Possible Cabinet Choices

Picking a Cabinet: It is the most important visible action a new President can do. It lays out for all to see where the new President is going to take this country.

Several names for these key positions have been floated, which were reported in today's New York Times. I hope that Chris Christie's is only for a "pat on the back" and not really being considered.

If I were choosing and advising President -Elect Trump, I would offer the following people for the posts indicated:

State                                   John Bolton, former UN Ambassador 
Defense                             Allen West, former Congressman and retired Lt Colonel, Army 
Treasury                            Tim Pawlenty, former Minnesota Governor
Justice                               Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor, NYC and former US Attorney, NY or
                                             Jeanine Pirro, former Westchester DA and former District Court Judge
Interior                                Jan Brewer, former Arizona Governor
Agriculture                        Sam Brownback, Kansas Governor
Commerce                        Kelly Ayotte, outgoing NH Senator
HHS                                    Ben Carson, Neurosurgeon
Labor                                  Victoria Lipnic, EEO Commissioner
Energy                               Joe Manchin, Senator, West Virginia
Education                          Williamson Evers, Hoover institution Education Expert
HUD                                    Shaun Donovan, former HUD Secretary
VA                                       Michael T Flynn, retired Lt General 
DHS                                    Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee
UN Ambassador              Richard Grennell, former US UN spokesman for several Ambassadors 
CIA                                      Stanley McChrystal, former Senior Military Commander, Afghanistan
EPA                                     Jeffrey Holmstead, former Deputy EPA Administrator
Natl Security Advisor     Kathleen Troia (KT) McFarland, former Assistant Secretary of Defense,                                                former National Security Council Staff Member

Some will see this as just Donald Trump surrendering to the Establishment. I see it as this: The smartest man in the room is only the smartest because he surrounds himself with people smarter than himself.

That is what JFK did and that's what Reagan did, too. I hope Donald Trump learns THAT from history. The Muse will always show the way. Only the brightest see that light.

For today, Clio’s light is shining very bright.