{"id":134687,"date":"2024-12-08T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T03:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134687"},"modified":"2024-12-08T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T03:26:47","slug":"botched-up-pretty-bad-republicans-gripe-that-trump-isnt-vetting-cabinet-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134687","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBotched up pretty bad\u201d: Republicans gripe that Trump isn&#8217;t vetting Cabinet picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"article_url\" value=\"2024\/12\/07\/botched-up-pretty-bad-gripe-that-isnt-vetting-cabinet-picks\/\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The only constant of <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/donald_trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s transition into his second term has been chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect nominates friends, lackeys and <a href=\"https:\/\/salon.com\/2024\/11\/19\/dr-oz-eyed-by-to-oversee-medicare-and-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people he&#8217;s seen on TV<\/a> via late-night posts to his personal social media page. Trump&#8217;s hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/11\/15\/transition-team-is-skipping-fbi-background-for-cabinet-picks-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forgoing the typical background checks<\/a> on his nominees as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/05\/wanted-to-build-an-anti-metoo-cabinet--but-its-backfiring-badly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations of misconduct<\/a>\u00a0pile up around them and the seemingly slapdash nature of Trump&#8217;s process is starting to chafe lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/jockeying-trump-administration-jobs-rcna182901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new report from NBC News<\/a> spoke with Trump transition insiders and Republican politicians on the Hill to take the temperature of Trump&#8217;s shamble toward the Oval Office. One GOP senator, who spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity, said that Trump&#8217;s team &#8220;botched up the nomination process pretty bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They clearly aren\u2019t vetting these people,&#8221; they shared.<\/p>\n<p>That tracks with reports that Trump&#8217;s team was surprised by allegations against Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host who was tagged by Trump to lead the Department of Defense. Since his nomination to the role last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/11\/21\/police-report-details-allegations-against-nominee-pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a police report <\/a>in which a woman claimed Hegseth sexually assaulted her surfaced alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/02\/expect-pete-to-get-drunk-hegseth-accused-of-embarrassing-incompetence-as-head-of-veterans-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whistleblower reports<\/a> that claimed Hegseth had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/07\/he-does-not-have-a-drinking-problem-defends-smart-guy-hegseth-on-meet-the-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drinking problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the chaos can be attributed to the many voices in Trump&#8217;s ear. One insider compared the atmosphere around the president-elect to &#8220;Game of Thrones,&#8221; with various factions jockeying for power via their recommendations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 over there. I think [Donald Trump Jr.] has been trying to do things at times. It\u2019s like [chief of staff] Susie [Wiles] will have a meeting and then Don Jr. will say something else,&#8221; the source shared.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed Trump ally said that <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/elon_musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> has never been far from Trump since Election Day. The source shared that the head of the as-yet uncreated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/04\/elon-musks-twitter-harassment-of-employees-shows-doge-is-weaker-than-he-pretends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> was a big driver behind Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/02\/an-absolute-disgrace-picks-kash-patel-to-pursue-his-enemies-as-head-of-the-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial choice<\/a> of Kash Patel to lead the FBI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he is around Musk more than anyone else,\u201d they shared. \u201cThere are several of the traditional sort of transition tensions and fighting over picks, but Musk casts a huge shadow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"layout_template_wrapper read_more\">\n<div class=\"red_white_box\">\n<p class=\"red_box\">Read more<\/p>\n<p class=\"white_box\">about Trump&#8217;s Cabinet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/07\/botched-up-pretty-bad-gripe-that-isnt-vetting-cabinet-picks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only constant of Donald Trump&#8216;s transition into his second term has been chaos. 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