I'm not sure Matt Gaetz is a serious pick ... this may be Trump throwing a bone to the Republicans in the senate, giving them one nominee he'll allow them to veto, so they will let the others pass.
Others like RFK Jr. If he does become the head of HHS, people will die, predominantly children. But hey, he's a Kennedy, and that American royalty thing dazzles our proto-dictator from Queens.
And then there's Pete Hegseth for the Defense dept. He's what you'd call an open book ... The tattooed Secretary of Defense: Here is all of Pete Hegseth’s ink, and what it means. A defender of war criminals, a Christian nationalist who thinks women shouldn't be in combat positions in the military (and he has in common with Trump and Gaetz sexual misconduct allegations).
There are other horrible Trump picks, of course, but I don't have all day.
What I think this is all about are two things ... Trump showing the world that he has neutered the beta males of the Republican congress ... and ... Trump giving the finger to the Democrats and the whole of the American people, those who voted against him and also those who were stupid and selfish enought to vote for him.
I think he's got the angry version of Alzheimer's, and it's only a matter of time before he precipitates some national crisis that Congress can't ignore. I think they won't approve Gaetz, and maybe not RFK ( we can hope). And there's a couple of people on his list who can't pass a security clearance.
ReplyDeleteBread and circuses Bread and circuses Things haven't changed much.
ReplyDeleteKatherine, I see that they want to have the security clearances for his picks be done by a private company instead of the FBI.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the reason they want to have security clearances to be done by a private company is because they want to ask different questions than the ones the FBI will ask. The main question they are interested in is absolute fealty to the Fearless Leader. They are less interested in loyalty to America or trustworthiness.
DeleteSteve, Yes, and I refer you to the Rome song :) .... https://youtu.be/P2nWlXlcO5I?si=1TOmKeepqZzkmMKH
ReplyDeleteAgree.
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