The only hope for the future is that his council of evil is too incompetent to do much damage.

Because he’s incompetent, and has a non-existant vetting process beyond checking for loyalty to him?

For decades Republicans have been weakening the government, then using the weak government as an excuse for why we need less government.

He picked people he has dirt on is my guess. So they stay in line this time.

Anyone who thinks that America as it was can be returned to after Trump isn’t paying attention. Trump and the right wing have been tearing America apart for the past eight years. The right wing for even longer. The Rs as of now are a very organized well funded domestic threat that will restructure America so they are in power indefinitely.

You know, the single “disrupt the norms” part is actually perfectly legit. We need that desperately in some departments. The people he chooses and why they are chosen are terrible dogshit, though, obviously.

Harris was threatening to put Republicans in some of these positions, which isn’t equally bad but still a terrible idea. I personally would love to see a progressive shake-up cabinet, although my priority is always education. Depts of Education are often led by establishment figures (and even Dems have picked donors for it as a reward for service) and it’s a big reason we see little movement at both federal and state levels.

There are a lot of very progressive, research-backed education specialists who would absolutely rock my world. But they’re always Socialist, if not Marxist. Turns out to be a good worldview when addressing public school effectivemess, but they won’t ever be picked unless the dems get more progressive.

I’m pretty sure it’s to sort the congress-critters into those who will confirm whatever nonsense he picks and those who are “traitors”…

Because anyone of competence knows better

They agree with Trump. That is what he cares about.