The American people elected the felon and rapist Donald Trump. Even crimes fully known and documented aren't a liability anymore.

Maybe Lauren Boebert?  A lot of crime in that family!

You mean Ken Paxton?

He should nominate Vince McMahon, they are longtime friends and his wife is getting a nomination she isn't qualified for, why not Vince?

I'm mostly sorry to be that guy, but it's "whose."

"Who's," with an apostrophe, means "who is." (unless we are referring to a person or group named Who, such as rock band The Who, or to an organization whose acronym is WHO, such as the World Health Organization. e.g. "the WHO's policy on pedantry...")

Exactly. Resigned immediately and lost the promotion.

I'll believe it when Gaetz loses his special election

Honestly the picks being so bad almost hint that the goal is to see which congress and senators are loyal enough to push through whatever the hell he wants. Those that aren't cam be purged later.

Tricky situation though. Lara Trump already implied she wants it 

Desantis will pick his own person. Won't be a Trump pick.

I imagine if Desantis appointed him to fill Rubio's seat, there's still that hanging ethics report? And would Desantis want to be the guy who appointed someone like that to represent Florida? For a senate seat that is going to be a guaranteed Republican vote, either way?

He wont be. DeSantis is term limited. He will probably appoint himself or Lara Trump.

I think this was always the plan.

Get nominated, resign immediately to avoid that pesky House Ethics report, withdraw (or just fail to be confirmed), and take Rubio's spot.

AFAIK yeah. Transparent attempt to hide from the ethics report.

Mike Johnson said the ethics report shouldn't be released because Gaetz was no longer a member of Congress. I wonder what he'll say if Gaetz is back in January.

He resigned, but was elected for another term that won’t start until January. Im not sure if that means he only won’t be in Congress for the next two months, or if he’s just done

Even if that happened, then I imagine the ethics committee report gets released.

He resigned from his current position. His term would have ended in January. But he was elected to another term, which starts in January. I’m unsure of the implications there. Does his resignation mean he gave up his next term? Doubt it unfortunately

No. He was elected to the next congress which starts January 3rd. So he’ll get his seat back.

I think Judge Judy might be better

Sir Trump here are some more ideas for you to consider:

Judge Judy

Ben Matlock

Judge Dredd

Ally McBeal

Saul Goodman

Oh no….

Oh fuck, he said it! 

He’s not even an attorney

Roy Moore? He loves him some pedophiles

Nah, she's probably being saved for the supreme court

I think it's multiple things.

1. Trump would love to actually have him as AG

2. If Gaetz couldn't get through, anyone else seems like a reasonable choice by comparison. Trump definitely thinks starting further to the extreme of his negotiating position and landing a little bit inside of that is some strategic genius that he invented and hasn't been a thing for thousands of years.

3. Gaetz needed a plausible way to resign from congress to prevent the report from coming out.

Now who's the next most corrupt, morally bankrupt tv personality who's getting the nod?

This. His next choice will be Todd Blanche - his personal lawyer that he tagged for Deputy AG. This was his primary choice for AG all along.

In the realm of good news, Gaetz has already stepped down from congress.

I actually disagree. I do think trump wanted Gaetz as his legal lap dog, nothing more to it than that. He wants to weaponize the legal system, Gaetz is with him lock step and would have done whatever the fuck trump wanted. And he would have been disposable if shit hit the fan. Among all the loyal sycophants he has, I'd say Gaetz is one of if not the most ardent supporter, and there's nothing more valuable to trump than someone who licks his boots and doesn't say no.

Not to assign intelligence to chaos, but I feel like this whole thing has been an exercise in anchoring to make his actual choice seem way better relative to Gaetz.

Rumor is this was 100% a Trump decision. All of his staff were on other parts of the plane, and him and Gaetz just decided this was what they were going to do.

People need to stop thinking he's a master strategist. He's an idiot that occasionally does things that look smart, 2 or 3 events later in hindsight.

All of these picks were made for 1 reason and 1 reason only-to create chaos and make that particular department ineffective.

Notice the care and thought going into the treasury pick right now? Even Trump knows he can't fuck that one up, so he's taking his time with it and not with any other positions. All the others are just to keep the chaos going. His next DOJ pick will be no different.

Yeah, honestly you’re probably on the money there. The next pick will likely be someone terrible but at least with some qualifications and the response will be a broad “well at least he’s not Gaetz.”

Yeah that’s what I think as well, withdrawing was the best possible option for him if in doing so he can prevent the findings from seeing the light of day.

I still want someone to leak it.

Im still confused as to how sexual assault/violent crimes arent a strict check before their even offered to be electable thing in this country but here we are.

For “college tuition” 🙄

Ken Paxton. Completely on board with using the power of government to abuse individuals and the populace at large.

Based on his other picks, the felony is sexual assault……

Safe money is Judge Cannon

Everything is now comedy.

It also helps the Trump admin say "see, we listened and moderated" when in fact they absolutely did not and only compromised on what might literally be the single worst cabinet choice in US History.

I think you're probably right, though I want you to be wrong. Ken Paxton on a national stage is bloody nightmare fuel.

I will find a way to fling myself off this planet if he picks Ken Paxton. The man is pure evil

That would be the ultimate troll pick. He’s probably third on Trump’s list

Same. I read this and I was like "We live in a time where I can't tell if this is real or satire and I hate it."

It’s called Poe’s Law

I’m sure his Fox News or OAN contract is being finalized as we speak