Some of Donald Trump's cabinet choices were OK. They were right-wingers (who I believe will help the rich and hurt everyone else), but they are somewhat qualified - and a president deserves to nominate qualified individuals of his choice.
But some of Trump's picks were ridiculous (and unqualified). I'm talking about Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, Pete Hegseth for Department of Defense, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, and Robert Kennedy, Jr. for Health and Human Services. These nominees were shocking even to Republicans in Congress.
Why did Trump choose these four? I believe he was trying to demonstrate his absolute power over Congress and the Republican Party. He was daring the GOP senators to oppose him.
Well, it's not going as well as he thought it would. Gaetz is already gone and replaced by Pam Bondi (former Florida AG). Now it looks like Hegseth is in trouble. He has an alcohol and womanizing problem, and has failed at leadership of much smaller organizations. Word is that Trump will soon replace him with Florida Governor DeSantis.
That leaves only Gabbard and Kennedy -- and two months before a vote could be taken on their confirmation. That's plenty of time for senators to get cold feet about both. There is already concern about putting Gabbard in charge of all the nation's intelligence services, with her Russian leanings. I believe she will be the next to go.
We'll have to wait and see about Kennedy. I think he may survive, even though he's a conspiracy nut and vaccine denier. He's dangerous and incompetent, but after killing the other three nominations, GOP senators may be afraid to deny another Trump nominee.
I expected the GOP senators to give Trump any crazy thing he wanted, but maybe there is a limit to what they'll do.
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