General Discussion

I've heard a lot of pundits say that he chose his cabinet members like he was casting a TV show, picking people for how they look and sound on camera and ignoring factors like experience and judgment. I think that theory checks out.

I also think he has an unconscious aversion to smart, accompiished people, because they trigger his insecurities and make him feel inferior. Competent people also tend to have opinions of their own about things, which he finds highly inconvenient. This time he has surrounded himself with people who are as stupid as him in or worse and who pass his "loyalty" test of being willing to obey his orders without question.

Rember how Jeff Sessions got fired as AG back in 2018 because he recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election? Whatever else you can say about Sessions, he did the right thing in that instance, but he went against Trump's wishes in doing so. The Orange One finds that kind of "insubordination" to be intolerable, and this time he made sure to pick people who will ask "How high?" When he tells them to jump.

Unfortunately, that "strategy" (if you can call it that) has backfired on him, because it has culminated in a clown car full of clowns who are utterly incapable of doing their jobs. I hope and pray that this will lead to his downfall, or at least play a big role in it.