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Donald Trump's Controversial, Questionable and Ironically DEI Cabinet Picks
The President-elect couldn't wait to reward his most loyal supporters with Cabinet positions.
Donald Trump's Controversial, Questionable and Ironically DEI Cabinet Picks
The President-elect couldn't wait to reward his most loyal supporters with Cabinet positions.
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President-elect Donald Trump began picking members of his Cabinet right after winning the election, and almost immediately his choices courted lots of criticism — chief among them the fact that most of them don’t seem to have any actual experience for the positions in which they’ve been placed.
Also, the irony isn’t lost on folks that a man whose platform seems to be staunchly anti-DEI appointed a bunch of folks who feel pretty...DEI. From Fox News hosts to alleged sexual predators to a WWE executive, here are Trump’s rather questionable Cabinet picks to date.
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Trump selected former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who routinely amplifies Russian propaganda and conspiracy theories, as the Director of National Intelligence. In the position, her role would have her oversee 18 intelligence agencies, but folks in the House Intelligence Committee are worried about what she’ll do considering her affinity for foreign dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon served as Trump’s Small Business Administration head during his first presidential term. As one of his top allies, McMahon will run the Department of Education — despite barely having any education experience: In 2009, she served on the Connecticut Board of Education for just one year.
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The closest experience former Fox News host Pete Hegseth has in defending anything is shielding himself from sexual assault allegations — yet Trump picked him as Secretary of Defense. In 2020, Hegseth reached a settlement agreement with the accuser to protect his job. He has also been involved in a far-right extremism scandal stemming from his tattoos that led to his removal from a National Guard assignment. The host claimed they were a symbol of Christianity.
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