It's really wild how quickly Trump is rushing to get his nominees named. As I detailed in the post below, most presidents-elect *start* rolling out their Cabinet picks around Thanksgiving and take months to finish, but Trump might be *finished* by then. kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/cabinet-ma... - ThreadSky

kevinmkruse.bsky.social • 98 days ago

It's really wild how quickly Trump is rushing to get his nominees named.

As I detailed in the post below, most presidents-elect *start* rolling out their Cabinet picks around Thanksgiving and take months to finish, but Trump might be *finished* by then.

https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/cabinet-makers?r=1srwzp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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derekhartman4.bsky.social•98 days ago

I have been thinking the exact same thing for the last couple weeks. Just throwing people at the wall.

cyndilou.bsky.social•98 days ago

Trump is all about dominating the news cycle and chaos.

mawgac.bsky.social•98 days ago

I wonder if he's betting on how many family arguments he initiates at Thanksgiving.

skyblueheel.bsky.social•97 days ago

Great! That will give Biden plenty of time to order background checks on all of them. Got to use that immunity while you got it!

suzinott.bsky.social•98 days ago

Randoms he's seen on TV who praise him.

olafowaffle.bsky.social•98 days ago

Well given how many of them will be DOA due to alleged or suspected improprieties he has to start naming name so whittled down the ones that will get approved.

gonedigginaz.bsky.social•98 days ago

When will he announce Aaron Rodgers as the White House Sports Liason? His career, oops season, will be over just in time to start day one.

kineoborn.bsky.social•98 days ago

I bet he always finishes quickly.

mehappi.bsky.social•98 days ago

Makes you wonder. He wants to hit the ground running before he’s found out his presidency is null and void.

innominate33.bsky.social•98 days ago

He gets bonus rubles to finish before Armageddon.

traveller23.bsky.social•97 days ago

You’re missing the obvious. He just wants to get back on the golf course.

snowlabrador.bsky.social•98 days ago

Fuck protest voters.

melhig1.bsky.social•98 days ago

I'm guessing naming only ass kissers narrows the field enough to make it quick and easy for him.

holly3bloom.bsky.social•97 days ago

It doesn't take long when you're not very discerning.

naverick.bsky.social•98 days ago

He’s had project 2025 and others preparing for this for years.

johnnyapplememes.bsky.social•98 days ago

Gotta get the coup conspirators together to plan a quick strike on day one to consolidate power and become a dictatorship. Or, his dim child-like mind is just nominating whomever happens to be around kissing his ass.

amandastiltz.bsky.social•97 days ago

Well he has to allow time for all the skeletons to come to light, for his casting selections to back out, and a new face to be chosen.

jcm444.bsky.social•98 days ago

They are planning the biggest heist in American history...pulling their criminal enterprise together in advance...

jwilsontcsc.bsky.social•98 days ago

Flooding the zone.

noktrnl.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s all preplanned. They literally wrote a book about it..

dune54.bsky.social•98 days ago

After his big donors & supporters get in the background check will probably be are you wearing a maga hat.

kevin80.bsky.social•98 days ago

Thats what stormy said... sorry, couldn't pass up the opportunity

monax.bsky.social•98 days ago

At this rate, he's gonna get to his first impeachment of the term by Easter

rshafer.bsky.social•98 days ago

When presented with lists of recommended appointees and rejected ones, Trump was told, “There are bad people on both sides.”

karlo.bsky.social•98 days ago

He has a lot tee times starting around Thanksgiving, you don't think he wants to be around his family during the holidays do you?

kevinmkruse.bsky.social•98 days ago

Fair

reeseer83.bsky.social•98 days ago

It's easy when you're just picking your favorite sycophants and TV personalities without a moment of care about qualifications or Senate confirmation.

labtribe.bsky.social•98 days ago

Dude is rolling his project 2025 playbook. He doesn't realize what's happening. He knows h has power and doesn't have to work. He thinks that is what winning is about. It's the "others" that we have to deal with.

frankmale.bsky.social•97 days ago

Trump needs to quickly get nominees named
because he has more grifting to do before 1/20.

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•98 days ago

Doing it fast is going to pay off considering by the time he announces his final nominees, most of his initial picks will have had to pull out for being rapists and he will be able to spend the following month to name their replacements.

derrelldurrett.bsky.social•97 days ago

It's easy when the only qualifications are "people I know from TV."

kombejobu.bsky.social•98 days ago

One I think he just likes to stay in the news constantly and two, I think this is one of the only things he actually likes, which is hearing people kisses ass all day long about joining his administration. He is the king on the throne getting his ring kissed

suannelqr.bsky.social•97 days ago

To be fair, half of them will be withdrawn during December.

michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social•98 days ago

I was thinking it all seemed really early. But it fits with his twisted logic that Biden was illegitimate and may (maybe?) persuade Trump that he already is in power and any last minute Democratic initiatives are to be fought. Like the claim that no new judges should be confirmed.

gar57.bsky.social•97 days ago

Well, when you’re handed a blueprint (despite his denials), all you need is the willing sycophants to carry out the plan.

kreplachbro.bsky.social•97 days ago

Things go faster when you don’t have the FBI vet.

alandblake.bsky.social•98 days ago

That's going to leave plenty of time for them to start infighting during the period after Trump finishes picking and before they actually get into position.

It'll be a tank full of sharks with nothing better to do than eat each other, since they have no access to the government agencies yet.

tomschenck.bsky.social•98 days ago

Which is already backfiring. All this does is give the media and the senate more time for investigations and background checks. Not a smart strategy.

beckya.bsky.social•97 days ago

“Smart strategy” and “Trump” don’t belong in the same sentence

jaksays.bsky.social•98 days ago

He has golf to get to

tomp70.bsky.social•98 days ago

Because they aren’t vetting anyone.

mjharlen.bsky.social•98 days ago

A cabinet based purely on vibes

kytravelers.com•98 days ago

He didn’t have to think about it. He’s had a think tank tell him the best way to…do whatever it is he’s planning on doing. And not thinking is what he’s good at

ryanolohan.bsky.social•98 days ago

I wouldn't say there's a tremendous amount of thought here. It's easy to nominate when you've been handed a list and instructed 🙃

csilberman.bsky.social•98 days ago

He knows what he wants them to do as of 12:01 on Jan 20, whether they're confirmed or not. In the meantime, he's also ensuring that President Biden won't receive any media coverage as his Administration draws to a close -- it's All Trump All The Time, just like the corporate media loves it to be.

daggatt.bsky.social•98 days ago

Saving time by not vetting them.

baltmom.bsky.social•98 days ago

He's not filling jobs. He's casting roles.

ec-listening.bsky.social•97 days ago

The scum is waiting eagerly

pat120.bsky.social•98 days ago

Classic case of premature ejac-selection. Trump can't help it.

larryskorke.bsky.social•98 days ago

my intuition is that "picking out people to work for him" is maybe the only part of the job Trump's interested in, so they that gets all the effort, while they just don't do any of the other normal transition work

weaverson.bsky.social•98 days ago

Yes so true. Plus the press reports on it and that’s his favorite thing. Bonus he got to pick horrible people just as a sick burn on all of us libs. No matter all the pain that will result. That’s the whole point!

thepinklady.bsky.social•98 days ago

They are just pulling names out of a hat...no background check or anything.
You get a job, you get a job...

tz-zy.bsky.social•98 days ago

When you have no one qualified and no one qualified to question qualifications......

ptpower.bsky.social•98 days ago

To be fair, he's only ostensibly making the choices.

iblamescotus.bsky.social•98 days ago

Most President -elects put some effort into finding QUALIFIED nominees. Trump only considers loyalty to himself, personally.

juststeeveh.bsky.social•97 days ago

He is planning to take over early. :)

amandalovecreate.bsky.social•98 days ago

He has a lot of “favors” expected of him 🙄

danst3.bsky.social•97 days ago

It's almost like he had people working on this for 4 years in order to be ready when he takes office again - almost like a project to ready for 2025...

ctaylor711.bsky.social•97 days ago

He’s got so few losers to choose from.

rlpweldon.bsky.social•97 days ago

I hope Trump is *finished* by then.

jungos.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s a lot easier to pick when you’re not taking your responsibility to the country seriously and you are picking based on measures like loyalty or looks rather than qualifications.

pamelaporter.bsky.social•98 days ago

He certainly isn't in a hurry to have their backgrounds checked. My understanding is he has so far refused to sign the transition agreement which would allow the process of FBI and ethics checks to begin.

sdshors.bsky.social•98 days ago

Is it Trump doing the selection? He looks so disconnected and brainless. But maybe his team is scrambling to hold the public eye

rothschilling.bsky.social•98 days ago

What do you suppose is his main goal with this? Normalize batshit crazy for months so the mildly crazy motherfuckers seem legit? Shake the tree and see who the "Trump says jump, how high" loyalists are? Suck up all media energy before he regains his pulpit?

blemley.us•98 days ago

He’s just thumbing through the Fox News employee directory. It’s not like they have to be terribly skilled. Just have to do what Trump tells them.

dogwood83.bsky.social•98 days ago

It’s not wild. Names from the 2025 project, or TV personalities. Whatever pops into his empty head.

mrchompchomp.bsky.social•98 days ago

Vetting is quicker when you’re looking for nominees WITH criminal records.

ksargent.bsky.social•98 days ago

I suspect most Presidents actually think about their nominees somewhat beyond, "Huhuhhuh, do Gaetz. That'd be funny".

kevinmkruse.bsky.social•98 days ago

And yeah, "presidents-elect" is for Bill Safire.

https://theonion.com/william-safire-orders-two-whoppers-junior-1819565735/

ianrosewrites.bsky.social•98 days ago

Like Attorneys General and Doctors Who.

marianb1980.bsky.social•98 days ago

For the record the main character on Doctor Who is The Doctor. The plural of that is The Doctors e.i. the episode The Two Doctors. (Yes, I know you were joking, but I'm a hardcore nerd first)

ianrosewrites.bsky.social•98 days ago

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.

celinpursuit.bsky.social•98 days ago

This is one of those times where The Onion absolutely hit on a true story that simply hadn’t actually been observed.

unmitigatedgaul1.bsky.social•98 days ago

A Bill Safire reference! Bless you!

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•98 days ago

"When discussing past presidents-elect it is worth a look at when those presidents-elects' cabinet officials were named."

cellarette.bsky.social•98 days ago

Miss him.

mikesjerven.bsky.social•98 days ago

Marties McFly

smarks.bsky.social•97 days ago

I saw “courts-martial” in a headline the other day! (Can’t find it now.)

patricedunckley.bsky.social•98 days ago

I miss him.

robwi.bsky.social•98 days ago

Indeed two attorneys-general have been named already.

pplonsker.bsky.social•98 days ago

Gins and tonics.

give-peas-a-chance.bsky.social•98 days ago

I really hope the Simpson’s got Trump right in 2024.

marywwalters.bsky.social•98 days ago

I approve.

countrymarxist.bsky.social•98 days ago

I reference this monthly lol

gerrymanders.bsky.social•98 days ago

He seems like a guy who would finish too early.

teroterotero.bsky.social•98 days ago

He is dead serious about the January shock treatment. He intends to flood the zone with so many profoundly unpopular and illegal moves that nobody can keep up. America has never experienced this.

cestlavielife.bsky.social•98 days ago

This was too easy: make a list of the worst people in America. Skills or competence not required. Just be sure they’re unethical, racist, Nazis. History of sexual assault preferred. Then divvy them up into roles. Not much consideration required.

321steve.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yea, when destroying any country DO IT QUICK to catch the inhabitants by surprise.

madmaninabox.bsky.social•97 days ago

Well, why take time to consider who might be best-suited to each role when you can just pick at random from your sycophants? Far more efficient.

nedpyle.com•98 days ago

Needs time for the first round to all be identified as monstrous sexual predators since he can’t be bothered to vet anyone

orlamccool.bsky.social•97 days ago

Let's not forget that trump may have some early dementia and his picks aren't coming from a "reasonable place". He's choosing his most faithful supporters.

curioustore.bsky.social•98 days ago

Well he’s done this before.

melissamallou.bsky.social•98 days ago

He’s just picking his lawyers and anyone he happens to see while watching MAGA TV.

scotinus.bsky.social•98 days ago

Dictator on day one will need his peeps in place.

phyrricvictory.bsky.social•98 days ago

If you think about the selection process, around a roped off table at MAL, fans goo and clapping like it's the Hunger fucking games, while he looks through is contact lists, it makes sense.

afarmerinohio.bsky.social•98 days ago

The sooner he gets the bribes, the better for him.

kimbradb.bsky.social•98 days ago

There's a reason he's rushing. Nothing like the soon to be heard clanking of jailhouse locks for motivation.

mikegarry.bsky.social•97 days ago

To take people attention away from the vote audits, the collapsing winning margin and the many claims of electoral fraud?

mikegarry.bsky.social•97 days ago

*people's - gahh!

heywilliec.bsky.social•97 days ago

Pretty easy to pull off when you don’t vet any of them.

randyhauser.bsky.social•97 days ago

Its a bad idea because it kills the honeymoon

melbaggers.bsky.social•97 days ago

He had two years he was campaigning and the Heritage Foundation has been planning for decades

muddyyuma.bsky.social•98 days ago

I have a feeling he may not make it much past the inauguration. He looks even unhealthier than normal.

memeticsoul.bsky.social•97 days ago

Vetting process = 💨

singlepayer78.bsky.social•97 days ago

Stormy said he tender to finish fast

keldon14601.bsky.social•97 days ago

Gee you'd think there was a plan for 2025 all ready to go

kirsiaa.bsky.social•96 days ago

He is throwing mud against the wall, and this way he will have time to throw more if some of it falls off.

brianwilcox.bsky.social•98 days ago

Jettisoning the vetting process really streamlines things.

greytfriend.bsky.social•98 days ago

he’s been planning who he wants to pick for 4 or even 6 years. thinks he has a mandate now to push through his biggest sycophants

jerryn13.bsky.social•98 days ago

I knows he's trying to flood the zone & overwhelm the process. But, there are still 6 weeks before the new Congress goes into session which means plenty of time for more dirt to come out. Especially since he's bypassed the FBI and is doing background checks privately (and probably on the cheap).

avirginian1.bsky.social•98 days ago

Because this is the stuff Trump cares about. He will have no policy agenda outside of tax cuts and regulation cuts for the rich & corporations.

ramblinwheels.bsky.social•98 days ago

The quicker he gets them approved the quicker he can fire them and replace them with recess appointments. I’m not worried about the 1st batch, it’s the ones that have Russian accents that concern me.

charleslellis4.bsky.social•98 days ago

kakistocracy comes easy

amkrdea.bsky.social•97 days ago

Because he’s mentally ill, like Ellen Burstyn’s character in A Requiem for a Dream, and has never stopped role playing in his head about wearing his red tie because he’s going to be on Mr president on television.

paulbeard.org•98 days ago

I think the plan is to resign, let President Guyliner pardon him, and then go to a hero's welcome in Moscow. So why not hurry? Tho it does sound like his successor (in my plan) isn't getting much say.

c-o-d.bsky.social•98 days ago

Is it just me or does Matt Gaetz look like Butt-head?

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•98 days ago

Not just you....

kesz1.bsky.social•98 days ago

Sure. Because they're all unqualified.

dougwesthoff.bsky.social•98 days ago

Kevin, it’s actually in the business plan….P2025

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