Donald Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz offered his resignation from Congress the same day he was tapped to be U.S. attorney general, House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Trump is literally filling his cabinet with people he things will "trigger the libs". It's honestly quite beautiful watching him set himself of for complete and utter failure. This was always the state of right-wing politics, now the brainrot has full control over the Government.
Like last time, I think the only campaign promise he'll be able to keep will be cutting taxes for the rich. Outside of that, this admin is going to be a complete chaotic disaster.
This is absolutely the wrong person for the job (if you're Trump). This is basically good news.
Gaetz has literally no demonstrable experience as an attorney that would help him in this role. He got his license to practice law in 2008 and has periodically worked at Keefe Anchors & Gordon where he only practiced real estate, employment, property insurance, and contract law and later lost his law license because he forgot to pay his dues (while in office, where having that kind of credential could be valuable). KAG (now AnchorsGordon) appears to mostly have employed him as a political tool, not as a legitimate attorney that represented their clients directly. There are few if any legal documents with his name on them, so he very likely did very little actual legal work during his employment there.
This is a position you want a competent and experienced attorney serving your administration. Gaetz may be a yes-man for Trump, but this is a massive strategic mistake for him and his goals. Trump's proposals so far are absolutely guaranteed to be challenged by the courts if he moves on them, and Gaetz is going to be literally the worst possible representative you could choose to try to defend your admin in that scenario.
You’re overlooking the fact that DOJ lawyers, provided by the Herritage Foundation and FedSoc will be arguing those cases. Gaetz just needs to do what he’s told.
Here's a fun theory. He wants Gaetz to oversee as many possible federal criminal cases against Trump as possible. His job would be to bring everything to court and throw the cases. Hello double jeopardy.
Based on the fact that Trump has relatively little interest in any "platform" he has announced and it's mostly about every trick possible to advance his personal situation. He doesn't want competence, he wants people that will do whatever he says no matter what hand the intelligence into Putin's hands, make the military Trump loyalists, quash any future legal troubles from the FBI/DoJ.
While I'm sure he's willing to let people have a go at enacting his campaign rhetoric, in any way that conflicts with a system that might hold Trump accountable, that rhetoric can be compromised.
Harris did better than Biden in the key swing states. Be mad at the people who turned out for Trump.
Those of you downvoting me, look at the vote totals for swing states in 2020 vs 2024.
It is insane to me that "be mad at the people who voted for Trump" is a hot take.
Look at the number of eligible voters that didn't vote. Their point is 100% valid, just like it has been for pretty much every election. This time is just extra inexcusable because of what we've collectively lost.
a competent individual with extensive litigation experience in constitutional law would be the ideal choice here, seeing as this administration is about to face more lawsuits than any in history.. but no, donvict chooses another moronic 'yes man'
Look, he's not going appoint anyone that isn't awful. The most you can hope for, the best outcome, is favourable funny > evil mix.
I'm comfortable saying that Matt Gaetz, on the grading curve necessary for Trump appointments, clears that bar. He's has at worst a 51% funny to 49% evil ratio.
Matt Gaetz could bring another dozen or so, 17 year girls across state lines, and still not reach the scale of evil contained within Trump's former OG AG Keebler.
That's my point. The best you can hope for is someone who also dipshit maxes, hard.