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The worst cabinet in American history (Paul Waldman, writing for Aaron Rupar's Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cabinet-worst-everWhile he may not have quite the walking-car-crash charisma of the woman he’s set to replace, in many ways Markwayne Mullin is a perfectly emblematic pick to run a huge and consequential cabinet department in the second Trump presidency.
Comically unqualified, intensely partisan, and unflaggingly devoted to whatever ridiculous thing bubbled out of Donald Trump’s mouth five minutes ago, as the next Secretary of Homeland Security, Mullin will fit right in with what will undoubtedly be regarded as the worst presidential cabinet in history.
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And seen from today’s vantage point, Trump’s first cabinet seems like a model of wisdom and competence. That was a reflection of how unprepared he was for the job; arriving without a cadre of loyalists, he wound up appointing a number of secretaries who might have been found in almost any Republican administration, including James Mattis at Defense, Elaine Chao at Transportation, and John Kelly at Homeland Security.
In his second term, however, Trump knew exactly what he wanted and who could give it to him. In many cases, that meant not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm to the interests of the country and the purposes for which their department exists. In short, we have never seen quite the collection of clowns, cranks, and crooks that Trump has assembled.
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Comically unqualified, intensely partisan, and unflaggingly devoted to whatever ridiculous thing bubbled out of Donald Trump’s mouth five minutes ago, as the next Secretary of Homeland Security, Mullin will fit right in with what will undoubtedly be regarded as the worst presidential cabinet in history.
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And seen from today’s vantage point, Trump’s first cabinet seems like a model of wisdom and competence. That was a reflection of how unprepared he was for the job; arriving without a cadre of loyalists, he wound up appointing a number of secretaries who might have been found in almost any Republican administration, including James Mattis at Defense, Elaine Chao at Transportation, and John Kelly at Homeland Security.
In his second term, however, Trump knew exactly what he wanted and who could give it to him. In many cases, that meant not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm to the interests of the country and the purposes for which their department exists. In short, we have never seen quite the collection of clowns, cranks, and crooks that Trump has assembled.
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Much more at the link.