# Trump's new cabinet **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799 "2024-11-06T16:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/201 "2024-11-14T23:56:40Z")
Elmer Rhodes in charge of the Praetorian Guard. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/202 "2024-11-15T00:16:51Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said “I think all but Gaetz are very doable — maybe not lovable, but doable.” > > That’s probably an indication this may be a red line for enough Senators to sink Gaetz as AG. > We will see Which of course means they’re okay with all the other shitty appointments. Talk about doing the bare minimum. ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/203 "2024-11-15T00:28:30Z")
The Peter Principle in real life. On steroids. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/204 "2024-11-15T00:30:31Z")
From today’s New Yorker: [![](https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/67361b8fe05d89685c51fecf/master/w_1280,c_limit/A60833.jpg) ](https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/67361b8fe05d89685c51fecf/master/w_1280,c_limit/A60833.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/205 "2024-11-15T00:45:26Z")
Unfortunately, only Krusty would actually surprise me, and that’s because he isn’t real. Now, if they put Herschel Walker in that spot, I wouldn’t be able to tell if Onion satire or real. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/206 "2024-11-15T01:08:14Z")
\< Deleted by poster…was a repeat \> ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/207 "2024-11-15T01:30:39Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Now, if they put Herschel Walker in that spot, I wouldn’t be able to tell if Onion satire or real. He already promised to put Walker in charge of missile defense. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/208 "2024-11-15T01:43:00Z")
Jesus wept. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/209 "2024-11-15T01:49:01Z")
If that actually happened I suspect this one absolutely would not be confirmed by the senate. The generals would have a conniption fit (and rightly so) that I doubt even a MAGA senate would ignore. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/210 "2024-11-15T01:50:27Z")
I don’t think that “missile defense” is a position subject to presidential appointment. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/211 "2024-11-15T01:53:43Z")
Good point. Space Force cuz rockets? I assume that is a military position but with Trump it’s hard to guess what he might try to do. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/212 "2024-11-15T02:06:41Z")
Regarding the Ethics Committee report - is there any legal reason that the report can’t be released to the public? Who is on the committee? Is it matter of a vote of the members? If its a more an issue of “normal and customary” or “no longer necessary” or some such nonsense, that should not be an impediment. If necessary, leak the damn thing. The Rs have been playing dirty pool for so long, its about time the get a taste of their own medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/213 "2024-11-15T02:16:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He already promised to put Walker in charge of missile defense. He heard that Walker had experience with long bombs. Seriously, and I’m asking because I really don’t know—is there such a position as, “Person in Charge of Missile Defence”? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/214 "2024-11-15T02:19:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Seriously, and I’m asking because I really don’t know—is there such a position as, “Person in Charge of Missile Defence”? Yes: > **[Lt. Gen. Heath A. Collins](https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/3720756/lt-gen-heath-a-collins/)** > > Lieutenant General Heath Collins is the Director, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and advises the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering on Missile Defense programmatic policy, I do not know if Trump (any president) can put a civilian in that spot. I’d like to say no but I am not certain. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/215 "2024-11-15T02:19:54Z")
Perhaps whichever general has command over NORAD? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/216 "2024-11-15T02:23:32Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I do not know if Trump (any president) can put a civilian in that spot. I guess we’ll find out. Lt. Gen. Collins sounds a helluva lot more qualified for the position than Walker, certainly. And thanks for the answer to my question. Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/217 "2024-11-15T02:24:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps whichever general has command over NORAD Isn’t that usually a Canadian general? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/218 "2024-11-15T02:27:29Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Regarding the Ethics Committee report - is there any legal reason that the report can’t be released to the public? Who is on the committee? Is it matter of a vote of the members? If its a more an issue of “normal and customary” or “no longer necessary” or some such nonsense, that should not be an impediment. If necessary, leak the damn thing. The Rs have been playing dirty pool for so long, its about time the get a taste of their own medicine. The House Ethics Committee could release the report. In past instances where the Committee was investigating a Member who resigned, they’ve shutdown the investigation without reporting any findings. The rationale being that the former Member was now beyond any jurisdiction of the House. But they could release it. The committee s evenly divided between Rs and Ds, so you’d need one Republican to agree. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/219 "2024-11-15T02:30:59Z")
The [current commander](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Guillot) is American. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/220 "2024-11-15T02:41:24Z")
What is the chance of Trump pushing through his “Appointment During Recess” scheme? This would him allow him to appoint anyone he wants to while allowing congresscritters to keep their hands clean and say that they never actually voted any of them in. BTW, I am really hating this new season of “The Apprentice”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799.md?page=12)