President-Elect Trump's cabinet
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@jon-nyc said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Only two years of undivided government?
That tracks. Even beyond the normal anti-incumbent backlash they have an unfavorable map in 2026. Nate posted about it today.
What astounds me about Trump is his inability to stump and pull others across the finish line. I mean, all he would need to do is send a message… “Arizonans, if you’re voting for me, I also need you to vote for———- for Senate/Congress. No matter your personal opinions about the candidate, I can’t do what you want me to do without having a clear majority in Congress. A vote for me is wasted without ———-“ But he doesn’t do it. I don’t think he wants to admit he needs the others.
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@LuFins-Dad said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
What astounds me about Trump is his inability to stump and pull others across the finish line.
I don't know if this is true, but I saw someone say that this is not the first time that a presidential winner didn't have long enough coattails to pull a senate candidate across.
But, it's the first time that it happened in three states at the same election.
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@jon-nyc said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
IHT but who is she?
Alina Habba - one of his attorneys.
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@Horace said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
splitting the ticket for an intentionally divided government is a high IQ move.
It’s an interesting Senate. Remember that 3 of the Republicans are Romney, Murkowski, and Collins… And whoever DeSantis appoints to replace Rubio. I wouldn’t assume that to be a Trump Loyalist…
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@Jolly said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
She is a pitbull. Press conferences are going to be fun.
My impression of her is she’s kind of an idiot. So yeah…
Now that Kamala’s out, I can feel my loyalties switching to the loyal opposition in many respects…
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@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
Was NOT expecting that.
He'll probably be the first SecDef with ink.
Department of Veteran Affairs? Great pick. SecDef? FFS…
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But still better than the other side…
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@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
Pete Hegseth for SecDef.
Was NOT expecting that.
He'll probably be the first SecDef with ink.
Might have been a WW-II vet that had a US Marines or Iwo Jima tattoo or the like.
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@George-K said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
@jon-nyc said in WSJ speculates on President-Elect Trump's cabinet:
IHT but who is she?
Alina Habba - one of his attorneys.
Isn’t she the one that brought a gamer laptop to his trial or something? If so, she needs a good spanking.
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Okay, just bought a few bucks worth of DOGECOIN for the hell of it