Not Normal Times

One unprincipled man in power is enough

With the choices Trump is making for his key posts, it might seem that he’s hell bent on destroying our system of government. He is. These are brash, wildly unvetted (is that possible? ) nominations — because they are so, however, the Senate GOP may find a backbone and reject them. The choices are so out there, I hope the system will work to prevent unprincipled (and unhinged) people from positions of power. One is enough.

I’ve been reading about some recent nominations: Kash Patel for FBI Director is the scariest one. Trump would have to fire the current director, Christopher Wray, whom he appointed years ago in his first term. Trump had wanted to fire FBI Director at the time James Comey to end the investigations into his ties to Russia. His own people arugued he can’t admit his true intentions, so the cover was that Comey was to be fired for mishandling Hillary Clinton investigation. He hired Wray, a politically independant figure. He’s been in the roll since. Now Trump wants to blatently do it again and hire a henchman. The Atlantic reports:

Yesterday, Trump announced on Truth Social that he intended to fire Wray to replace him with Kash Patel, a person notorious for his cringing deference to Trump’s wishes. How bad a choice is Patel? My colleague Elaina Plott Calabro reported that when…