Matt Gaetz running the justice department. Fox hosts in charge of the Pentagon and transportation. Elon Musk as head of layoffs. And Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Oz overseeing the nationās health.
Some have likened Donald Trumpās administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or āgovernment by the worst peopleā, as Merriam-Webster puts it.
The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a new dedicated subreddit. Itās not the first time Trump has (accidentally) made the term famous; many discovered it in his first term. But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogersā Neighborhood compared with the president-electās new batch of sidekicks.
He had to pick these guys. He tried to put the others in jail or in the ground, so they donāt want to play with him. Heās assembled the best team he has available to him, and Iām just curious who is really making the selections here. Iād lay even money itās the friendovich but weāll never know.
But trust him: he could not do any better than these guys.