A. Fox News anchor who lobbied Donald Trump He does not want to pardon soldiers accused of war crimes and does not want women who served in combat to lead the country’s military. One accused as a sexual harasser who took responsibility Embers‘s promise to destroy political rivals may be the nation’s top law enforcement officer. A. prolific conspiracy theorist A person who does not have a single medical or public health degree but plans to immediately stop vaccine development may be in charge of the country’s health institutions.

An evangelical preacher who embraces end times theology and says “There is no such thing as Palestine” could be the savior of the nation Israeli ambassador. A former congressman who secretly met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and blamed the United States and NATO for Russia’s attack in Ukraine could do just that. directing the nation’s intelligence. World’s richest man to propose drastic cuts to government budget a made-up “productivity” agency.

Two of his lawyers actively overseeing the hush money caseHe was nominated for senior roles at the Justice Department, which led to Trump’s 34 criminal convictions. The lawyer who caught him ‘Immunity’ in the Supreme Court He will be the attorney general.

Trump’s first wave cabinet nominations and White House appointments, Within a week of winning the 2024 presidential election, he stunned members of Congress, veterans and active-duty service members, public health advocates and democratic advocates who had warned for years that he was building a government of loyalists to carry out his campaign. Trail promises to achieve “revenge” by destroying the “deep state”.

These are shocking choices, but they shouldn’t be surprising. when trump Officially launched the 2024 campaign From Waco, Texas, he declared himself a “warrior” and the election “the last battle.”

“To those who have been wronged and betrayed, and there are many among them, I will be your revenge,” he said.

There is no hidden plan or conspiracy theory at work; Putting an enemy of the “deep state” in charge of this, creating an organization named after a meme, naming it after a much-hated congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general — what Trump’s action inspires is trolling as politics. It’s a ridiculous attack on institutions that Trump despises, and they’re laughing all the way to the White House. That’s what he campaigned on and delivers on campaign promises.

He has repeatedly promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington and is filling it with an army of loyalists he left behind. But punchlines will have consequences.

Tulsi GabbardHe said the election of Trump, who was nominated to be director of national intelligence, was a “mandate for change.”

“Of course there will be resistance from the swamp in Washington — I think that’s the point,” he told Fox News on Nov. 14. “The American people are saying, Hey, stop looking out for yourself, stop focusing on yourself. Your power, your own positions, your own bank accounts. How about we have leaders in Washington who actually look out for the American people?”

Olivia Troye, former homeland security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence He said Gabbard’s candidacy “It’s a slap in the face to intelligence officials, but that’s the point given Trump’s disdain for our national security community.”

“Having a Russian propagandist at the helm who spreads extreme conspiracies will likely lead our allies to refrain from sharing information with us,” he said. “It will weaken our security posture (and) make us more susceptible to terrorist attacks on our homeland.”

If confirmed by the Senate, Gabbard would “demoralize everyone” in national intelligence, active-duty service members and federal law enforcement agencies that rely on her leadership, according to Kris Goldsmith, CEO of the former counter-extremism group Task Force Butler and the Vets Countering Fascism project.

“They won’t be able to trust their own bosses,” he said Independent. “He is a danger and is more likely to side with Assad and Putin than the American people.”

Trump nominated anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, placing a conspiracy theorist with the potential to subvert vital research and derail life-saving vaccine development to head the nation’s public health agencies. distribution.

Kennedy has previously declared that “there is no safe and effective vaccine” and chairs the Children’s Health Advocacy group, which argues there is “a parallel between rising disease rates and the increasing number of childhood vaccines that is hard to ignore.”

He also supports removing fluoride from water supplies, citing conspiracy theories from the Cold War era. Health experts say this will rot the country’s teeth if implemented.

The department oversees critical public health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Food and Drug Administration.

While running for president, Kennedy said he would immediately tell the NIH to halt drug development and infectious disease research for eight years and work on chronic diseases instead.

Kennedy also suggests that exposure to chemicals in tap water or the environment can cause children to question their sexuality or gender identity, reinforcing the conspiracy theory made infamous by Alex Jones that tap water “turns fucking frogs gay.”

His candidacy is a “disaster for public health” According to Lawrence GostinDirector of the O’Neill Institute for Public Health at the University of Georgia Law Center.

Doctors and public health advocates I’ve been ringing the alarm for months Because of serious concerns that Kennedy could be in a powerful position — as president or the nation’s top health official — to cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of life-saving drugs and potentially accelerate the trend of parents refusing vaccines for their children.

Gaetz is expected to get Trump’s promised “revenge” against those he believes have wronged him and his supporters, including ending criminal cases against the former president and possible investigations into people who led them.

“I don’t care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy,” Gaetz said at the Conservative Political Action Conference last year. “Either we get this government on our side or we cut funding and… we eliminate the FBI, the CDC, the ATF, the DOJ, all of them if they don’t comply.”

He resigned from the House of Representatives minutes after Trump announced him as attorney general; Meanwhile, the House Ethics Committee’s upcoming investigation into allegations that he raped a teenager (something he has repeatedly denied) would be released.

Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor and current district attorney for New York’s Westchester County, predicts that if Gaetz is confirmed, there will be “mass resignations” across the nation’s law enforcement agencies and the emptying of offices investigating corruption, civil rights violations and national security threats.

“Maybe that’s exactly what they want,” he said. “But Republican Senators really need to understand the chaos that will ensue.”

Pete Hegsethone of the hosts Fox and Friends He was chosen by the president-elect to run the Department of Defense, which oversees 3 million soldiers and civilian employees across all branches of the nation’s military, according to a report on Fox News.

Goldsmith said active-duty troops are “extremely concerned about illegal orders being given and deployed within the United States, or a war starting because of Trump tweets.” Independent. “There are a lot of active-duty soldiers who rightly fear that they are going to have a period that is completely unstable and even less stable than when he was last commander in chief.”