Given Trump’s landslide victory three days ago, the uppermost question in my mind is whether the populist/freedom movement is also strong enough to dissuade him from appointing banksters and war mongers like Mike Pompeo to his 2025 cabinet.
For people who can remember back to 2016, the Trump transition team set up a link for ordinary Americans to nominate candidates for his cabinet. I can recall nominating former representative Ron Paul as secretary of tate.
I find current reports in the mainstream media of his short list extremely discouraging, especially the three identified candidates for treasury secretary: JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink or hedge fund manager Scott Bessent and the re-appointment of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state or defense secretary.
So far, I’ve been unable to find any non-corporate alternatives put forward by the freedom movement? Does anyone know if such a list has been compiled?
Tulsi Gabbard has already indicated her willingness to serve as Trump’s secretary of state (or defense secretary).
I would support long-time Trump supporter General Michael Flynn as secretary of defense.
For treasury secretary I would support former congressman Dennis Kucinich, long time Federal Reserve critic advocate for restoring the ability of the federal government to create money (as Lincoln did with his greenbacks). See Kucinich: Reclaiming the Money Power. He resigned as RFK Jr’s campaign manager earlier this year over the candidate’s position on the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
I’m curious what other suggestions people have.
The Most Revolutionary Act 
Interesting choices, but I would like to see the cabinet size diminished. George washington had only three cabinet members: Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, and Henry Knox as Secretary of War. Each of these departments has ballooned to create their own bureaucratic fiefdoms, in which regular people are disempowered. Abraham Lincoln did create the Greenback, and for that I commend him; and FDR did form the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to employ out-of-work adolescents to replant trees and perform useful services at home during the Depression, but when the bombing of Pearl Harbor led FDR to declare war on Japan, efforts to rebuild America from within collapsed.
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I think the reason Congress allowed the cabinet to expand to more members was to keep more control over federal appointments. All cabinet positions must be approved by the Senate.
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I think that I should head Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as much as I know about the homeless and housing needs. Unfortunately, that agency will lose funding and Trump will hire some indifferent asshole to head that agency.
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I totally agree, Shelby. If Trump opens cabinet suggestions to the public again, I’ll definitely submit your name.
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Why thank you, Dr. Bramhall. But we both know that I don’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the position. I’m not even registered to vote anymore, and Trump would want someone who, at least, could have voted for him. I just won’t even bother to register.
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