Rick Perry, the Texas governor appointed by Donald Trump to run the Energy Department, will report to work in January to a department whose name he couldn’t recall in a gaffe that effectively ended his 2012 primary campaign. A rocket scientist he is not.
Donald Trump has appointed a surprising number of generals to civilian cabinet positions, prompting fears that his administration will feel more like a military junta than a traditional government with civilians in charge.
Futurist science fiction author Lui Cixin predicts that artificial intelligence will put 90% or more of Americans out of work. Will politicians plan ahead for the coming end of work as we know it? Ha!
Many Americans, especially those who enthusiastically supported Hillary Clinton, are still shocked and devastated that Donald Trump defeated her in the electoral college and that he is about to become president within six weeks. What’s easy to forget is that this was an election between two extremely unpopular candidates. No matter who won, the result would’ve been bad.
Even after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump continues to use Twitter to send out bizarre and threatening messages about anything that crosses his mind. He even threatened to take away citizenship from people who burn the American flag, even though the Supreme Court has ruled that this is speech protected by the First Amendment. Now many journalists are saying that these tweets shouldn’t necessarily be covered as serious news, even if they are spoken by a future President of the United States.
Republican congressmen and senators repeatedly blocked President Obama at every turn. But now that it’s the Democrats’ turn to be the party of opposition, they are pledging to cooperate. Which seems especially crazy considering how crazy the president elect is.
Donald Trump, the media is saying, is making his cabinet a little more diverse than one might have expected. But when you look at the actual nominees, it’s merely an assortment of second-rate racists, billionaires, and racist billionaires.
We’re used to candidates whio promise wonderful things but govern horribly. Now we have a president-elect, Donald Trump, who promised horrible things but is now backing away from many of his worst promises. How do we adapt?
Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are drawing from marginal figures on the fringes of the Republican Party, a reflection of the fact that he has no firsthand political experience, few allies and, for that matter, knows almost no one of note in Washington.
At a secret meeting following the election between top media executives and journalists, president-elect Donald Trump scolded them, calling them biased liars. Could the cozy relationship between presidents and the press finally be fracturing? Let’s hope so.
