By Count Friedrich von Olsen
Our soon-to-be president, Donald Trump, has made some key appointments to his administration, including traditional cabinet posts, which will need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate…
He has chosen as Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus to be his White House chief of staff…
Mr. Priebus was the first nominee to the Trump administration and is no doubt advising now on the selection of the rest of the cabinet….
Mr. Trump today nominated U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama to the attorney general post. Jeff Sessions was once a U.S. Attorney. He will need to be confirmed by his colleagues in the Senate. I think that will happen…
Also nominated to the cabinet was Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas. Representative Pompeo has been perhaps the most vocal critic of the Obama administration’s deal with Iran which eased oil and financial sanctions in exchange for a less-than-airtight agreement for the dismantling of a major portion of the Iranian nuclear program. He too will need Senate confirmation…
Yesterday, the president-elect tapped retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, once the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as his National Security Adviser.
And Mr. Trump appointed Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News as chief White House strategist and counselor. Many people objected to this appointment, referring to Breitbart News as “far right wing.” This is what I have to say to that: If you call Breitbart News “far right wing,” you are far left wing…