Copy_Ninja

Jan 21 2017, 02:07 AM

I like Mattis for Sec of Defence, well respected in the military and seems to actually give a s***. Obviously qualified for the position. My only gripe is that Sec of Defence is a civilian position and I do think it's important for civilian oversight of the military, while Mattis is retired he still has that link. I actually think they had to waive a rule or create an exception for him to be appointed because his service ended so recently right?

Honestly don't know enough about Kelly to comment.

Tillerson is a bad choice for Sec of State. He has no diplomatic or political experience whatsoever and he's supposed to be the USA's top diplomat? Business experience is all well and good but it's a completely different ball game to being a diplomat. Add in to that concerns about his conflicts of interest with Exxon and you've got a potential disaster. I think Rubio really exposed him during his confirmation hearing. Even if you don't go with an experienced diplomat, go with an experienced politician at least who knows political discussion. I'm still mad he didn't pick Romney. My other problem with Tillerson is that he won't provide any pushback to Trump and will just roll over, which is not what a good Sec of State should be doing.

DeVos is a disgraceful appointment, she has no idea what she's talking about. The fact that a nominee for Sec of Education had no idea what the growth v proficiency debate was is staggering. Even I knew what it was and I have no experience with education.

Mnuchin is an a***** and his appointment makes a mockery of Trump's "drain the swamp" claims. After all the talk of Hilary being in Goldman Sach's pocket then look who he appoints as Secretary of Treasury. His lack of disclosure on his offshore accounts is also concerning and his attitude to foreclosure's is something I'd be pretty worried about.

You've basically summed up Rick Perry well enough. Kind of depressing to see how high that moron has risen.

Same concerns with Pompeo.

I loathe Jeff Sessions for basically all his political views but at least he's competent. He's too good a lawyer to really get much of what he'll do based on his confirmation hearing so we'll have to see. Attorney-General is not a position that can effect legislative policy at least so I'm just happy he's kept away from that.

Biggest concern with Price is, again, his conflicts of interest. I'm starting to get concerned with how blatant some of these are. For comparison, in Australia conflicts of a similar nature generally end up in a cabinet ministers resignation because it's just not accepted. These ethical rules exist for a reason and I feel like they're being pushed aside too often.

Ben Carson is Rick Perry level terrible choice.

Pruitt is a climate change denier and should be kept as far away from the EPA as humanly possible. Then again, so is Trump so I suppose from his point of view he's the perfect person to demolish it and hinder efforts to save the planet.