YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Elliot Weinberger’s London Review of Books article “Incoming!” concerning Trump appointees. Today, we continue (is there no end to this madness?).
“The future director of the Federal Communications Commission threatens to penalise television networks that criticise the future president.”
I predict plenty of opportunities for such criticism.
“The future surgeon general, a Fox News regular, and the future administrator of Medicare and Medicaid, a daytime television host, sell dubious health and weight loss supplements online.”
A double whammy.
“The future secretary of education is opposed to the Department of Education. The co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, she donated $21 million to the future president’s campaign. She is currently being sued for enabling the sexual abuse of children recruited to be ‘ring boys’ at wrestling events.”
World Wrestling Entertainment. Image from Wikipedia.
“The future administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency opposes clean air and clean water legislation and does not believe the climate of the world is changing.”
“The future attorney general, a Fox News regular, was part of the future president’s legal team in his first impeachment trial. As attorney general of Florida, she defended the banning of same-sex marriage and sued to overturn the Affordable Care Act’s prohibition against denying insurance to people with pre-existing conditions. She dropped a fraud case against the future president’s online university after receiving a donation from him, and once persuaded the governor of Florida to delay an execution because it conflicted with her fundraising event. She was active in the denial of the 2020 election results and was a registered lobbyist for Qatar.”
“The future ambassador to Israel is a Baptist minister and former Fox News host. He has said ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian.’ ”
“The future senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs is the father-in-law of the future president’s daughter.”
“The future ambassador to France, the father-in-law of another daughter of the future president, also donated $2 million to the campaign. He spent two years in prison for a number of offences, including hiring a prostitute to seduce and videotape his brother-in-law, who was going to testify against him. He will live in the luxurious Hôtel de Pontalba in Paris.”
“The future secretary of homeland security, the governor of South Dakota, is prohibited by the state’s nine tribes from entering Native land. During the Covid epidemic, she was opposed to all forms of protection, including masks and vaccination mandates. She is opposed to abortion under any circumstances, IVF, stem cell research, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, high-speed rail, estate taxes, same-sex marriage and any form of gun control. During the last campaign, she presented the future president with a $1100 bust of Mount Rushmore, with his face carved next to those of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt.”
She also appeared earlier for having “shot her hunting dog, Cricket, in a gravel pit because it couldn’t hunt, then shot her pet goat because it was getting old and ‘nasty.’ ”
Geez, is there anything in common with this bunch? Governmental expertise? Business acumen? A sense of statesmanship? No. Only fealty to Donald J. Trump. ds
© Dennis Simanaitis, SimanaitisSays.com, 2025
