# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/861 "2025-03-01T03:18:01Z")
Wait, what? Beef fat is healthier than plant-based oil? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/862 "2025-03-01T03:29:58Z")
Probably not. Remember this is what RFK Jr. is saying. You have to consider the source. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/863 "2025-03-01T03:34:19Z")
We really have slipped through a transdimensional wormhole into Bizarro World, haven’t we? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/864 "2025-03-01T04:15:00Z")
Not even for the yumminess that is McDonalds beef tallow fries do I want this dick hole dicktating what I eat. Nothing I’ve read so far says beef tallow is healthier; both type of oils have different pros and cons. What a(nother) dumbass idea. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/865 "2025-03-01T23:35:18Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Wait, what? Beef fat is healthier than plant-based oil? It depends on what you are looking at. > **[Is Beef Tallow a Healthier Alternative to Seed Oils? What to Know Following...](https://www.health.com/rfkjr-beef-tallow-seed-oils-8744688)** > > Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to Instagram to suggest that fast food restaurants in the United States should use beef tallow instead of seed oils for cooking. Here's what nutrition experts think. Essentially, beef tallow is high in saturated fats, which are bad for heart clogging. Seed oils are lower in saturated fats with more poly-unsaturated fats, which are more heart friendly; however, they can create transfats during cooking, which are very bad. RFK Jr doesn’t like seed oils because the shift in obesity in this country coincides with the shift away from animal fats to seed oils in cooking. He’s taking for the “correlation means causation” fallacy. A lot of dietary changes occurred, including larger portion sizes, an increase in highly processed food in our diets, and especially more sugars like high-fructose corn syrup used in processing foods, even things that aren’t necessarily sweet. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/866 "2025-03-01T23:38:23Z")
[**ISWYDT**](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/did-a-tapeworm-really-eat-part-of-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-brain) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/867 "2025-03-02T00:58:25Z")
Ha! Must have been my subconcious at work because I didn’t deliberately pick the word with THAT in mind. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/868 "2025-03-02T01:01:13Z")
I saw that too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/869 "2025-03-04T03:13:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Dumb question; are _any_ of Trump’s Cabinet-level appointees fairly uncontroversial qualified individuals? Marco Rubio, perhaps? I’m no fan of Pam Bondi, but she _did_ serve two full terms as Florida AG. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/870 "2025-03-04T05:28:06Z")
The Secretary of Agriculture thinks we should all just raise chickens in our backyards. It will be awesome! The Fox host agrees that that sounds like a great idea. I hope no one spoils their fun and tells them about bird flu. [Ron Filipkowski: “Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.” — Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3ljj4sijyrk24) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/871 "2025-03-04T13:22:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > The Fox host agrees that that sounds like a great idea The term ‘hen house’ comes to mind… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/872 "2025-03-05T18:57:12Z")
Perhaps a reason for Ernst to have rolled over on the Hegseth nom has come to light? > **[Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military...](https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships)** > > Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potential conflicts of interest. Ernst had “romantic relationships” with military officers lobbying Congress for various military priorities between 2019 and 2023, one with a Navy officer and one with an Air Force general. The fact of these relationships might have been used as leverage to gain her vote on the Hegseth nomination back in January. How’s that swamp draining coming? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/873 "2025-03-12T20:21:19Z")
Again, not a Cabinet post, but it does show that at least Trump’s team will reliably choose the creepiest person for any position. Gotta have that leverage! > **[Witty hired as White House photographer](https://www.semafor.com/article/03/09/2025/witty-hired-as-white-house-photographer)** > > Patrick Witty, a Pulitzer Prize winner, abruptly left his job at National Geographic after facing allegations of misconduct. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/874 "2025-03-13T17:25:11Z")
Good news! Anti-vaccine Dave Weldon is out: **White House withdraws controversial pick to run the CDC** [https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5323926/cdc-weldon-withdrawn-vaccine](https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5323926/cdc-weldon-withdrawn-vaccine) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/875 "2025-03-13T22:15:10Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Good news! Anti-vaccine Dave Weldon is out: I hope it’s not just that they found someone even MORE anti-vaccine. (Jenny McCarthy???) (Actually the toll of measles, increasing every day, may be the reason the Trumpites are pulling back on the anti-science stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/876 "2025-05-07T23:39:44Z")
Earlier in the thread, I was perhaps a bit too critical of Surgeon General nominee Janette Nesheiwat, who Trump dropped today after Laura Loomer came out against her. The new nominee is [Casey Means](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Means). Nesheiwat might have padded her resume, but she is an actual board certified licensed physician. According to my Wikipedia link, Means is an unlicensed residency dropout. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/877 "2025-05-08T00:49:27Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Means is an unlicensed residency dropout. correction after editing deadline: I should have written: “Means is unlicenced and failed to complete her residency.” While Means says she dropped out, we do not know the actual reason she failed to complete her surgical residency. [I found this reddit physician discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1khbma9/the_new_surgeon_general_casey_means/) with reasons why pushed out would be more plausible. In any event, she is radically unqualified to lead the Public Health Service. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/878 "2025-05-08T00:52:05Z")
I’m shocked she is being nominated. Not for her views but because Trump doesn’t believe women should lead one of the uniformed services. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/879 "2025-05-08T00:53:21Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > In any event, she is radically unqualified to lead the Public Health Service. Which of course makes her the perfect pick for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799/880 "2025-05-09T00:54:00Z")
Turns out that [Laura Loomer doesn’t like Casey Means](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5289482-laura-loomer-donald-trump-surgeon-general-nominee-attacks/) any more than the last Surgeon General pick. And [Nicole Shanahan says RFK Jr. promised her](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/nicole-shanahan-rfk-trump-surgeon-general-00335496) that Means would not be in the administration. The [LA Times](https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-l-holistic-doctor-wellness-110000664.html) has more info on why Means didn’t finish her head and neck surgery residency: > [@](#): > > \After four years of training, Means came to him and Dr. Mark Wax, the residency program director, and said she wasn’t sure it was the right job for her. . . . > > “She was under so much stress,” he said. “She did that, came back and decided she wanted to leave the program. She did not like that level of stress." > > Flint said Means was competent, a good resident. “But there was a lot of anxiety around this," he said of the role of the surgeon. "You become much more responsible the more senior you get.” So she was anxious when it came to taking full responsibility for a patient’s care. Considering the quality of the medical advice she gives nowadays, she had, and has, reason to be anxious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-new-cabinet/1009799.md?page=45)