I'm not sure I love this pick on qualification or policy grounds, but is in keeping with Trump's Party of Unity campaign closing message. I will be open to it.
He also picked Maro Rubo for Secretary of State.
Tulsi is too much of a peacenik absolutist to me, and Rubo seems like a true believing neocon who's only slightly moderated his views.
But I don't think that's a bad thing. Trump may be trying to put together a Lincolnian "team of rivals," with people of very diverse views, to get a balance of opinion and advice.
It's interesting, at least, if that's what he's doing.
Supposedly -- supposedly -- he's going to pick... Matt Gaetz for AG. Matt Gaetz. Are you kidding me?
That's #based.
He also will supposedly appoint Kash Patel -- who blew up the Russiagate hoax by revealing all of its lie -- to head the FBI, according to Steve Bannon.
Wow, those last two are going to drive the left crazy. If those are real.
Someone I trust believes that Kash Patel himself is putting out these "leaks" that Trump is picking him to head the CIA or FBI. Trying to get some "heat" going for him.
But someone Trump definitely did name:
Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense pick:
I am honored to announce that I have nominated Pete Hegseth to serve in my Cabinet as The Secretary of Defense. Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice - Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down. Pete is a graduate of Princeton University, and has a Graduate Degree from Harvard University. He is an Army Combat Veteran who did tours in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan. For his actions on the battlefield, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars, as well as a Combat Infantryman's Badge. Pete has been a host at FOX News for eight years, where he used that platform to fight for our Military and Veterans. Pete's recent book, "The War on Warriors," spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list, including two weeks at NUMBER ONE. The book reveals the leftwing betrayal of our Warriors, and how we must return our Military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence. Pete has also led two Veterans Advocacy organizations, leading the fight for our Warriors, and our great Veterans. Nobody fights harder for the Troops, and Pete will be a courageous and patriotic champion of our "Peace through Strength" policy.
Hegseth has declared that the military must be reformed, and "woke sh*t has got to go."
The left is attacking this choice claiming he's just a "morning show host." Um, no, he's a combat veteran who reached the high rank of Major and won two bronze stars.
People are questioning if he has the management skills to run the DOD but... doesn't a major have thousands of soldiers under him?
Hegseth's book, The War on Warriors, is all about military wokeism:
Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The military Pete joined twenty years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competency, and color blindness. Today our brass are following the rest of our country off the cliff of cultural chaos and weakness.
Americans with common sense are fighting this on many fronts, but if we can't save the meritocracy of our military, we're definitely going to lose everywhere else.
The War on Warriors uncovers the deep roots of our dysfunction--a society that has forgotten the men who take risks, cut through red tape, and get their hands dirty. The only kind of men prepared to face the dan�gers that the Left pretends don't exist. Unlike issues of education or taxes or crime, this problem doesn't have a zip code solution. We can't move away from it. We can't avoid it. We have only one Pentagon. Either we take it back or surrender it altogether.
The left is melting down about this. Jim Acosta and Joy Reid are just beside themselves!
"In a sign he has been making his cabinet selections while watching TV, Trump picks Fox anchor Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense," Acosta tweeted.
So just like Warren, he isn't being honest/informative about Hegseth's actual background. Some "journalist" -- he can't even be bothered to do five minutes of research on Hegseth's background.
Fox's Janice Dean said somehow Acosta missed Hegseth's "three deployments including Iraq and Afghanistan with Two Bronze Stars in your smug little post." Fox contributor Ben Domenech noted Acosta's "experience" consisted of "his two Bronze stars for combat in the White House press room." Fox contributor Joe Concha laughed at him, speculating he might be out the door in the cuts coming to CNN, "You'll never guess who will be one of the first to be let go when CNN does its massive cuts next month..."