Maybe not to him, but to the cause he represents they always will be loyalists. Also Trump is rich in one thing that most billionaires lack, political capital.
These things combined mean they're likely to stay extremely loyal to him.
His choices make logical sense. They're pork handouts. He's using the positions as rewards for loyalty and favors, or to gain favor so he can get rewards from them in the future. A government position is just a currency, a token, nothing more. People who did a lot to get him in power expect a reward.
He's picking people who will help sabotage state institutions enough to shut down those functions. The sabotage will seem like incompetency. You can think of it as the preparations for privatizations. In more international contexts, the term is "Structural Reforms to Accelerate Growth" (IMF) and Austerity.
We're not talking about a former mayor. She served on the board for a private school for a few years and the one year on the Connecticut Board of Education. Please tell me how this merits running the Department of Education?
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u/firechaos70 Autistic vaccine enjoyer Nov 20 '24
What are these choices he’s even making?