You want to talk about cabinets? Sure! It’s a really fascinating topic, in my opinion anyway, and not enough people nowadays really appreciate that kind of craftsmanship. So, cabinets as we think of them today were first made in Renaissance Italy, and by the early 16th century…
Oh, you mean THAT Cabinet. The US Cabinet, consisting of officials appointed by President Trump to oversee various departments of the executive branch and act as his advisory board.
Yuck.
Well, since you asked, I guess we can survey some of Trump’s Cabinet, and see how well they stack up next to a fine piece of cabinetry, let’s say, in the American colonial style?
Mike Pompeo – Secretary of State
Pompeo has never met a matter of state that he couldn’t inject his religion into. The last few months have seen him 1. go on the Christian Broadcasting Network and suggest that Trump was chosen by God to save Israel from Iran, 2. implement more anti-abortion conditions in US support for foreign NGOs, and 3. held a secretive conference call with “faith-based media” from which journalists were excluded.
The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy
William Barr – Attorney General
You have not, in all likelihood, read the Mueller report. Neither have your representatives in Congress, and if Barr has his way, they never will. I mean, there’s nothing IN the report anyway (1), so it’s not that big a deal. Trump is totally innocent of obstruction of justice, and extra super-innocent of any other crimes you may have witnessed him commit on live television, and the Mueller report proves it. Which is why you can’t see it. Ever.
(1) Source cited – William Barr.
Potentially damaging information in Mueller report ushers in new political fight
Kirstjen Nielsen – Secretary of Homeland Security
Wilbur Ross – Secretary of Commerce
Ross’ big thing is stealing huge amounts of money, but this corporeal manifestation of an ethics violation has made room in his schedule for some other bullshit too. Multiple courts have declared his addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census to be illegal. Their rulings were partly based on the absence of any stated reason for it. Don’t worry, Wilbur, we know why. Based on his past reactions to being told something is illegal, he’ll probably try and do it anyway.
Trump Administration’s Census Citizenship Question Plans Halted By 3rd Judge
Elaine Chao – Secretary of Transportation
You may already know that Chao is the spouse of Mitch McConnell, 3-time semi-finalist in the Most Evil Person On Earth pageant. But did you know, she’s also entirely terrible herself! For example, since there’s been nobody running the FAA for over a year (!), decisions about, say, grounding dangerous planes fall to her. Consistent with her ultra-pro-industry philosophy, she was weirdly slow to do so in the wake of the recent Boeing 737 Max 8 disaster.
Elaine Chao’s hands-off approach to transportation is endangering lives
Betsy DeVos – Secretary of Education
Public outrage ensured that this cut didn’t happen, but: Amway billionaire Betsy DeVos publicly and repeatedly defended her proposal to cut funding to the Special Olympics. What an absolute fucking monster.
Betsy DeVos defends her proposed cuts to Special Olympics — again
I think it’s safe to conclude that a well-built piece of furniture would outperform every one of Trump’s cabinet members, both as a public official and as an actual cabinet.
Let’s keep this thread free of threats against Mayor McSquirrel, or anybody else. Time for some commenting!