Most Americans capable of critical thinking realize that no president can be fully knowledgeable and competent in every domestic and foreign arena. We ought to be at least as interested in Cabinet picks as we are the president. Thus far, we all ought to be very concerned. Donald Trump has again shown us that he primarily values television personalities and those who avow loyalty, fealty and subservience to him.
I am a 72-year-old male with strong conservative bona fides; born and raised in Idaho, graduate of a Christian college and a career spent in the pharmaceutical industry. I have spent my life confident in our American democracy. That has all changed in recent years as we have seen virtually every norm shattered by arguably the most ignorant, amoral, corruptible, narcissistic and authoritarian-leaning person to ever occupy the Oval Office.
Several of Trump’s Cabinet picks are among the least qualified and possibly dangerous our republic has ever faced. Here’s hoping our Senate will not approve Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Having said this, I doubt that the Republican-controlled Senate can now find anything resembling integrity, character, judgment and backbone. Good luck, America!
