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edhopper

(36,056 posts)
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:46 PM May 11

Has Trump picked anyone who is qualified for their job?

I was looking over his cabinet picks and other senior gov officials. Hard to find anyone with the qualifications needed for their job.
At most it might be 5% or 10% of his picks, with the clear majority terribly unqualified.
Not even address that they are corrupt or compromised traitors, or both.

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H2O Man

(76,845 posts)
1. No.
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:52 PM
May 11

In his first term, even if I did not like them, he had a few guard rails. None this time.

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bdamomma

(68,330 posts)
3. No
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:56 PM
May 11

He picks Loyalists, who just give EO to sign and cause chaos and havoc.

We need to get into GOOD TROUBLE, do not let them bend our will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TnDem

(874 posts)
5. re: qualifications
Sun May 11, 2025, 05:08 PM
May 11

As I have posted before, there is no list of qualifications for any cabinet secretary because they are strictly political choices.

Just like anything above O-6 in the commissioned officer military or E-7 in enlisted military..

Good examples include William Cohen who was Secretary of Defense for Clinton never served in the military...Leon Panetta served as Obama's Secretary of Defense and was only in the military for two years in the 60's and got out with a rank lower than Hegseth's...Dick Cheney was never in the military AT ALL and he was SECDEF for Bush Sr....Hell, the former Five Star General Eisenhower had two Defense Secretaries and neither even served in the military.

Qualifications mean shit...Politics is how and why people get jobs and assignments.

Probatim

(3,133 posts)
6. If the job is to show that government doesn't work, he's doing just fine...
Sun May 11, 2025, 05:10 PM
May 11

If the job is to enrich Trump (and possibly themselves), he's doing just fine...

EdmondDantes_

(498 posts)
10. He accidentally picked Pence who didn't try to do what Trump wanted
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:03 PM
May 11

Not that Pence could have, but he at least refused. And many of his first term people left because he's an idiot.

Liberal In Texas

(15,259 posts)
11. Seems if they're on TV and suck up to him: Qualified.
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:52 PM
May 11

Being on TV and also looking like a fashion model gives them extra points.

So, no. They're amazingly totally out of their depths in those jobs.

WestMichRad

(2,307 posts)
13. Why would he do that?
Sun May 11, 2025, 10:19 PM
May 11

He’s deliberately trying to entirely trash our federal government. Competency would be counterproductive.

Eugene

(65,226 posts)
14. dRump hires people who look good - in his eyes - on cable TV, especially Faux Noise.
Sun May 11, 2025, 10:54 PM
May 11

A recent report says Dump had no idea what Rex Tillerson believed before appointing him Secretary of State. Dump is all about optics, and a Dump hire must, first and foremost, "look the part." Saying good things about him on the talk shows also goes a long way.



Arazi

(7,854 posts)
15. Their job is to destroy their departments. So no qualifications necessary
Sun May 11, 2025, 11:09 PM
May 11

Just blind fanaticism to Trump and the mission

mopinko

(72,609 posts)
18. i think a lot of these ppl r paying for the privilege.
Mon May 12, 2025, 08:04 AM
May 12

i mean, sure, some r just the kind of suck ups he loves. esp those that serve closely, and r likely to appear on teevee.
but pay-to-play is the only way i can find to explain some of these cuckoos.

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