it was pointed out that the Florida sheriff once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservatives-slam-trumps-dea-nominee-troubling-past-pick-may-not-sit-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested a pastor<\/a> for holding church services at the height of COVID-19-related lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump may dispute the characterization of &ldquo;setback,&rdquo; his nomination process has undoubtedly been a contentious one.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have surfaced that as Trump&rsquo;s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, struggles to gain allies for confirmation, the former and forthcoming president is considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-reportedly-considering-former-rival-cabinet-position-pete-hegseth-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a different choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That struggle comes after a thorny pick for attorney general, former Florida Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ax-grind-matt-gaetz-speaks-rough-process-led-withdraw-ag-consideration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a>, also withdrew from consideration.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, a number of Trump&rsquo;s cabinet nominations &mdash; such as Pam Bondi for attorney general and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State &mdash; are considered much more likely to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself is scheduled to be inaugurated on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Late Tuesday, it was reported that Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister was withdrawing from consideration for the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Major news outlets, including Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, covered Chronister&#8217;s nomination, with the Journal noting that other cabinet picks were under scrutiny. Trump disagreed with this portrayal and criticized the Journal&#8217;s headline while providing his perspective on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump stated, &#8220;The Wall Street Journal is becoming increasingly obnoxious and unreadable,&#8221; referring to their headline about Chronister&#8217;s withdrawal as a setback. He clarified that he had asked Chronister to step down due to comments made to his supporters and questioned why this was considered a setback when he had just won the presidency. He also expressed frustration over not receiving favorable coverage in years.<\/p>\n<p>Chronister faced backlash after it was revealed that he had previously arrested a pastor for holding church services during COVID-19 lockdowns. Despite Trump&#8217;s objections regarding the term &#8220;setback,&#8221; his nomination process has been fraught with challenges; reports indicate difficulties in securing support for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth following former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz\u2019s withdrawal from attorney general consideration.<\/p>\n<p>However, some of Trump&#8217;s other cabinet nominations are seen as more likely to succeed, such as Pam Bondi for attorney general and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. Trump is set to be inaugurated on January 20th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-appointments.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,46135,22477,3723,3634],"class_list":["post-2376389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-dea-nomination","tag-pastors","tag-support","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-appointments.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376393,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376389\/revisions\/2376393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}