Here Come the Awful Neocon Trump Appointments
The first Trump term was notable for countless terrible appointments Trump made. This was true in terms of both politics and policy. On the political end, Trump appointed people who routinely sought to undermine him politically. Many of Trump’s own appointees would go on to campaign against Trump in 2020 and 2024. Trump’s more clueless followers assured us that this was all, somehow, 4-D chess. Of course, it wasn’t. The 4-D chess trope has always been, as the kids say, “copium.”
On the policy end, Trump’s appointments were even worse. Neocon warmongers like Nikki Haley, John Bolton, and Mike Pompeo—and countless lesser neocon junior bureaucrats—held prominent positions in the administration. Moreover, with their key positions in many federal departments, these advocates of the warfare state were able to protect members of the military who blatantly attempted to undermine the administration and promote war with Russia. The despicable militarist Alexander Vindman comes to mind.
Now, Trump appears to be back to his old habits. Publicly, the administration has said it won’t make the same mistakes again, but incoming evidence suggests the opposite. Already, Trump has appointed Elise Stefanik as UN Ambassador and Michael Waltz as National Security Advisor.
Yet again, of course, we hear from the gullible wing of the Trump base that it’s all 4-D chess.
Sure.
Waltz is an acolyte of Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, and in this video, Waltz praises Trump for his support of all t
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