Thoughts on the Recent Victory: Cabinet Edition

[Editor’s note:  There’s a lot of other news (especially Church-related) which we’re going to talk about. Right now, we are living through the greatest political comeback in history.  And the precipice of nuclear annihilation.  Please be patient.]

This is good.  Scratch that, this is great.

First off, let’s look who was not invited to serve:  Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley.  Right off the bat, Trump “invited them out” in a particularly catty fashion.  Serves ’em right.  “No Neocons Need Apply.”

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  The picture above is emblematic of that aphorism.  We could pull up dozens –nay scores–of pictures of the people that populated the Biden Administration and it would only amplify the point.

They could also make you throw up your lunch or spit out coffee.  So I won’t do it.  This one is bad enough.

Instead, today, I want to take a look at the appointments which President Trump has made for his incoming Administration and give them a grade.  I’ll also provide a brief context as well.

Let’s start with Robert F Kennedy, Jr, to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).  While I don’t agree with Kennedy’s politics (broadly speaking), I do agree with his critique of the American health care system.  I do so as someone who has been in health care for forty years now.  America has the most expensive health care system in the world.  And also the least effective one.  You want proof?  We are the most obese nation on earth, clocking in with over 50 percent of population (myself included) as being either “overweight” or “obese.”  As for Kennedy’s concerns about the overuse of vaccines and the entire Covidian nonsense, he was completely correct.  Gail has been writing about this for the better part of five years.  In fact, she alerted me to the iffiness of the plandemic almost from the start.  A+.

One more thing:  Kennedy is a wrecking ball in the same spirit as is Trump; a veritable battle-axe to a rotten system.  Let’s hope he succeeds.  America can’t be great again unless it’s healthy again.

Tulsi Gabbard:  Director of National Intelligence.  Be still, my heart!  Yes, she is easy on the eyes.  But she’s also smart, patriotic, a lieutenant colonel who served in the Army and a soldier saw combat  All of the above speaks well of her.  The fact that she is a ferocious anti-neocon is a delectable cherry on top of this splendid sundae.  The fact that she is going to sit at the top of the intelligence pyramid that has all but accused her of being a Russian agent has already caused several of the Deep Staters to evacuate their bowels.  Need I say more?  A+

Matt Gaetz:  Attorney General.  What a doozy!  I realize he’s no choirboy but given the non-stop screaming that’s erupted since he was nominated tells me all I need to know.  Several of the functionaries at the Department of Justice have lawyered up.  Good.  Even if they don’t go to prison, they are going to get a taste of the lawfare they’ve inflicted on Trump (as well as Stephen Bannon, Roger Stone, et al).    A+ [Editor’s note:  Gaetz has removed his name and Pam Bondi has been nominated instead.  Are we watching a rope-a-dope?  I suspect Trump get something for this, say DeSantis nominating him for the Senate?  Also, Gaetz resigned from the 118th Congress (the one that’s in session).  He was elected to the 119th Congress.  The one that begins on January 3, 2025.  Is this a 5D chess move?]

Marco Rubio:  Secretary of State.  Yes, I know he’s a neocon but my instinct tells me he’s not a lunatic in this regard.  As Senator, he got Victoria Nuland to spill the beans about the biolabs that NATO built in the Ukraine.  This was huge; it immediately called into question the entire neocon narrative.  Also, he’s been highly critical of funding the Ukraine war.  On the downside, he’s still an Israel-firster but as SecState, I imagine he’s not going to be a traitorous scumbag like Mike Pompeo.  Say what you will about Rubio but now that he’s resigning from the Senate, he’s got to “fly right”, otherwise his political career is finito.  B-

Pete Hegseth:  Department of Defense.  What can I say?  He’s a warrior.  Unlike a lot of the higher-ups at the Pentagon, he’s actually seen combat.  Yes, he’s got some baggage, but who doesn’t?  My personal pick would have been Douglas Macgregor, a committed anti-neocon but Hegseth has repented of his past associations.  Regardless, whoever’s in charge is going to have a hard time cleaning out the cultural rot that plagues the Armed Services.  B+

John Ratcliffe:  CIA.  I like this guy.  If memory serves he was acting CIA director during the first Trump Administration.  Must know where some bodies are buried.  B+

Tom Homan:  Border Czar.  This guy is ready to kick ass and take names.  Truth be told, his position may be the most important one in the government.  If he doesn’t succeed, we won’t have a country.  I’m of the opinion that he will succeed.  To all the 20 million illegals out there:  start packing your bags!  He’s a non-sentimental, tough-as-nails kind of guy.  Fantastic.  A+.

Michael Waltz:  National Security Advisor.  Gotta be honest, not my cup of tea.  Too hawkish on Iran.  I’m not sure where he is on the Ukraine, What I’ve heard is ambiguous.  Like Hegseth, he’s said to be a recovering neocon.  C-.

Chief of Staff:  Susie Wiles.  First time ever a woman has been appointed to this job.  She has deep Reaganite roots, which is good.  She also worked for Pfizer.  Not so good.  Let’s give her a watch and see “gentleman’s C” for the time being.  (Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino:  B.  Deputy Chief of Staff for policy, Steven Miller.  A+.)

The rest on this list are people who I don’t know much about but seem innocuous enough.  Some, such as Kristi Noem, Lee Zeldin and Sean Duffy, are committed Trump loyalists.  Good enough for me.  To be honest, some of the names which follow I really like but I wish the departments they are going to head were didn’t exist.  Things like Education, EPA, Transportation, Energy, etc.

Maybe they can help Trump put their respective departments on the glide path to oblivion.  One way would be to remove them from D.C. and relocate them to Flyover Country.  Things like Dept of Agriculture to Omaha, Interior to Denver, Transportation to Indiana, Postmaster-General to Philadelphia, things like that.

Anyway, here they are:

• Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought
• U.N. ambassador: Elise Stefanik
• Secretary of veterans affairs: Doug Collins
• Interior secretary: Doug Burgum
• Secretary of energy: Chris Wright
• Secretary of transportation: Sean Duffy
• Secretary of commerce: Howard Lutnick
• Secretary of education: Linda McMahon
• White House counsel: William McGinley
• U.S. Ambassador to NATO: Matthew Whitaker (Possible replacement as AG)
• Secretary of homeland security: Kristi Noem
• EPA administrator: Lee Zeldin
• Solicitor general: Dean John Sauer
• FCC chairman: Brendan Carr
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator: Dr Mehmet Oz (I thought he would be Surgeon General.  How about Dr Ben Carson for that position?)
• U.S. ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee (Ziocuck Central)
• U.S. ambassador to Canada: Pete Hoekstra (why not just go ahead and conquer it?)
• U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York: Jay Clayton
• Department of Government Efficiency: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.  Next to Border Czar, this may be the most important department in the Federal government.  Lucky for us, two of the smartest men on the planet are going to head this one up.
• Deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs: James Blair
• Deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel: Taylor Budowich
• Presidential Personnel Office head: Sergio Gor
• White House communications director: Steven Cheung
• White House press secretary: Karoline Leavitt

Last, but certainly not least, I hope that Dan Bongino is chosen to head the Secret Service.

Anyway, buckle up!  It’s going to be an exhilarating ride!