This one:
As far as most Floridians are concerned, he was okay as a manager, which is something the POTUS really needs in his cabinet, not just political apparatchiks.
For instance, imagine him selected as a “hatchet man”, to downgrade and eliminate entire agencies, like Education. He would both be doing the country a favor, and insuring that he would never be elected POTUS.
After Education is done, shift him to the next agency to downgrade and eliminate. Once it was known that he was an agency “angel of death”, as soon as he became head of a new agency, the rats would start deserting the sinking ship.