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milestogo

(22,343 posts) Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:15 PM Dec 2

Imagine that you're so desperate for a Secretary of Defense that you pick a drunken lowlife

who has the moral fiber of a pile of shit. Does it get any worse than Kegsbreath? If I were in the military, I'd quit because I couldn't take orders from someone like him.

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Imagine that you're so desperate for a Secretary of Defense that you pick a drunken lowlife (Original Post) milestogo Dec 2 OP

It's my contention that all his cabinet selections EYESORE 9001 Dec 2 #1

NAILED IT! GiqueCee Dec 2 #2

That, and the ones who will get more press/air time need to look pleasing to the casting director Trump, Attilatheblond Dec 2 #6

His Cabinet was selected by criteria of maximal incompetence and publicly embarrassing RockRaven Dec 2 #3

Narcissists always choose the incompetent leftstreet Dec 2 #4

They knew exactly what they were getting....a YES MAN. spanone Dec 2 #5

EYESORE 9001

(29,379 posts)

1. It's my contention that all his cabinet selections

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:20 PM

Dec 2

were selected for the likelihood that they would inflict maximum damage in their respective spheres of influence. Daddy Vladdy wouldn’t have it any other way.

GiqueCee

(3,178 posts)

2. NAILED IT!

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:24 PM

Dec 2

Attilatheblond

(8,026 posts)

6. That, and the ones who will get more press/air time need to look pleasing to the casting director Trump,

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:41 PM

Dec 2

Everything is about appearances for him, except for the guys who actually keep his books.

RockRaven

(18,553 posts)

3. His Cabinet was selected by criteria of maximal incompetence and publicly embarrassing

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:28 PM

Dec 2

to ensure that they would not use the 25th Am under literally any circumstances.

If you give manifestly unqualified/disqualified people access to power/position which not even JD Fucking Vance would allow them to keep, they will never choose to remove you because to do so would be to fire themselves.

leftstreet

(38,638 posts)

4. Narcissists always choose the incompetent

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:29 PM

Dec 2

They CANNOT have someone outshine them. They NEED to see them fail, so they'll look better

That's all they care about

Not one of his cabinet or appointees could manage a swing shift at Pizza Hut

spanone

(140,845 posts)

5. They knew exactly what they were getting....a YES MAN.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:30 PM

Dec 2

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