Trump may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of shake-up.

[Cattledog]

Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing Fox News contributor John Bolton as a potential successor.

A leading contender to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is Pete Hegseth, the co-host of “Fox and Friends Weekend.”

The president named CNBC analyst and former host Larry Kudlow to replace former Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn as his chief economic adviser on Wednesday.

Heather Nauert, a former co-host of “Fox and Friends,” got promoted on Monday from being a spokeswoman for the State Department to acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. She replaced Steve Goldstein, who was fired because he publicly contradicted the White House’s claim that Rex Tillerson knew he was being fired before Trump announced it on Twitter. (Is it any coincidence that Mike Pompeo got elevated from Langley to Foggy Bottom the morning after he aggressively went to bat for Trump on the Sunday shows?)

-- Trump’s plot to poach from green rooms is an additional proof point that validates two important themes I’ve written about: Trump has debased the value of expertise and supercharged the celebrification of American politics.

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[HipChick]

1. What could go wrong? A govt full of TV hosts..

[Hortensis]

2. Pathetic jerk only "knows" the talking heads he sees

often on TV.

[pangaia]

3. He is also compromising the news media...making it a servant of the government

as it much of it wasn't already.

[greymattermom]

4. Will they get their jobs back

when he fires them? This could be career ending for them. I hope so.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. The swamp is still full of Fox rejects.

[Historic NY]

6. He wants a personal media operation. Trumps propaganda straight from the WH

Yeah that will shakes it up more talking a$$holes from Fox.

[Zoonart]

8. New name for the Cabinet:

The Ministry of Propaganda.

[MineralMan]

7. Choosing People from Fox News Bolsters His Base's Support

Trump's base is made up of Fox News viewers. They are used to seeing some of those people Trump is considering presented as experts on Fox News. Every time he appoints someone from there, he builds support from that base.

Both Fox News viewers and Trump supporters are the same people. They're that 30-something percent that is locked into Donald Trump.

Both Trump and his base are idiots. That doesn't seem to matter to Trump, though, probably because he's an idiot.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Maybe Steve Doucey will replace John Kelly.

Is Bill O'Reilly available? I'm sure he'd fit in somewhere.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. The goal is to destroy the government, completely. Other than defense and treasury where they can

steal.

So dont expect any of his picks to reflect a desire to actually govern.

There is an ENEMY traitor in our WH, if Mueller cant get him out and soon, well...Do we sit back and watch the country be taken over by Putin? You tell me.

[smirkymonkey]

11. This! Exactly.

He is treating this all as one big joke for his amusement and enrichment. He has no loyalty to the country or it's citizens, only his beloved Putin and himself.

[BlueTsunami2018]

13. Most people have no idea this is happening.

So, yeah, most of America is going to sit there and let it happen and they won’t even notice until it’s too late.

[CrispyQ]

14. What are we doing now?

We are sitting here & letting it happen. But I don't know what to do. Everyone who respects rule of law is waiting for rule of law. Those who don't respect it are in charge & taking a wreaking ball to our institutions. Everyday he's in office our republic is in increased peril. I have a hard time seeing a good end to this.

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. I know. And you nailed it, one half of this country respects the rule of law and the country, the

other half, who are armed to the teeth, do not.

I see a problem coming.

[logosoco]

12. My grandsons are really good at riding bikes, scooters, skateboards and roller blades...

maybe they should be in charge of the DOT!!!

[unblock]

16. Great. Multiple personalities. Just what this administration needs.

[jberryhill]

17. Unsurprising and, really, not solely an affliction of Trump

I'm constantly surprised at how many people believe a person is highly competent, informed, or correct, merely because they present well on television.

[Cracklin Charlie]

18. Not The Onion?

This. Can’t. Be. Happening.

[CousinIT]

19. SHitler sees the US gov't as part of Trump Org & a Reality TV show. n/t

[UpInArms]

20. This is disgusting

Grrrr

[oxbow]

21. He knows they will say whatever he tells em to

You see how quickly they all turned on a potus meeting with North Korea. He just wants an administration of sock puppets