𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

 "I started a joke which started the whole world crying"  Bee Gees

Elon Musk with almost worshipful deference to President-Elect Trump, VP-Elect J.D. Vance

As a native Seattleite, I understand gloominess, gray skies and constant drizzle, but my dementia-addled brain still remembers the typical 75F western Washington summer day with our country's most imposing mountain staring you in the face and forcing you to take a step back.  (I won't argue against the sheer, mostly snowless rock called Mount Whitney that rises a few feet higher in the Rockies, but just check the elevation of its base and realize that the Puget Sound area is near sea level making Tahoma, as the indigenous named it, before dumbasses renamed it after Rear Admiral Peter Rainier in 1792, to be much more "imposing" from base to pinnacle.)

Still, with Cameron County voting 52.5% for Trump, our country's first convicted criminal to win the office, it's only fitting that I report on the President-Elect's quickly-executed selections for his pending administration. 

Trump has fingered his heavy campaign donor Elon Musk and eccentric co-billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to run the non-existent Department of Government Efficiency.  

All I can say is:  "Good luck boys!"

Trump reached for a real soulmate in selecting Matt Gaetz as his Attorney General.  Congressman Gaetz, investigated for sex-trafficking in a case where his close friend was convicted, was also under investigation by a House ethics committee for allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and other ethical breaches.  Gaetz resigned today his position in the House of Representatives with the results of an internal investigation nearing release.  Now, those results are likely to be suppressed.

Gaetz should make a very Trump-like Attorney General if confirmed.

Another Trump endorser, anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who Trump promises to let "go wild on health, wild on the food, wild on the medicines," is already jumping ahead of his future boss in declaring his priorities should he be selected to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

Right off the bat, RFK, Jr. wants to ban fluoride, a component in the nation's drinking water for decades to counteract tooth decay, but also fire 600 people from the National Institute of Health on "Day One" of a Trump administration.

Don't spit out your coffee, but Trump's choice for Defense Secretary is Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth, now tabbed to oversee the 1.3M active duty and 1.4M reserves of our nation's "losers and suckers" as Trump refers to them. So far, Hegseth has stated his intention to rid our military of "wokeness" and ban female soldiers from combat duty. 

Oh, I almost forgot "little Marco," that is Senator Marco Rubio, who Trump wants for Secretary of State despite the fact that Rubio has referred to Trump as a "con artist." That's water under the bridge now as Rubio has seen the error of his ways and become a loyal Trumper.

Hoping to roll back Biden's climate and clean air regulations, Trump has selected former Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency.  Zeldin, once a proponent of clean air and water, has seen the error of his ways and been a fervent Trumper in recent years.  Expect the proposed millions of dollars designated for clean energy under the Inflation Reduction Act to be rescinded.

Dog executor and South Dakota governor Kristi Noem will head the Department of Homeland Security, but expect her duties to be limited and overshadowed by Trump's new border czar Tom Homan and white supremacist Stephen Miller. 

Homan was the asshole who oversaw the separation of families in Trump's last attempt as President, while Miller is the racist who's most frequently had the President-Elect's ear on immigration. 

Our New Racist Triumvirate: President-Elect Donald Trump, Border Czar Tom Homan, White Supremacist Stephen Miller

Homan and Miller represent all that is ugly, inhumane and evil in our world, actually perfect fits to implement the workbook Trump claims he's never seen or read, the Heritage Foundation's infamous Project 2025 containing policies that the majority of Cameron County voters welcomed with their votes for Trump in the recent election.