Trump’s People

Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth is still in the running, although no nominations are official until Trump takes office in January. I am suprised. I thought for sure Trump would have pulled him out of consideration or at least pressured him to withdraw. He has described the negative press, acusations of drunken behavior and rape, and a “smear campaign.” And the House blocked the release of the investigation against Matt Gaetz, making it unlikely that the public will every get to see it.

Trump’s cabinet is made up of obscenely wealthy people — mostly white men. One would assume that they will govern to help their wealthy friends.

We learned today that Musk funded a Super PAC for Trump’s election with $20.5 million. Called “RBG PAC,” it was created just before the election and claimed Trump had the same position on abortion as the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Lies.

President Biden is considering doing a lot more pardoning ( he pardoned his son Hunter last week), the specific reason being to protect Democrats from Trump’s enemies list. Any possibilities for preemptive pardons have not been made public, but some names might include Dr. Fauci, Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney…