# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 226
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/226 "2016-12-02T16:22:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m curious about your personal opinion. The law states that there has to be a seven year gap between retirement and appointment. If he had retired a few years earlier this wouldn’t be an issue. Would you object to any former general for the post? At the time of the inauguration he will be retired from the military for 3 years 11 months. In your opinion would the additional three years make that much of a difference? Do you have any other objection to him beyond the 7 year issue? I think there is a good point to having a civilian being in ultimate charge of our military, and I have my doubts that anything less than 7 years(although 10 would be preferable for some, in my opinion) is enough to give a military lifer a civilian outlook. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367)._