President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it’s shaping up much differently than his first. He’s prioritizing loyalists for top jobs.
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Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears focused on remaking the federal government in his own image. Some of his choices could face difficult confirmation battles even with Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate. One candidate, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s choice for attorney general, has withdrawn.
Here’s a look at whom he has selected so far.
Cabinet nominees
Treasury Secretary: Scott Bessent
Bessent, 62, is a former George Soros money manager and an advocate for deficit reduction.
He’s the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, after having worked on-and-off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. If confirmed by the […]
A huge number of prospective appointees to important US agencies and positions are heavily inept in the fields Trump is appointing them to and many have major flaws in their actions and personalities. Bessent is concerned with debt—-well, get rid of the tax reductions for the very wealthiest and put them where their percentages are supposed to be! That will certainly helop the deficit. Gabbard is a scary choice because she has relationships with Assad in Syria and spouts propaganda that Putin uses. Scary choice! Hegseth—a drunk, wife beater, former head of two veterans organizations and fired from both. What would he be doing with Defense—-can’t even control himself much less nearly a million employees. Bondi for AG—she pushed the rigged election conspiracy over and over and is biased toward Trump rather than the law. Noem—no experience in Homeland Security and just is a major Trump supporter. RFK, Jr.,—Health care? Are you kidding? He has nutty ideas about vaccines and other parts of health care and zero experience plus a questionable past. Brooke Rollins, Agriculture—zero experience. Duffy–Transportation—-zero experience.. Energy—Wright—supporter of lots of oil and gas and fracking and is against efforts to help with climate change. EPA—Zeldin—zero experience. Housing and Urban Development–Turner—a former NFL player, no real experience. Border Czar–Homan. Remember him—he’s the one responsible for separation of families and was never sorry or ashamed about that. Mean SOB, Vicious and cruel.
So there you have it. If the GOP in the Senate had any backbone, they would not confirm most of these people. So let’s see how much they love America.
Before the republic was saved by 45’s inability to stay on task, follow through and that he mistakenly hired some competent, principled people for key positions. With the 2025 Project and researching the shortcomings of the previous administration plans have been carefully laid to install loyalists with modest to exceptional skills at execution and follow through. The saving grace this time around may be overreach, hubris of the rich and powerful-given enough rope…