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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you accept the basic premise that a president has the right to nominate people who align with his viewpoint on issues, then Trump's choices are more defensible - as were Obama's choices.

Liberals may not like Trump's nominations - just as conservatives did not like Obama's appointments - but it is a president's prerogative to choose his cabinet subject to the advise and consent provisions in the constitution.

Some of his more controversial selections in key slots are controversial mainly because of these philosophical differences.[/quote]

They're controversial in large part because these people have no experience working on the topics they are going to be in charge of, or because they are completely opposed to the mission of the agency they will be heading, witness Ben Carson at HUD and the fossil fuel guy at EPA.  It's the proverbial fox in charge of the hen house in those cases.  And well, in Carson's case it's both not being qualified to run a huge government agency whose mission he has no clue about, and the fact that he doesn't believe in governmental help to keep people living off the streets.

So it may be a "president's prerogative" to put his cronies into positions of power no matter how unsuitable they are to the job, but it's also the public's prerogative to make a big stink about it.

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