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John Bolton for Secretary of State
Scooter Libby for AG.
Secretary of Low Energy…
And his state went Trump to boot!
I like most of your choices with the exception of Collin Powell. Besides screwing over Scooter Libby, I don’t think he did a good job in the aftermath of the Iraq War. Though, George W. should have knocked some heads together and gotten State and DoD to work together.
The terribly-named Homeland Security: abolish it.
Privatize the TSA.
Scott Adams for Press Secretary.
Robert Zubrin for ambassador to Elbonia.
Mel Gibson as Ambassador to Canada just to tick off all the celebrities who move there.
I like Jeb for Education Secretary; say what you like about him (and I’m sure you will), he’s actually done the charter school thing really well.
Jindal for HHS is fantastic. He’s already the smartest guy in the room & knows the terrain backwards & forwards.
Trevor Rees-Jones for Energy: has actually worked in the business for a long time, and can explain fracking better than anyone I’ve heard (see his UK interview with PR).
Carly Fiorina for Defense: She’s tougher than any of the other choices, knows policy & procurement and cyber (which is only going to grow in importance).
Bolton for State is a no-brainer.
I love Romney for VA, inspired choice. A guy that knows how to turn around completely screwed up enterprises, and a nice political grace note.
Press Secretary: As much entertainment as Milo or Newt would provide, I would lean toward Dana Perino. Knows the turf and can provide grace under pressure.
Kellyanne for Chief of Staff: Duh.
You want to blow minds?: Palin over the EPA. The bureaucracy would freak.
Does it have to be an American citizen? If not….Delingpole!
Or Ted Nugent
This clearly puts me in the minority, but I’d prefer to see Bolton in the White House as something like National Security Advisor. The bureaucracy at the State Dept. is stifling, and, although I’ll get push back on this, is difficult for one person to change.
I would hope that Robert Gates is asked to take a major position, and he would be a great choice for State.
Andrew McCarthy
He’s also big on Common Core, though.
It’s interesting the suggestions that mirror the list leaked by Trump staffers, some choices just seem a natural fit.
We’ll box him about the ears; Trump is President, it will be his agenda.
a combination of Giuliani and Bolton at state and defense would make me feel very good going forward
In addition to who takes what post, I propose decentralizing these offices a bit. This is the 21st century, what with tweeting and face-timing and skyping and all. Let’s spend our money wisely. Real estate in DC will bring a pretty penny back into the treasury, so here are some ideas: let’s move the Agriculture Department to, say, Wichita Kansas. Interior, how about Flagstaff, Arizona. Treasury? New York stands out, but perhaps not in Manhattan. Defense? How about Killeen, Texas, right outside of Fort Hood…and so on. After all, this would also help security, allow DC to get some taxable property, and encourage the K street lobbyists to see how the rest of the nation is doing…
Milo’s been saying this for ages—he wants it!
NR’s Andy McCarthy for Attorney General
I don’t know, he might be useful as Transportation Secretary…
Now meet the men (and women) who will rule America: Inside the VERY conservative cabinet Trump is lining up
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3920814/Now-meet-men-women-rule-America-Inside-conservative-cabinet-Trump-lining-up.html
AG:
Interior:
State? :
State?:
I love the Daily Mail… I check them almost every day…
The Mail is mentioning Jeff Sessions as Secy Def. That would be brilliant. That guy is smart and tough. Did I mention tough and smart?
Eliminate it.
Ambassador Bolton tonight on foreign policy:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5202841118001/?#sp=show-clips
I love his poppy of remembrance.
Bolton for SoS!
Well answered!
I’ll respond to many here:
First off, the Secretary of Energy is best filled by a scientist or an engineer. Most of the DoE goes toward maintaining our nuclear stockpile and/or running large scientific and engineering labs. There is a reason why Obama chose Steven Chu (a Nobel Prize winning atomic physicist) for Sec Energy.
Newt would be a terrible Press Secretary as his ego is too large. A good Press Secretary needs to be able to subsume their ego for their boss.
The first suggestion for Peter Thiel for Commerce is silly. The Commerce department has very little policy portfolio is not about innovation or economic policy, but about protecting large industries and maintaining a few important public services (NOAA, National Weather Service, NIST). Unless he is there to figure out what needs to kept and what can be scrapped it would be a waste of his time and energy.
For Sec. Def you don’t want former military. There is a reason why there needs to be civilian leadership in the Pentagon.
Ted Cruz for SCOTUS is a terrible idea. First Trump committed to a specific list that did not include Cruz (it did Sen. Lee) I don’t think we should encourage Trump to break any promises.