HUD?
Carson is clearly a genius, but is that really a great fit for his knowledge base? Isn’t that a little like using Barry Bonds as a point guard? Or Eli Manning as your shortstop?
If the idea is simply to find a spot for Carson, why not Veterans’ Affairs? (Let him reform the Veterans’ hospitals.)
You know who would be absolutely at HUD, if he didn’t have a more important role? Donald Trump. ;-)
“If the idea is simply to find a spot for Carson, why not Veterans’ Affairs? (Let him reform the Veterans’ hospitals.)”
Exactly! As I posted on here about a week ago, I think the immediate house-cleaning and reform of the VA is almost a first priority.
President Trump absolutely needs to convene a meeting of all VA regional managers as well as VA Hospital administrators and have what I’ll call a “Come To Jesus” meeting where he threatens to rain hellfire (ex: immediate job loss) on everyone unless immediate reforms are made and patient care improves.
The goodwill and political mileage he could get from this (not to mention that it’s the right thing to do) would be immeasurable.
the guy is a doctor not an administrator. appointing him to head a cabinet department is not playing to his talents and is setting him up for failure.