November 11, 2024
The decisions of Donald J. Trump (President-Elect) of the United States, have never been more of a threat to democracy and our freedoms in this country as they are right now at this moment.
With 49 days to go before Trump takes control as the 47th President of the United States, Trump is picking his members of his Cabinet that will rule with him unhinged.
One appointment that I see that is the most critical is the nomination of now former Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to be Trump’s choice for attorney general, who was the center of a sex trafficking investigation involving a 17-year-old woman that he became involved with that ended in 2023. Gaetz was subjected to a bi-partisan ethics subcommittee investigation, where a report about the investigation was to be published within the next few days. But since he now has relinquished his job, the investigation will now be quashed, and there is a chance that the truth will never come out. But who’s to say the information will not be leaked out.
Donald J. Trump wanted an election denier in this post, someone that can perform as attorney general that can and would kill all the Federal investigations of Trump. The president-elect wants to pick candidates for the Cabinet jobs that can do his bidding. The position is supposed to be a non-partisan one, but with Matt Gaetz at the top law position, it would hardly be run as non-partisan. Proof of what would be to come if Gaetz was elected would be to just look at Trump’s pick from his last time as president, a man named William Barr.
This position requires confirmation from the Senate to become official, but Trump wants the U.S. Senate to now go on a 2-week break at the very beginning of their tenure in the new Congress, so Trumps picks could just step into their positions without being confirmed. Why? Because Trump knows that even with a Republican controlled Senate, only 3 Senators would have to object to the Matt Gaetz appointment and Gaetz would be eliminated from the position. In this appointment, I believe that there are more than just 3 Republicans that would vote against Gaetz in A Senate confirmation hearing. Trump would rather Matt Gaetz just step in without a Senate confirmation hearing. He is trying to take advantage of the rule that states the president has the authority to do so in the case that the Senate is not available to confirm appointments because they are in recess. The rule is normally adheared to in case of an emergency that arrises when the Congress is in recess. Trump is performing in this fashion openly in front of everyone to see, as he is asking them to go on an immediate recess at the beginning of the new Congress, and he just doesn’t care. Trump is openly showing his corruptness. The bottom line about Matt Gaetz, he doesn’t have the experience and he is not qualified, but the qualification that Trump believes he has is that Matt Gaetz can blow up the government. Trump is aware that now since he will again be in the White House and the House and Senate are in Republican control, he will have full rein to bring in havoc with Matt Gaetz in the top law position who will do his bidding. In the end, Matt Gaetz will use his failed attempt to weaponize Trump to go after the Senators that would not vote for his choice. At the same time, Matt Gaetz gets out of Congress to avoid an ethics investigation but the facts regarding it already sitting in a report can be leaked so the American people can see.
The second Donald Trump choice who most say is unqualified is Tusli Gabbard. He has chosen here to be the Director of National Intelligence. I also believe that the Hawaii Representative from Congress who once was a Democrat that switched sides to become a Republican does not have the chops for the job. Trump is continuing his rage from his first term to want to install very unqualified people to gain positions that he wants to control.
Marko Rubio is Trump’s pick to be the Secretary of State. Rubio can do the job, now loyal to Trump