Posted on 01/01/2025 5:46:16 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is one of the most ideologically diverse in U.S. history, a mix of conflicting worldviews and varied backgrounds that will bring a range of perspectives to his MAGA agenda.
If Mr. Trump’s nominees are confirmed, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose family is American Democratic royalty, will work alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, who was born into poverty with a drug-addicted mother. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was heavily criticized for her record on LGBTQ issues as South Dakota governor, will attend Cabinet meetings with openly gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Mr. Kennedy’s pro-choice stance clashes with the beliefs of Mr. Trump’s evangelical supporters. Labor Secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer is so pro-union that her views align more closely with those of President Biden than her future boss.
“This Cabinet reflects the new coalition that sent him to the White House,” said historian Craig Shirley. “They are from all different walks of life. Kennedy is from a society of culture and privilege, while J.D. Vance is not, and even [Defense Secretary nominee] Pete Hegseth represents a different portion of American society.”
Mr. Trump’s assembly of ideological rivals resembles a European-style coalition government in which those with different viewpoints partner to run the country.
The administration will have plenty of establishment conservatives, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz.
It will also include a new breed of Republicans who strongly support Mr. Trump’s MAGA movement, such as Mr. Hegseth, border czar Tom Homan, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and disaffected Democrats such as Mr. Kennedy and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Mr. Bessent raised money for Democrat Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000 and served as chief investment officer for the firm run by liberal billionaire and campaign donor George Soros.
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I hope the Republican senate will confirm all of Trump’s nominees.
Crickets since 09-07-23
10-07...my bad
“The selection of Mr. Kennedy, a Democrat who launched an independent bid for the White House, marks the first time a president has chosen a Cabinet member from the opposite party since Bill Clinton nominated Republican William S. Cohen as defense secretary”
This is not just wrong, it’s wrong by a few other picks, namely, Norman Mineta, who was Sec Transportation under Bush, and Chuck Hagel and Bob McDonald who were SecDef and VA Secretaries under Obama.
Ray LaHood (R-IL). Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration.
Don’t forget the evil Ray LaHood, for Transportation. Technically a Republican, as anti-automobile as any Democrat.
It goes to show Trump supports affirmative action rather than the most qualified with the most experience.
they better...or else we’ re screw
“...Mr. Bessent raised money for Democrat Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000 and served as chief investment officer for the firm run by liberal billionaire and campaign donor George Soros.”
THIS ONE I do not trust at all.
LOL!
Happy New Year, cucks.
We all do.
Sigh - look in the mirror and repeat, ‘”I’m a cuckold idiot” 10,000 times...
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