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Picking his Cabinet

Trump marginalizes D.C. transition staff: The president-elect’s advisers in New York are laser-focused on picking his Cabinet, largely ignoring the policy plans being produced in D.C. Trump’s EPA pick, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, is an ardent foe of virtually everything Obama’s EPA has done. Here are 9 things Trump’s National Security Adviser pick actually thinks about Islam. Trump’s DHS pick retired Gen. John Kelly is a retired general who warns Latin America could pose an “existential” threat to the US. Does Trump want to put generals in charge of everything? This is not normal: As a pattern, a government dominated by recently retired generals is a very negative development.

“Trump Foundation’s largest contributor just got a cabinet-level position. Keep draining that swamp, y’all”