President-Elect Trump's cabinet

[LuFins Dad]

You know what’s really crazy?

RFK Jr at HHS, Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, and it’s still better than the alternative last week…

[jon-nyc]

Ok @LuFins-Dad , maybe you don’t like dudes in skirts, I’m not in love with the fashion statement myself. But what was the HHS doing last week that made you think that RFK running it would improve things on net?

[Doctor Phibes]

It’s nice to see how much Trump learned from last time. This is so professional compared to 2016.

[George K]

[Horace]

I'm not clear whether these en masse "recess appointments" were ever more than a figment of TDS imagination. I'm also not clear how the senate votes on whether to pass a recess, during a recess.

[Jolly]

Meanwhile, work goes on.

Word is, Mike Rogers is headed to see Trump and is under consideration to head the FBI. His competition is Kash Patel.

[Jolly]

Treasury looks like it's down to Bessent or Lutnick.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Meanwhile, work goes on.

Word is, Mike Rogers is headed to see Trump and is under consideration to head the FBI. His competition is Kash Patel.

Alabama Mike Rogers or Michigan Mike Rogers?

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@Jolly said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Meanwhile, work goes on.

Word is, Mike Rogers is headed to see Trump and is under consideration to head the FBI. His competition is Kash Patel.

Alabama Mike Rogers or Michigan Mike Rogers?

Michigan.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

I'm not clear whether these en masse "recess appointments" were ever more than a figment of TDS imagination.

Unless by TDS means ‘Trump’s Dick is Small’ I’d say you’re wrong. He was the one pushing for it.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@Horace said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

I'm not clear whether these en masse "recess appointments" were ever more than a figment of TDS imagination.

Unless by TDS means ‘Trump’s Dick is Small’ I’d say you’re wrong. He was the one pushing for it.

I had to do my own research on this, and my own thinking. This is what I believe. First, recess appointments don't need congressional approval, so the leader of the senate plays no role in them. The senate apparently has to vote for a recess, though. If Trump advertises his desire to do recess appointments, the Senate won't go into recess until his cabinet is confirmed and filled. That's why he advertised his desire to do the recess appointments. If he had really wanted to subvert expectations and jam through a bunch of recess appointments, he would have kept it secret and waited for an unaware congress to call its next recess.

[jon-nyc]

You believe Trump tweeted that the next senate leader should support recess appointments as a way to warn the Senate that he might do them so they’d know not to go into recess?

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

You believe Trump tweeted that the next senate leader should support recess appointments as a way to warn the Senate that he might do them so they’d know not to go into recess?

Yes. I am surprised this theory hasn't surfaced in your twitter feed yet. It's coherent, and it explains everything that's happened so far, including the Gaetz nomination. He is the poison pill of going into recess before confirming a cabinet.

[George K]

[George K]

Trey Gowdy just said that at least one of the nominees has zero chance of getting through. He said it's not even 50/50. It's less than half of the GOP Senators will vote to approve him.

"And I talk to senators all the time."

[George K]

[Horace]

@George-K said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Trey Gowdy just said that at least one of the nominees has zero chance of getting through. He said it's not even 50/50. It's less than half of the GOP Senators will vote to approve him.

"And I talk to senators all the time."

Which means, the only way he gets in is a recess appointment, and the only way there's a recess is if they vote for one (presumably requiring a majority), which means, congress remains in session until it confirms a cabinet the old fashioned way, through vote confirmations, and that gets done faster than it would have if Trump hadn't threatened recess appointments of unpalatable jerks.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

You believe Trump tweeted that the next senate leader should support recess appointments as a way to warn the Senate that he might do them so they’d know not to go into recess?

Yes. I am surprised this theory hasn't surfaced in your twitter feed yet. It's coherent, and it explains everything that's happened so far, including the Gaetz nomination. He is the poison pill of going into recess before confirming a cabinet.

Tipping off his opponents so they can block him doesn’t seem like normal Trump behavior.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@Horace said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

You believe Trump tweeted that the next senate leader should support recess appointments as a way to warn the Senate that he might do them so they’d know not to go into recess?

Yes. I am surprised this theory hasn't surfaced in your twitter feed yet. It's coherent, and it explains everything that's happened so far, including the Gaetz nomination. He is the poison pill of going into recess before confirming a cabinet.

Tipping off his opponents so they can block him doesn’t seem like normal Trump behavior.

Getting "blocked" from recess appointments is the point, since getting blocked means not going to recess, which means confirmation hearings, in quick order. If I'm right, AG will be the last cabinet member to be confirmed, keeping a Gaetz recess appointment on the table until the confirmation process is complete. I could be wrong, but this makes sense to me. We'll see how it goes. Just look for whether AG happens to be the last hearing scheduled by the senate leader.

[Axtremus]

One possibility is to have a confirmation vote for that unpalatable candidate quickly and vote that candidate down. That should remove the threat of recess appointment, at least one with that unpalatable candidate.