Will Donald Trump get a clean sweep in the US Senate for all of his submitted nominees?
Let’s hope not.
Trump has made some surprising choices for his cabinet positions. Pete Hegseth brings a rank-and-file perspective and a return of the warrior culture to the Pentagon, even if his qualifications may look light. Tulsi Gabbard would not have been my pick as Director of National Intelligence, but she brings the necessary skeptical approach to the status quo for this administration — and John Ratcliffe as CIA Director will keep a reliable hand on the rudder as a partner. I still don’t support Robert Kennedy as HHS Secretary; I understand the need to reward the political alliance, but RFK would have been a better fit at the Food and Drug Administration. At least RFK has the same skeptical approach to the establishment elite as Trump desires, and has pledged to subordinate…
