Apparently, the exercise of considering a Trump administration and potential cabinet for 2025 has kicked up quite a conversation. As an outcome, perhaps some expanded food for thought is worthwhile, and maybe even a little fun and educational at the same time.
I come at this discussion as a person who continually tries to navigate the mechanics of the silo system in Washington DC. Additionally, many of the positions at the top of the silos, what we would consider cabinet members, have various levels of influence from ‘moderate‘ to ‘none at all‘ depending on the construct of the individual agency (silo).
As an outcome, the nuts and bolts of what we want to see happen, let’s call that generally ‘elimination of political corruption’, are slightly disconnected from how it is possible to happen given the nature of how each institutional silo is constructed.
Some silos are more impervious than others. Some cabinet members are more functionary than others, and in some instances, the deputy is more important than the primary.
To get deep in the weeds, we need to understand each silo as a completely autonomous operation; holding various levels of attachment to the overall DC system depending on how the silo is structured and, in some cases, weaponized.
Then we need to evaluate overall skillset from a very practical, non-pretending level. There is one shot at this, and the construct of the Trump 2.0 administration must begin with the end in mind. That end includes accepting that one four-year term will not be enough to remove the embeds that were seeded over the course of 12 prior years. Some systems need to be taken down to nothing, others can be steered with extreme effort by those who can operate effectively inside the machine.
The reason for a Vice-Presidential selection like Dr Ben Carson has been previously outlined {SEE HERE]. Carson appears to have the faith, stability and integrity to be a stabilizing force amid the sea of chaos that is created when war against evil enterprise begins.
The value of having a faith servant in the role of close counsellor to President Trump cannot be overstated. If Carson is not the correct person to take the role, Carson would be the first to announce it…. which, ultimately, makes him more qualified.
Good is going to have to battle Evil, and at the same time the entire nation will need stability, optimism and a resurgence of faith. In short, no one is winning this political war without putting God, righteousness and prayer at the forefront as the DC temple tables are turned. When it gets ugly, and it will get extremely ugly, something just inherently tells me, Carson will rise.
Perhaps if I expand the list, a bigger understanding will be possible.
This time I shall endeavor to put context behind the names and add some specifics to the silo challenge.
♦ Secretary of State: Ric Grenell.
♦ UN Ambassador: Tulsi Gabbard
The Dept of State is the front agency for the Central Intelligence Agency. When the CIA wants to seed an operative, they are given State Dept credentials. Whoever is running the State Dept will have a working relationship with the CIA Director. Grenell already knows how this works; he will be able to support the Trump Doctrine on day one with a full understanding of institutional context as the downsizing through attrition begins.
♦ CIA Director: Robert Kennedy Jr
♦ Deputy CIA Director: Kash Patel
See how that works? RFK Jr can put up or shut up, but Kash Patel is the insurance policy in the event RFK Jr is bearing false witness. The core agenda is carried out by the Deputy, while the Director is the functionary receiving silo information to satiate the executive (Trump). What happens in the layers below the functionary are what really matters. Kash has eyes-on, without the distractions of the functionary role.
♦ Defense Secretary: Vivek Ramaswamy.
♦ Asst. Defense Secretary: Eric Prince.
Many people understandably freak out with a Def Sec with no experience in military. However, the Def Sec is designed to be civilian led military; the President is the commander in chief. The Def Sec executes military efforts to support the President. This is the problem with having career military as Def Sec, they regard the institution as more important than the instructions they receive. [See Mark Milley and/or James Mattis and/or Alexander Vindman, they go rogue.] The U.S. military needs to be managed now, brought to heel and Wokeism removed. Ramaswamy, a functionary, can put up or shut up.
Again, see how that works? Prince becomes the insurance policy. The nuts-and-bolts guy to make sure the military silo is carefully reconstructed and the flag officers that need to be removed and replaced are removed and replaced.
♦ National Security Advisor: John Ratcliffe
♦ National Security Council (NSC), Chair: Michael Flynn [Tasked with taking NSC from current size to 30-50]
♦ Dept of Homeland Security (DHS), Secretary: Tom Homan
♦ Treasury Secretary: (Executive Privilege)
♦ Fed Chairman: (Executive Privilege)
♦ United State Trade Representative: Ambassador Robert Lighthizer [restart where he left off]
♦ Commerce Secretary: Peter Navarro
♦ Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC), Chair: Lou Dobbs
♦ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Administrator: Sarah Palin
♦ Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Commissioner: Mike Benz
♦ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB), Administrator: Pam Bondi
♦ Dept of Agriculture, Secretary: Kristi Noem
♦ FBI Director: Matt Gaetz / Josh Hawley
♦ Deputy FBI Director: Andrew Bailey
♦ FBI Legal Counsel: Rudy Giuliani
♦ DOJ Attorney General: Ken Paxton
♦ DOJ Deputy AG: John Eastman
♦ Asst. Deputy AG in charge of DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD): Sidney Powell
♦ DOJ Civil Rights Division: Mark Robinson
♦ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI): Rand Paul
♦ National Security Agency, Director: Thomas Massie
♦ FEMA Director: Jeb Bush [Yes, THAT Jeb Bush. He’s insufferable at everything else, but he knows how to handle emergency management very effectively, and he’s bilingual.]
♦ Office of Management and Budgets (OMB), Director: Kevin Hassett
♦ Interior Secretary: Marjorie Taylor Greene
♦ WH Press Secretary: Kerri Kupec
♦ WH Communications Director: Amanda Milius
♦ White House Chief of Staff: Dan Scavino (no question), or Kari Lake
♦ White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO), Director: Steve Bannon
♦ WH PPO Deputy Director: Catherine Englebrecht
Something like that….
PS. First SCOTUS nominee: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen
I think the VP is going to have to stop the steal. I like Elise Stefanik. She has a great team in NY. She was the brains behind Trump’s impeachment defense and she destroyed three Ivy league presidents.
She is still swamp.
Trump, Carson, and Navarro all did big things outside of politics/government FIRST. That’s why they were/are effective.
Don’t bet on THAT!
I most certainly will.
She’s just another DC pol working for self-interest.
Problem is – EVERYBODY HAS SOME AMOUNT of SWAMP INFECTION.
Everybody that accepts “public service” wants to change the world.
Starting out wanting to make things better but swamp fever is strong.
Very few can stand the pressure.
That’s why we forget about recruiting ANYONE from inside the DC structure.
This government was designed to be run by CITIZEN statesmen not professional politicians.
Navarro has a personal beef against China that makes him susceptible to aligning with the neocons when push comes to shove. He cannot be trusted to serve again.
I’d have Navarro as pick number 1. Loyal and effective.
He’s loyal to Trump, but not to MAGA. There’s a difference.
As opposed to everyone else that is loyal to neither.
Navarro for the win.
(And for a guy “not loyal” to MAGA he did more to deliver on MAGA than anyone in the cabinet.)
Can anyone vouch for G-Pol?
Regular
Good for him. We need people who see China as the enemy and know how to use ECONOMIC LEVERAGE to destroy the CCP.
Navarro produced results. You will not find anyone better.
She voted for the NDAA which contained the horrible, awful, no good FISA extension. Traitor.
702 extension. I was thinking the same thing.
Was highly disappointed in her.
Yes – we should always look at votes, not words..
She won’t be in office when we are scrapping over the 24 election. Future elections should be of minor concern assuming that Trump gets in and election reform is his top legislative issue. If Trump does not get in, the republic is finished and election reform will be essentially moot.
“If Trump does not get in,.. ” first of all, even our enemies are now conceding he will get in, by actions and words..
read carefully what Hakeem Jefferies recently tweeted.
Viewed objectively it makes no sense, unless he is conceding that PDJT will be in the Oval.
WHY pass legislation to prevent a President from withdrawing from NATO?
Its not for a President Nikki, Ron, Vivek, Joe, Gavin or Michelle.
It ONLY makes sense, for a PDJT or Kari Lake.
At any rate, should PDJT as you suggest “not get in,..” thats not the “end of our Republic” its the beginning of the restoration of our Republic, “the hard way”.
I believe that the restoration will be preceded by full installation of tyranny/dictatorship and massive suffering, possibly for generations.
No.
We may get a taste of tyranny or perhaps martial law but that would wake up many.
God’s people would humble themselves, pray, turn from their wicked ways and ask Him for help to overcome and restore the gift of the Constitution which waas designed for moral, godly people.
That will happen in our lifetime, much sooner than what you are preparing yourself to endure.
Revival will happen – guarranteed.
Any Democrat has one agenda only – they want to run against Trump so they are pushing his candidacy. They are sure they can beat him. Pay any positive or conciliatory comments by Democrats or the media no mind – they are too venal to be taken seriously,
I don’t have any trust in her. Maybe after Trump gets in office and I see how she behaves.
This is some of her past history when PDJT was at the helm.
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/34057/20170602/stefanik-says-trump-withdrawal-from-paris-accord-is-quot-misguided-quot-and-quot-a-mistake-quot
Stefanik for NY Governor.
Absolutely a NO
Isn’t Stefanik a WEFer?????
Sundance is our pot-stirrer extraordinaire.
Yeah. I kinda half way think he might be screwing with us.
Actually BK, I think it’s good to think beyond the garbage we deal with day-in and day-out.
Looking to the goal of MAGA and our future prospects; what is wrong with that?
Let us all stir the pot a little bit at a time.
It’s good for the brain operations and in some respects lifts our spirits!
Some futzing with us, is a good thing, is that what your saying, abigail?
Cause yeah, there does seem to be some leg pulling, mixed in with some serious probing going on.
And it certainly helps to be thinking, seriously about the monumental task of HOW does PDJT put together the TEAM he will need, to deconstruct the Administrative State, and how does he get that team in place, past the resistance he is inevitably going to encounter?
Yes, dutchman, sometimes a liddle bit of futzing around is good for morale and forces the brain to expand the thought process, given a certain subject line.
Nothing wrong with those brain exercises to clean out the cobwebs.
Dutch,
Stirring the pot does allow those bits and pieces that have, over time, naturally drifted below the more familiar and noticeable”surface” inhabitants in the mix to see the light of day and, perhaps, remind one of the “complexity” of the whole.
Who wants only the natural surface dwellers (broth, onions and seasoning) when ordering a “stew”)
Stirring the pot mixes the ingredients thoroughly and allows for a more representative offering of the whole. (The essence of a good stew).
Stir away….. 🍽
I am grinning from ear-to-ear!
I think he is drawing out the insiders who comment here and have “inside” information. (I’ve read most of the comments) JMHO.
I am lMAO as i read these appointments.
The swamp creatures are going to be crapping in their diapers when they read it.
It if actually comes to pass, revenge would be SSSSOOOO fun.
However.
As much as i love Donald Trump, when it comes to PERSONNEL matters, he often seems to go out of his way to hire turd people.
Donald Trump is often like the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars in that he often goes out of his way to find a way to lose.
AS much as I agree with your comments in the first section, I disagree with what you said about President Trump. He did make some wrong picks, bad advice, trusted people who stabbed him in the back. But he hasn’t been in this fight for the last eight years now and learned nothing. NOW he knows who’s who, and who to trust, the good and the evil. I’m confident he will pick the brightest, the strongest, and the most AMERICA FIRST people you’ve ever seen in our government. Prayerfully!
I sure hope you are right.
Because Trump is our last hope.
Nonsense. The GOP farm club is strong and deep. Taxpayers have clout and so do voters. Trump captured the message, but he did not invent it.
With the establishment and media going full hammer and tong against any one working for Trump, he was lucky he could hire anyone. This made the price extremely high for anyone in term one – look what happened to them even after they left the Trump administration.
But this time, there are people eager to get on board because Biden proved beyond a shadow of doubt too much is at stake if we don’t work together to save this country form any more Democrats holding power.
Gloves are off this time -Trump does not have to recruit to fill places, he will get to chose those who are willing and able to fight this time. America will have their back this time, instead of dancing on their graves post 2016.
You are assuming that the swamp doesn’t steal another election.
Never underestimate evil.
We taxpayers and voters are powerless against fraud if the courts are in on it.
and they are.
Solid choices, all.
With many hearty guffaws in order… I especially love Amanda Milius as Comms Director and Bannon as Personnel Director. Yee Haw!
Great work SD!
Me too, and some of these picks will make the Left wet their diapers!
I love her suggestion to make Scott Pressler RNC chair.
” Grenell already knows how this works; he will be able to support the Trump Doctrine on day one with a full understanding of institutional context as the downsizing through attrition begins.”
He will also be able to keep a close eye on CIA and what they are up to.
I like it!!
What is Kidd Rock going to do?
Press Secretary.
What he does best……..
Cultural Advisor.
Ha! Global influencer extraordinaire!
Head of the National Endowment for the Arts?
Ended.
Yes!!! That would be fun to see what he would do with that agency.
Brilliant
Kid Rock
Secretary of ending DEI and machine gunning idiot woke products.
Watch his youngest son, just to pass the time, and only God knows why.
Sundance,
I asked this morning about Homeland Security with Tom Holman in my mind. Heartened by our common mindset.
Not if you want to get the border under control. I realize I’m completely out of step here with a second term Trump Administration. But I don’t think we can swallow 15 million more third worlders. It will break our country permanently. Financially. Culturally. And electorally. Not a fan of white genocide. Not a fan of destroying Christianity. Not a fan of destroying Western civilization. And that guy’s as fake as a $3 bill. We need someone who’s serious
Do you have a better candidate – seriously interested in who you recommend, thanks.
Kris Kobach
Mr. Homan has already stated that he is ready to Kick Ass and Take Names!!!!!
And eat donuts. If you want them all to stay, he’s your guy.
You’ve clearly put orders of magnitude more thought into this than I, so I’ll defer to you in general.
The qualm I (may) have with Dr. Carson is that I think conservatives need to consider a 12-year horizon. We can have four entertaining years of Kamikaze Trump giving the Deep State the Gaza treatment, and that’s just hunky-dory.
But Trump’s crucial innovation needs to be avoiding Reagan’s Disease, and turning the reform over to somebody, e.g. Bush41, who’s not really onboard. I dimly recall some “Kemp” dude who just wasn’t packing the gear. Hence Perot, and a subsequent Clinton.
Up that noise. The VP pick needs to be ready to keep the anti-Deep State revolution going Full Tilt Boogie once inaugurated in 2029, or all of this is moot. The Deep State is going to crawl into nether tunnels and wait Trump out, as it did in his first term. The continuity is key.
“The VP pick needs to be ready to keep the anti-Deep State revolution going Full Tilt Boogie”
Why don’t you think Dr. Carson would be up to this task?
Dr Carson walks softly and kicks ass. I first became aware of him when he gave a speech in front of Obama (I think at the correspondents dinner) where he blasted government overreach like Obama care. He has all the cojones required and he’s brilliant.
We need to reverse that pesky amendment that squashes a President’s term.
No other branches of gubmint are consumed by this, why is the executive branch?
All or none and if all, one term only. No re-election.
You should supply your suggestion…
Those are great… Hawley would be fabulous at FBI…
I like Tulsi Gabbard for VP.
Tulsi is World Economic Forum. A BIG NO for me. Would have to see her actions in a lesser role in the administration before trust would be there to put a WEF acolyte one breath from the White House. Although Trump’s daughter is a WEF “Jr. Leader” and Trump has not outright denounced the WEF….so not sure about everything these days!
Tulsi Gabbard will do very well as UN Ambassador, with her WEF credentials and military experience.
That’s a very good call, Sundance.
Abigail: I would prefer to keep anyone associated with the WEF (or CFR, or any globalist organization) out of government until they get stale and simply fade away.
Abigail, you do realize that the WEF is behind Covid, the Covid jabs, the wars, and everything else going on to destabilize and depopulate the planet as part of “sustainability” and the UN Agenda 2030? They are actively at war against humanity. The UN is chock full of WEF losers who are perfectly OK with culling the global herd and playing God over humanity. As far as I am concerned…we should immediately stop funding the UN rather than think about sending an Ambassador there. The UN was created in 1945 when governments had slower communications….today, governments can easily communicate amongst themselves and there is no need for the UN (outside of creating Agenda 21/2030 and handing that off to WEF/WHO to carry out the plan…if people are OK with that.). Thus, Tulsi is a hard one to swallow with her past WEF activity.
Why yes I do realize all of which you perfectly laid out there. Thank you.
Here’s the deal: We still have to deal with a UN, whether you or anyone else likes it or not.
Just because people are graduates of WEF, does not mean they are all about Globalism and against Nationalism. Perhaps, it is the exact opposite. They now understand the operations, openly and behind the scenes so they can be effective in downsizing and/or eliminating over the long haul.
In politics, governmental operations, time is the name of the game.
That’s why no one should expect overnight operations to disband today’s operations; it will never happen.
I believe that Tulsi Gabbard has the skills, brainpower and love for this country to take this position and act on behalf of the USA and for the benefit of the USA.
We certainly have to live in reality and not what we dream about.
I could go into great detail but I certainly do not want to take up a lot of time or space with more in-depth explanation and go into over-drive as to how I justify my choice.
My background is government operations and I was an elected official with great financial responsibility. It takes time to make changes in government.
With repect to your posting….
Perhaps there are tidbits from your experience you could offer that enable one (such as myself who has never held a goverment position) to have a paradigm of current methods that slow down necessary change?
That’s why no one should expect overnight operations to disband today’s operations; it will never happen.
Elaboration of this statement will be very enlightening.
Many citizens have or are arriving at the conclusion that inability to create lasting change via normal methods is going to require other options to save the nation.
Perhaps your sharing coupled with wisdom would adjust such viewpoints?
The UN Ambassador position is a throwaway position, not policy driven. Haley Nimrata held it, so you know it’s true. Tulsi can’t do any harm there, and might do good. Good pick then.
She’s a graduate of the WEF college.
Abbie, you go girl!
I would just add “You guys realise Dr. Malone DID patent the mrna vax concept, and for years worked inside the bioweopons research/vax research silo,..right?”
Sometimes people DO wake up, its called “red pilling”.
agree that Malone is a self server
I agree that he is.
But having followed his substack for months now, though I can see that ambition is clearly a big driver in his character, so is a full redpill on the state of the world beyond medicine.
CoupVID-19(84) woke him up bigtime.
I think he would do a great job dismantling the FDA, to which he can bring full evidence of their disgusting elite capture and rubber-stamping of everything Pig Pharma wants.
As a federal worker for 28 years I can tell everyone that the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) Director can be the person to absolutely destroy the administrative state!
OMB writes the operating instructions for every agency and he can change the rules to grind the bureaucrats into mulch.
All you need is sand to sling into the gears. Instant quagmire!
And the current one is not even qualified. She is just a dark bookmark from Obama to idiotically destroy everything.
Excellent idea.
Who is your choice?
Kudlow is good with money.
Kudlow as advisor only. Economics advisor, not policy or departmental workhorse. He’s suspect.
Try Russ Vought for that.
“ Asst. Deputy AG in charge of DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD): Sidney Powell”
Would this be so she can investigate and weed out the corruption for her entire tenure?
Then shut it down as easily as it was created by Holder?
Sidney Powell may already be nuclear or kryptonite, chose your analogy. Sadly. Love her.
Ayup. Carson all the way. Hopefully- if Trump asks him- he’ll step up and accept the job.
He may have already but it’s between the two of them.
He’s working for President Trump in Iowa to bring in the Christian Conservative vote; little things like that kind of send a message along.
It seems to “me”, that both of the men realize the opportunities that this Great Country gave them to get to where they are today , AND before they got into “politics”. They give me the idea that they feel they can “Give something back”, to the country that gave them the opportunity to get where they did, so far…
Giving Hope & Faith to all sorts of US citizens that anyone who is honest, has faith & is willing to do the Right Thing, can be successful, and that one doesn’t have to succumb to the “evil side” to “make it” in the USA, or in the world.
They both made a name for themselves without political leanings & KNOW that under the ways that are supposed to be in a Constitutional Republic, that any one can be President/CEO of a company(ies), or be a Brain Surgeon(MD ), and even with that, still be a candidate for Prez, or even become Prez, of the USA without starting out as an attorney/lawyer, & still do the job/accomplish the mission, without having to give up on their ability to provide hope & faith to others to see that to thers can also achieve higher respect & admiration for their accomplishments, as well as good fortune, by working hard at it & not have be corrupt to get there.
I think that this is one of the reasons so many folks like & voted/will vote for DJT.
He gives out an impression that All is not lost & it will just take those who can fight back against evil, to be the ones who make the necessary changes to get this country back on the track it was Supposed to be on.
MAGA… ALL THE WAY~!
Nothing else needs to be said, as far as I know.
We need to , “Take the Hill~!”~!
As a US Marine, back a while ago, we had a saying.
“DO, or DIE trying.”. Simple but clear.
I think we are just about in that place for everyone who wants our Constitutional Republic back.
It is up to each person to decide what they are willing to do.
Best of luck~!
GOD Bless All of us~! We, Need it.
“Good is going to have to battle Evil, and at the same time the entire nation will need stability, optimism and a resurgence of faith. In short, no one is winning this political war without putting God, righteousness and prayer at the forefront as the DC temple tables are turned. When it gets ugly, and it will get extremely ugly, something just inherently tells me, Carson will rise.”
Sundance, and many here, rightly point to God.
I’ve mentioned it before, and now again… study the recorded history of king Josiah, 2 Kings chapters 22 & 23.
We don’t need a king but we sure could use a man like Josiah leading people back to God while tearing down evil all around.
Thank you, I will check it out. And thank you for your own positive, can-do spirit.
Dang sure works for me! I love that the lower tier will be creeping on the uppers! 😉
Sweet
My pick for VP would be Ron Johnson. Goes against the idea of becoming #48, since I don’t think he wants that. He is as upright as Ben Carson, and would thrive with Trump’s concept of how to make best use of the position. Carson would be great in a health related area, overseeing CDC, FDA, Obama Care replacement, etc.
John, I agree with Ron Johnson. Will help President Trump because of his work on COVID and the jabs. Also, besides Johnson being a stable force, he is from Wisconsin. Being strategic, Trump must win Wisconsin and Johnson is his key to that. I also like Ben Carson and even though from the same State, Byron Donalds. We know though, when it comes to VP, our President will do whatever he wants and only time will tell what that is.
Sen Johnson already knows the facts and bad ones in those 3 letter “health” agencies, as well as DARPA and a few other academic research agencies. Let him continue that sunlight, please.
RFK, JR. like the rest of the Kennedy clan need to be put out to pasture and not allowed anywhere near DC. They are the supreme career political swamp creatures who should be nowhere near the levers of power. Tulsi Gabbard’s involvement with the WEF should be an instant disqualifier.
“ Asst. Deputy AG in charge of DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD): Sidney Powell”
On this one, I have to disagree Sundance. I would like to see his attorney, Alina Habba in this slot. I have no doubt the leftist media will continue with any kind of lawfare conspiracies/questions they can during his term. Who better to respond forcefully to that?
She seems to be quick in her thinking and have fire in her belly for throwing it at the left.
Sydney Powell knows Lawfare backwards and forewords.
You are correct AS. I have no idea how it happened, or why I did not catch it when I re-read it before posting…
The quote should have been for Press Sec, with Habba serving in that position.
♦ WH Press Secretary: Kerri Kupec
Only Sidney wrote the book on the crooks in the DXJ
The institutional sub cabinet level ‘embeds’ have been there for more than 12 years in a lot of, if not most, instances. They were vetted for what they do a long time ago.
My objections to the list are:
Tulsi – CFR;
RFK – no, no, no for anything;
Vivek – ditto – do not trust whatsoever;
Flip Flynn’s and Kash’s roles;
Bush – Hell no. He will subvert and sabotage give me the opportunity!
Noem – betrayer / Koch operative.
Agree with everyone, except one. Why do you say that Noem is a Koch operative?
Cause she IS, do your homework.
I’m with you on this.
Black Knight: I agree on your list.
I was soooo disappointed when i found out her support was Koch Brothers.
I completely agree, except on the Flynn and Patel roles – Patel should be DOJ or FBI, that’s an area of strength for him.
Gen. Flynn should get to complete that audit he was going to do.
I’d add one more to your list—-Massie. Quote:
I’ll be in New Hampshire Saturday, December 30th, campaigning with Ron Desantis!
I’ll post information about the events in the next day or so.
I don’t have a list. Just objections to the one proposed.
Couldn’t help but notice after reading your comment:
like I was the only one calling it a list?
Am I missing something?
I think I misunderstood you. Sorry.
I agree with you totally on Massie. I stated in prior discussion that I do not trust him. At first blush he looks good but the deeper you dig, the more uneasy I feel.
I agree with your list. Wondering if this plan it to put the “fakes” in the top position as the will get Senate approval with the deputies as the real deal. If the boss told the deputies to skirt their ‘fake’ bosses and answer directly to him and if the ‘fake’ bosses didn’t like it they could resign or be fired, in which case the deputies became ‘acting’. There’s some real risk with this plan.
Jeb won’t accept but if he did then his boss is PT. Sweet revenge.
Hate to break itvto you, but its not JUST Cabinet positions that require Senate confirmation, its sub cabinet and even sub-sub cabinet level.
I guess I never bothered to be very concerned with an on the sublevels. Well, we better get more MAGA senators and get rid of Mitch or it’ll basically be the same problem as before.
Agreed. The whole Bush Family hates Trump bc he humiliated their self-professed Mexican son. (Jeb identifies as Latino.)
Where’s billionaire Peter Thiel?
Another WEfer
I feel a need to hold off and see where the chips fall. Who is true and who is all smoke and mirrors. I appreciate your logic, but not sure that I trust some of these people.
I’m sure sundance will update later in the rampup to next November – I wouldn’t be surprised if this exercise went on monthly…
…I for one would love it!
Why no role for Devin Nunes?
It is interesting that the CEO of PDJT’s media company, long-time beltway warrior and still-promoted winemaker on these pages is absent from any consideration. I daresay a bit surprising. Perhaps his beltway experience is working against him on this mission, IDK.
Perhaps there are bigger plans for PDJT’s media company to shine while fake news media takes a bath with some members going to prison.
He may be just burned out on all the internal political in-fighting and nonsense.
He’s running Truth Social.
Good point Greg
He would be better at agriculture than Noem.
I like it. Which of these positions need senate approval? And how will he get those approvals with a uniparty senate?
Gamesmanship and arm twisting in Trumpian Time.
Simple, have the VP put the senate in recess for 3 months
I think Kari Lake is hated enough that many in the senate might try a no show on the opening day, giving the opening for the recess.
I feel she is much more valuable presiding over the senate than having a seat in the senate!
I feel she is much more valuable presiding over the senate than having an election to win for a seat in the senate!
Agree, Kari is the only one for VP.
The only one I would disagree with is Jeb Bush, I do not respect or trust the Bush family anymore and he would probably be asking family members and not Trump administration what he should do and they would most certainly not do anything good for Trump, my opinion only!!!!
I think it is a beautiful strategical move.
Sundance makes a great point.
Think about it.
Sandra, your opinion of Jeb Bush is shared by many MAGA Republicans like myself who came to the movement after realizing just how corrupt and incompetent the entire Bush clan is. The only reason Jeb Bush would ever accept any assignment from Donald Trump would be if he could act as a mole for the GOPe in sabotaging Trump’s MAGA agenda. Sure, Jeb Bush understands hispanics ad emergency management. BFD. The truth is that he is a Bush and therefore can’t be trusted with anything. (No way, Jose!!)
AND you do NOT believe President Trump and his TEAM do NOT know that?
You believe they would NOT use his talents in a political way that would help our country?
Politics is involved in this process also, which many seem to be leaving behind, but it is there and President Trump and his team have to take that into consideration.
Hate the Bushes or Love the Bushes…it is a fact of political life.
Of all the positions where you DO NOT want someone with LOW ENERGY, I would say FEMA has got to be at the top of the list.
I think Jeb Bush would be a brilliant pick for FEMA director. He brought Disaster Response into the modern era in 2004 -2005. Would hate to let him get anywhere near foreign policy, but FEMA could use a policy wonk/ out of the Box thinker like Jeb.
You need to do some Badlands media reading. I don’t remember if it was Erik Carlson or Joe Lange, but the case laid out there against Jeb Bush as a key cog in the Bush family Latin American drug cartels protection racket is eye opening.
He only looks flabby and harmless.
maybe Ed Dowd would be a good FEMA head? analytics, compassion, knowledge (but I think he supports RFK jr now)
He would satisfy the Neocons though.
You seem to be implying thats a desirable thing?
Wipe them off the face of the planet, or perhaps have Elon send them on a 1 way to mars,..THATS what you do with neocons, but,….satisfy them?
Yeuch not with somebody elses dingus, cause mine sure wouldn’t work.
If the deputies don’t need senate confirmation, it’s a go.
That’s where the power to stymie a President resides & deputies are where the actionable power resides.
Is a VP pick predicated on a continuation event in 2028 or is this administration considered stand-alone? I’m trying to picture Dr. Carson as a POTUS candidate in ’28 but am having a hard time focusing on that. If not a factor, then disregard. He could serve as a good assassination insurance policy in the meantime.
On cabinet, is there a consideration on whom the Senate would actually confirm? We saw how confirmations drug out in 2017-18 and there was really only one that was a slam dunk vote and we all saw how the warrior monk turned out.
Don’t know how Dr Ben Carson would be as VP, but he is not some milquetoast man.
If you missed his speech at the 2013 prayer breakfast, you need to watch and see Obama’s reaction to what Dr Carson had to say. Quite enjoyable and definitely didn’t put him on B.O’s BFF list. 27min video
What a great speech this was. Thank you for sharing it.
White House Counsel – Stephen Miller
Or Solicitor General
I love Stephen Miller. One of the few I trust to protect Trump.
Agree. He’s running a good legal NGO (blanking on the name) quietly helping behind the scenes.
There are few “angel” NGOs on our side but the ones who are, such as TruetheVote and Judicial Watch, could be great proving grounds for some 2024 posts in the coming Trump administration.
I like it Sundance. I like it just fine.
You make each of us put on our thinking caps and do some homework as it relates to the present and the future.
I understand some of the comments and the reticence, however, think about the alternative(s).
Remember, President Trump has been preparing for this since 2020; he’s Clutch!
As much as I like Ben Carson, I don’t know that he has the grit, strength, or fierce determination to combat the jackals in DC. On paper, he has all the great qualities to support and assist President Trump but I can see him being “eaten alive” by the DC scum. Ben Carson might be “too nice” for the office of vice-president.
Agreed.
I doubt very much that Dr. Carson is easily ‘eaten alive’ by anyone, when he is cornered and doing what he believes in; he has grit. Just because he smiles, speaks softly when he says ‘no’ does not mean he will not overturn the tables when the time comes.
From his interviews, my own personal research of his life, he is a very strong man and extremely brilliant, not unlike President Trump.
Sue: I agree. The attributes of a neurosurgeon are not the attributes of a DC office holder.
All due respect…
Why in the world would we want the attributes of a “DC office holder”?
dr. carson has successfully navigated hospital hierarchy, academic hierarchy, insurance company hierarchy, and medical hierarchy, all of which rival the d.c. hierarchy in terms of corruption.
he was no beneficiary of affirmative action either, since his strong Christian beliefs were known.
and, restating my comment from the first thread:
dr. carson could be a sleeper, quietly going about his tasks unnoticed and unbothered by anyone until – surprise! – he accomplishes some big time MAGA policies.
who’s gonna bother interfering with him since he’s “too nice”?
under the radar is a good place to be in d.c. – stealth commando and all that.
Excellent points! Sleeper for VP
Dr. Carson also has another trait not found in DC, humility.
I said here yesterday. He is an excellent choice. Still waters run deep.
2013 Prayer breakfast video – if you haven’t seen, it’s excellent. Educates Obama and B.O. doesn’t much appreciate it. 27min
Larry Elder?
Even The View reportedly made him look foolish, and they’re idiots. He is too nice, a true Christian.
His chef will never mysteriously drown at night paddleboarding.
Carson only needs to deter the Uniparty from removing Trump, for fear of elevating an equal threat to them.
That’s it. All else is gravy.
Another Pence means the Uniparty will declare broken arrow, and delete Trump within 6 months. They won’t hesitate. They know they’re losing, and their paymasters will demand action, however reckless. They can do it and they will.
We have to get him into office first.
And just as important is regaining control of the Senate where confirmations of the names on this list would take place.
We will need Almighty God’s hand on the tiller. Sail on O mighty Ship of State we pray…
Something tells me Sundance has an inside track to President Trump.
Absolutely Yes on Dr. Ben Carson
UN Ambassador: Tulsi Gabbard
I would like to see us get out of the UN. They are facilitating the massive illegal invasion in Western Countries, especially the United States l
UN is distributing this map to third world citizens around the world.
Muckraker also includes maps released by Doctors without Borders, R4V (Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela), NGO Amigos Del Tren (Friends Of The Train in English).
Get out of the UN and kick them out of the US immediately, 2 months’ notice.
Whoever can assist Trump in winning the swing states. The one who can help bring in enough votes to overcome the margin of fraud, as well as the lawfare.
Trump’s message on the economy, national defense, crime, education, parental rights, and a strong foreign policy needs to be effectively communicated to everyone – not as pandering, but telling them, as he did in 2016, this is what I’m going to do.
And then having voters, regardless of race, sex, geography, religion or economic status, saying, “That’s what I want, too.”
Borrowing a page from Reagan wouldn’t hurt, either. “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Ben Carson would be good to have in the Cabinet, though.
No absolutely not. The focus must be on a person who is electable and can carry on MAGA policies for at least the next 8 years.
Absolutely not to….Ben Carson in Cabinet?
To Trump’s message on the issues important to the US?
Not to….?
Dr. Carson was a poor back kid from Detroit, who became a genuinely genius physician. Michigan is a swing state where the 2020 was demonstrably stolen…and we need the demo.
Carson is a gifted pediatric neuro surgeon and a man with great love of God and country. I’ve seen no dubious aspects to him like Desantis. Why not indeed?
I’m afraid that even with a Republican-controlled Senate that the RINOs there will not allow some of those selections. So the Republicans need to really step up their game in the Senate elections coming up. They need to control by at least 55-45.
We can’t afford to lose a Senate seat just to put Kari Lake somewhere, assuming she wins.
Quite an assumption.
I would say her odds of being elected in 2024 as VP are far better than her odds of being elected to the Senate.
And “WE” don’t have any Senate seats, except possibly Eric Schmidt from Missouri, or possibly J.D. Vance,..
WE are not going to establish MAGA control of the Senate, by 2025 without massive resignations.
Jeb Bush? Has SD lost his fkg mind! Every Bush traitor globalist sell-out should be removed from US soil post haste! Jeb can use his bilingual skills in the Mexican gov cabinet. Palin can oversee the complete dismantling of the EPA, not oversee it. There fixed that. I like Carson but we don’t need a preacher, we need a General George Patton to go scorched earth! Then the cancerous eradication of woke can be surgically removed. Vivek? Seriously? Does SD not know his connection to the WEF? Has SD not been paying attention how they call us enemies of the fkn state for how we simply vote? Christians and families terrorized by the KGB? We are at WAR! Whether we like it or not war is already upon us. Piglosi made that crystal clear after they stole the 2020 election. Either we are nastier and more vicious or it’s over, stick a fork in this country. In another generation with the advanced brainwashing of our children it will be hopeless. That is why they are aggressively going after our kids. The rest of the picks seem reasonable.
Vivek is too young for SECDEF. I think he should be put in charge of closing down agencies including FBI and DOE as per his platform. Or he could be Ambassador to India and later on Sec State. But India is an important geopolitical player these days, a core part of BRICS but also frequently at odds with China.
That is age discrimination.
OK. He knows exactly jack about the military.
I watch him being interviewed he’s not a leader, he has knowledge but seems too impressed with self…needs a lot more battles to come round
He can be Ambassador to India.
Limited ability to do damage.
I like Carson also. He would be about 77 years old at the end of Trumps term. Doubtful he would run in’28.
Imagine a Carson , Harris debate
Carson would chew her up and spit her out speaking softly and smiling.
imagine Harris in ANY debate – haha
Why?
Secretary of Education – Carol Swain
At least for Interim President I can think of a former Harvard Law professor that might help clean house.
Need to close the Dept. of Education!
Wow! Yes!
She is excellent -have heard her speak several times, especially recently on the Dobbs show about the plagiarism of her statistics that the abominable Hahvahd pResident committed.
(Not for nothing, but due for a family party soon where there are a couple of grads from there. Looking forward to a bit of fun. 😈 My phone is stuffed with memes about the Crimson.)
JD for VP. He is the person we were told Ron would be.
JD Vance is needed in the Senate.
You are correct. It’s always a problem when elected officials are extracted for other jobs and it’s expected they will be replaced by equal personnel. They never are.
A daily dose of Vernon Jones at press briefings would the most watched worldwide AND shatter what’s left of MSM’s credibility
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Vivek is young, brilliant, ambitious and has depth. President Trump has a very good instinct in choosing talent.
If Vivek can be part of a future MAGA party, all the more reason to be supportive of President Trump’s instinctive picks.
Sundance has an exceptional talent to bring forth these possibilities, rather than to dwell on negativity, and the death-knell wishes of the Left.
I appreciate this site and all who participate.
Wouldn’t it be a hoot, for Bannon to be the Press Secretary. That would be hysterical. Other than that, think that Bannon is necessary to lead the posse for now.
Did any of you, especially, Sundance, listen or watch the interview Charlie Kirk did with RFK Jr.? He would not answer most important questions and then when he did answer, man, you don’t want that Democrat anywhere near the White House. BTW- He entered the race as an Independent to harm Trump. Who he found many, many faults with. The things he blamed on Trump, were all Biden. He didn’t find much fault with Biden though. He refused to answer, or said he didn’t know so often, that no one like that should be running for President, or near the Trump administration. Yes, he would want to discover the wrong doings of the CIA, for his family. He is a Democrat and not a Trump fan whatsoever. Just saying. Listen to that interview, it is eye opening.
I’d like to see James O’Keefe as Press Secretary.
Can you imagine the splodey heads!
Bannon for OMB head.
Jeb Bush at FEMA might shut the Bush family up, too; Bobby, Jr. as Director, CIA, shrewd move, it’s put up or shut up time for Junior plus it’s bipartisan.
Berni Kerik FBI Dir. – former NYPD Top Cop, conservative, Trump supporter
Keep our strong elected conservatives in their current positions as Trump will need help getting legislation passed
No Bushes – others also have experience in emergency management, maybe Desantis’ guy who seemingly did a good job
Dr. Ben Carson is a nice, honorable man and that alone disqualifies him for more than an ambassadorship. Trump needs a team of trained killers with the character and competence to reduce federal agencies to zero in some cases and chop budgets to the minimum necessary to do the job. The message is, “Hit the ground running on Day-One, minus 60. 100% of Biden’s executive orders repealed on day one. Fire all presidential appointees on day one (senior non-appointees can carry the load for 100 days). Halt all non-emergency government procurements during a 120-day review.
Maybe RFK, Jr. is more important strategically as head of the CIA; however, in my own mind I was thinking he would be the best person to clean up and clean out the NIH, CDC, and/or FDA. If not him, who?
Ron Johnson.
Robert Malone.
There are a group of Drs that have been loudly sounding the alarms, and there is a whole beurocracy at the FED level, related to medicine/public health.
FDA, CDC, NIH and thru the NIH, a link to CIA and DOD as funding for bioweopons research, which ties into Big Harma, and so back to FDA.
Need Malone, McCoullough, Mary Bowden and probably a lot more to unravel that mess!
Thanks, dutch. I am late to this thread – yes, the Pig Pharma captured agencies need serious correction & rebuild.
Bannon ONLY if he takes a shower and dresses properly befitting the position he will have. Also, I’m a little disappointed Kari Lake is not on the list except as an afterthought.
Since she comes from media industry I would think Press Secretary Lake would scare the Schiff out of the press pool, which I would yank all credentials from, close the White House office, and send back to their studios.
I would tell them all, Sorry, we are not hear to create “content” for you losers.
Who could we put into an office of Leak Detection?
The Senate needs new leaders; she would be a great Majority Leader in the Senate for starters.
Not gonna happen unless you replace the current crop of Senate Republicants, who detirmine the Senate R leader.
Bannon is a concepts guy. No good as a working implementer. Trump figured that out, and his drinking problem. Use him outside the WH, and as advisor.
Oh, please. Bannon has been sober for a long time. He looks scruffy on occasion but has also proved he can look non-scruffy when the occasion warrants it.
“The value of having a faith servant in the role of close counsellor to President Trump cannot be overstated. If Carson is not the correct person to take the role, Carson would be the first to announce it…. which, ultimately, makes him more qualified.”
And why shouldn’t President Trump have at least TWO close advisors/counsellors?
While I absolutely agree that Ben Carson will be fine as VP, and a great advisor to Trump, it would be good to have a second one as well.
Someone who has all the traits of Dr Ben, but who also has an intimate understanding of how the “silo” system works. Who’s willing and able to make sure those silos and the heads of the silos are kept in constant contact and coordination with one another. Oh, and who is 100% honest and fearless. Hmm…. I wonder where we could find such a person?
Shouldn’t Elaine Chou ( Mrs Mitch ) get a Mulligan ? Afterall , she didn’t realize she had to actually do something the first time around . A well deserved Ambassadorship to Outer Mongolia perhaps ? (Sarcasm )
Test pilot on an ICBM.
Send Turtle with her.
Fun but feels a bit like measuring the curtains. We got lots of potatoes to peel first.
Sure, but at this point, a conceptual basis of design is an important exercise, and not just in engineering. You spitball it, throw in low probability alternatives, unproven technologies, high risk processes, as well as all the standard methods. Analysis follows, stuff gets excluded, newly implementation ready tech is brought on, and we develop our final basis of design.
I see a few clunkers in our host’s conceptual list, but the discussion and analysis are what’s important right now. Nice development work here.
Ok. I was reading the 1k comments on the first post and didn’t realize a 2nd article was posted. Since my thoughts were a different aspect re: Carson I thought I’d post it here.
I believe Carson would be a great choice. First, he has the intellect on the same level as PDJT. Pense wasn’t on that level. That would be a refreshing change for a CIC.
A human voice can shatter a glass. Every object has a resonant frequency – the natural frequency at which something vibrates.
PDJT shattered the globalists elites his resonant frequency – loud, bold, brassy, in-your-face truth.
But an opposite type can have the same shattering effect through quiet, confidence, forthrightness with some humor – such as Dr. Carson.
Sundances’s cabinet list will slay the dragons in each agency. They will do the grunt work with a vengeance which is very real and personal in many cases. Such people have one focus, one target and driven until completion. That is their passion.
When President Trump returns he will come back with a vengeance and tear it all down. He will be our retribution. The right bulldogs in all positions will get the job done.
OBiden divided us. Our country is shredded, and PDJT must rip out the evil so the good can surface and survive. Then when 2028-2036 comes Dr Carson will carry on PT’s policy, and the storm will continue until it doesn’t and he will be the calm, peaceful voice of healing for our country not just on our soil but internationally. He will build bridges back that have been torn down.
Dr. Carson is a healer by training and profession. He will lead us down the path of healing our nation, but the evil must be extracted first by President Trump. Given more time he could bring about the unity and healing.
The ying and the yang.
I think this partnership would be our best shot.
P.S. Is that Melania? Secret weapon?