The makeup of Donald trump’s cabinet is not only fodder for
speculation, but also a cause for real hope. Rudy Giuliani (“America’s Mayor”)
and Chris Christie are likely candidates to be Attorney General and head of
Homeland Security, with both potentially being considered for either of the two
positions. That’s not a bad start. (Please see my November 6th post,
“An Election Unlike Any Other,” where I speculated on a Trump cabinet vs. a
Hillary cabinet).
Ben
Carson, a relatively early Trump supporter, may well be considered for Health
and Human Services head, or Surgeon General. Newt Gingrich has been rumored to
be in the running to become Secretary of State. He would be the most learned
and capable State Department leader in many, many moons. John Bolton, one of
the smartest and most honest people currently on the planet, is also considered
by some to be in the running for Secretary of State. He somehow served as U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations from 2005-2006, without prostrating himself or
his country before that bizarrely impotent, incompetent, yet ultimately
dangerous body. Going from Hillary Clinton to either Newt Gingrich or John
Bolton as State Department head would be like going from having a fourth-string
quarterback helm your offense to having Tom Brady under center. Come to think
of it, it may actually be like going from having Hillary Clinton as your quarterback to having Tom Brady as your
quarterback.
It
appears that Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl and
Lt. General Michael Flynn, competent and capable all, are among those being
considered for Secretary of Defense.
Moreover,
some conservatives are pushing for Ted Cruz to be an early Trump Supreme Court
nominee. If he is nominated, approved and appointed- and that will be an uphill
battle, even assuming he is interested- Antonin Scalia’s death will, at least
in one sense, be avenged, and the United States truly will be given a chance at
a few more years of exceptionalism.
Other
notables being considered for cabinet positions or important positions in a
Trump administration include Reince Priebus, who helped steer Trump to victory
as head of the Republican National Committee even as others snubbed him (Chief
of Staff), Sarah Palin (Interior Secretary), former Minnesota governor Tim
Pawlenty (Treasury Secretary), and Mike Huckabee (Health and Human Services).
Ironically,
if many of those listed here get the jobs, the upcoming Trump cabinet has the
chance to be the deepest and most competent since the first Ronald Reagan administration.
The country would have an outside
chance to truly become great again.
If the
election isn’t stolen from him, and if he is not assassinated by the
progressive, pacifist, tolerant leftists/statists currently shouting at us
that, “Love Trumps Hate!”
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