Is anyone surprised at the Donald Trump’s frenetic jump start? Can you visualize him taking a little down time until his inauguration on Jan. 20? No chance. We know Trump.
He’s fearless. He dodged two assassination attempts. He’s a world class disrupter.
He has a clear mandate for change. He’s thrown caution to the wind at every turn, just for a chance to be right where he is now. He’s nearly 80 years old and he knows this opportunity will never come again.
All good. Step one is assembling his team, and he’s doing so with typical reckless abandon, announcing over 30 nominations for cabinet and other senior level positions in his first 10 days after the election. All good.
There’s much to admire about his selections — and several things to be concerned about. And it is no surprise that some of his choices are making his political opponents’ heads explode. Much of their criticism is stock political Trump-trashing, but some is legit.
Not all good. I’d argue that the principal selection criteria for presidential cabinet appointments (and for just about any truly important job) should be: 1. Lifetime achievement: candidates who successfully meet every challenge they face.
2. Demonstrable capability in the skillsets demanded by the position. 3.
Full buy-in on the hiring organization’s core principles (in this case, MAGA) Against those criteria, two of Trump’s nominations seem particularly questionable (or, as characterized by his critics, “stunning”, “.