# Trump's Cabinet of Curiosities **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367 "2016-11-10T16:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/1 "2016-11-10T16:28:53Z")
[A preliminary list of Trump’s Cabinet picks](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/305354-buzzfeed-obtains-preliminary-list-of-trump-cabinet-picks) has been released…and they are pretty much what some have hoped and others have feared. For Attorney General, the picks include Chris Christie, Jeff Sessions and Rudy Giuliani, Sarah “Quitty” Palin is on the short list to become Secretary of the Interior, and Newt Gingrich and John Bolton are both on the list for Secretary of State. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/2 "2016-11-10T16:33:14Z")
Well, every cabinet needs a good looking woman to keep the boys chipper … ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/3 "2016-11-10T17:16:54Z")
On a side note, but not a minor one(considering the major policy proposals involved), Trump has appointed [religious right activist Ken Blackwell as the leader of his Domestic Policy Team.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-activist-ken-blackwell-leading-domestic-policy-for-trumps-transition-team/) Anti-abortion, anti-anything but straight, anti-anything but Christian: There will be none of that “Separation of Church and State” crap coming from _this_ White House, if he has anything to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/4 "2016-11-10T18:05:26Z")
[Remember Rick Perry?](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2016/11/10/176998/rick-perry-being-eyed-for-possible-role-in-trump-administration/) Laughed out of the primaries in 2012 & just ignored (along with the other ignorables) this year? > [@](#): > > Texas’ longest serving governor and former state agriculture commissioner Rick Perry has announced he has been contacted by Donald Trump’s presidential transition team for a possible role in the administration. > > Perry on Twitter made the announcement saying that he had been contacted by the Trump transition team Wednesday morning. Perry did not reference what role he was contacted for but did say, “Just got the call from Trump team, saddle up and ride.” But Gene Hall with the Texas Farm Bureau says Perry would make a great addition as Trump agriculture secretary. Concerning Ken Blacksell, mentioned above. Trump probably has some “liberal” social opinions; for example, he hasn’t said anything anti-gay. But all those who contributed to his “win” are gathering around–and they want their piece of the action. He won’t be all that hands-on or detail-oriented, so he’ll probably let the nutcases do as they wish… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/5 "2016-11-10T18:17:23Z")
Jesus fucking christ. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/6 "2016-11-10T18:25:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Jesus fucking christ. That’ll be outlawed - ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/7 "2016-11-10T18:32:56Z")
Not having been particularly political at the time, how much worse does this look than Bush’s picks? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/8 "2016-11-10T18:37:05Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Not having been particularly political at the time, how much worse does this look than Bush’s picks? I would accept Shrub and his entire Cabinet over this mess in a heartbeat. What does _that_ tell you? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/9 "2016-11-10T18:38:44Z")
That maybe it’s so bad that there is a backlash? (I’m reaching for silver linings here) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/10 "2016-11-10T18:40:36Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > That maybe it’s so bad that there is a backlash? (I’m reaching for silver linings here) The time for a backlash was eight or nine trumpstakes ago. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/11 "2016-11-10T18:42:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Jesus fucking christ. Jesus “Fuckin’” Christ is on the shortlist for Secretary of Godstuff. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/12 "2016-11-10T18:43:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > On a side note, but not a minor one(considering the major policy proposals involved), Trump has appointed [religious right activist Ken Blackwell as the leader of his Domestic Policy Team.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-activist-ken-blackwell-leading-domestic-policy-for-trumps-transition-team/) Anti-abortion, anti-anything but straight, anti-anything but Christian: There will be none of that “Separation of Church and State” crap coming from _this_ White House, if he has anything to say about it. So much for the idea that Trump will not be a threat to LGBT rights. Blackwell almost single-handedly destroyed gay rights in Ohio. Wait for Trump’s Supreme Court nomination(s). A “basket of deplorables,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/13 "2016-11-10T18:49:31Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Well, every cabinet needs a good looking woman to keep the boys chipper … Is she still attractive enough for Trump to grab her by the pussy? I had Christie pegged for Department of Transportation. Say what you will, the man has a keen interest in studying transportation, especially on our nation’s aging bridges. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/14 "2016-11-10T18:51:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Jesus fucking christ. No, I’m pretty sure he would not want to have anything to do with this. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/15 "2016-11-10T18:54:02Z")
“Elections have consequences” is going to get thrown around a lot in the next few months. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/16 "2016-11-10T19:00:44Z")
So much for any faint hope that Trump was just posturing to get the low-information vote and might actually have an ounce of reason when it comes to governing. The list is unbelievable. It’s like there was a contest to find the worst crackpots in the whole country and Trump corralled all of them. This is the worst of the worst – idiots and lunatics, bigots, regressive reactionaries from the 18th century. To make it even more tragically laughable, each one seems to have been picked to exploit their particular unique lunacy – John Bolton for State, of course, since Bolton despises the UN and has nothing but contempt for other countries; Sarah Palin for Interior, of course, since she hates the environment, believes global warming is a hoax, and want to drill for oil everywhere, especially in national parks and wildlife refuges. Expect drilling to begin in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just about as soon as the idiots are sworn in. Trash what’s left of nature, crank up the emissions and trash the planet, and let the Oil Economy begin. There is no way that the country will be able to recover from any of this. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/17 "2016-11-10T19:02:14Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > “Elections have consequences” is going to get thrown around a lot in the next few months. One of them is to make people like me to get more involved. As noted many times before, electing Trump has already shown that the consequences are for the very ignorant to take control of the ship of state. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/18 "2016-11-10T19:02:27Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > “Elections have consequences” is going to get thrown around a lot in the next few months. What’s your opinion of the possible Cabinet picks? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/19 "2016-11-10T19:02:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I would accept Shrub and his entire Cabinet over this mess in a heartbeat. > What does _that_ tell you? Shrub’s people were old pros. Evil old pros, in some cases. Many of Trump’s are straight from the loony bin. With little political experience. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/20 "2016-11-10T19:05:35Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Shrub’s people were old pros. Evil old pros, in some cases. > > Many of Trump’s are straight from the loony bin. With little political experience. Bush’s picks would try to secretly milk the cow dry over a period of time. Trump’s picks would try to slaughter the cow with a chainsaw on day 1, burn the burgers, then send out for Chinese and put it on our bill. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367.md?page=2)