Trump’s extreme MAGA loyalist appointees are cause for alarm

Nov 14, 2024

Jordan Reid Author; Founding Editor, Ramshackle Glam

By Straight Arrow News

One week after Donald Trump won a second term as U.S. president, the outlines of his new administration are beginning to take shape. The president-elect has announced several controversial appointments and has requested that the incoming GOP leadership allow his appointees to bypass Senate confirmation.

Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid reviews what she describes as Trump’s terrifying appointees, noting that many of them were once vocal critics of the president-elect.

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The following is an excerpt from the above video:

One can only imagine the level of ego-swallowing [Marco] Rubio had to do to get that appointment. And that’s just such a consistently gross quality of the MAGA world: None of these people — with the possible exception of Stephen Miller, because who knows what’s going on behind that bat mask — like Trump.

Most of them have said terrible things about him in the past, whether privately or, in many cases, very publicly. And yet, and yet, when presented with the opportunity to gain proximity to power, that ring apparently starts looking pretty kissable.

Donald Trump has never made any bones about his desire — and apparent willingness — to go after his opponents, whether on Twitter or in a court of law. On the campaign trail, he spoke frequently about his desire for retribution against those who would disagree with him. And now he’s doing precisely what he said he would do, which is filling his cabinet right to the tippy top with diehard MAGA loyalists, many of whom have been put in place specifically to disrupt the very institutions their appointments require them to protect.

Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Buckle up, I guess.

So far, the Trump administration’s assignments have been predictably controversial. Terrifying? For the sake of my blood pressure, let’s stick with controversial.

So, let’s see, as of this taping we have:

Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff,

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as the heads of the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency, an appointment that I’m sure will not be used in Musk’s favor at all;

Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence,

Marco Rubio as Secretary of State,

Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security…

Oh, MATT GAETZ as ATTORNEY GENERAL. To head up the same executive branch of government that has spent years investigating him for, among other things, having sex with a minor. It feels like we’re living in an SNL skit.

Just to return to Marco Rubio real quick, because this is fun – here’s what he’s said about Trump in the past:

One can only imagine the level of ego-swallowing Rubio had to do to get that appointment. And that’s just such a consistently gross quality of the MAGA world: None of these people –

with the possible exception of Stephen Miller, because who knows what’s going on behind that bat mask – like Trump.

Most of them have said terrible things about him in the past, whether privately or, in many cases, very publicly.

And yet.

When presented with the opportunity to gain proximity to power, that ring apparently starts looking pretty kissable.

Donald Trump has never made any bones about his desire – and apparent willingness – to go after his opponents, whether on Twitter or in a court of law.

On the campaign trail, he spoke frequently about his desire for retribution against those who would disagree with him.

And now he’s doing precisely what he said he would do, which is filling his cabinet right to the tippy top with diehard MAGA loyalists, many of whom have been put in place specifically to disrupt the very institutions their appointments require them to protect. Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Buckle up, I guess.