We’ve got three more administration picks from Trump to scrutinize. (Real ones, not speculative ones.) Adding to Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, we now have:
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) as Attorney General.
Florida Congressman Mike Pompeo (R) as Director of the CIA.
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor.
I know nothing about any of those names. Based on the level of Internet outrage from the left, one might assume that three serial killers were nominated. (I think we can safely assume that the left is going to oppose everything Trump does, no matter what it is. Expect to hear the phrase “Trump derangement syndrome” make a triumphant return to discourse from the right.)
I’m not going to go over these guys in depth, because it’s boring, but Jeff Sessions is definitely a conservative. Mike Pompeo is a Tea Party conservative. Lt. Gen. Flynn is the most confusing of the three: He’s apparently a registered Democrat, and he doesn’t seem married to any particular ideology. But he’s a big Trump supporter.
I don’t know what any of those appointments might mean for the country. But it’s not like the CIA and NSA could get much worse about spying on Americans, right? *rimshot*
I’ve heard Mitt Romney’s name floated as a Secretary of State pick. I think he’d be good at that. However I’m not putting much stock in any of the names I hear right now unless they come from greatagain.gov. I get the distinct impression that Trump is deliberately leaking names just to mess with the media.
