President Elect Trump has appointed three marquis members of his cabinet: Elise Stefanik will serve as Ambassador to the United Nations, Lee Zeldin will serve as Administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Stephen Miller will serve as Deputy Chief of Staff for policy.
There is much speculation that Marco Rubio has been appointed as Secretary of State but the President-Elect did not formally announce that on Truth Social as he has other appointments. Fox News also reports that Mike Waltz has been named as National Security Advisor but that also has not been confirmed by Trump himself. Kash Patel is also reported to be considered to run the CIA but again, this is not confirmed.
I am on bended knee that at least the Rubio news is an unfounded rumor. Rubio has blood on his fangs over the war in Ukraine. Stefanik is also not a Redacted favorite. We have compared her to Dolores Umbridge, the authoritarian mouthpiece from the Harry Potter books.
Are these rumors outrage bait for the antiwar supporters who voted for Trump or is this an indication that the swamp is too big to drain? Or are these leaks meant to expose the leakers? We’ll have to wait to see.
