The Cabinet Doesn’t Matter

Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen

“At the center of government in Palm Beach, Florida, plans are being hastily made for the next four years. Those of us outside the Mar-a-Lago walls have a framework for assessing these plans, one summed up in three little words: Personnel is policy. And so we scour the lists of cabinet announcements and read the tea leaves on the various contenders. I think that is the wrong way to look at things this time. Cabinet members have a degree of importance, I guess. Marco Rubio will be in charge of at least something at the State Department, along with Kristi Noem at Homeland Security, and Lee Zeldin at the Environmental Protection Agency.” (11/14/24)

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-11-14-trump-cabinet-doesnt-matter/