President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would nominate former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle and his longtime billionaire friend Tom Barrack to be ambassadors to Greece and Turkey, respectively. (MSNBC)
To whose surprise, actually! This is Trump, whose own credentials to serve as President of the United States include the same inadequate qualifications of almost everyone he has nominated or appointed so far!
For Trump, if you happen to be a billionaire and supported his campaign because you understood that your payback would mean paying even less a fair share of taxes. For Trump, if you are a member of the FAMILY, upon which your allegiance is to Trump rather than the Constitution. For Trump, it matters not all about what you can do for your country, but what exactly YOU WILL DO FOR HIM!
What I do care about is the frequency with which Trump chooses people of dubious qualifications for prominent governmental posts based on their closeness to members of his family. The growing list now includes:
Charles Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law, whom the president-elect intends to nominate as the next U.S. ambassador to France.
Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, whom the president-elect tapped to serve as a senior White House adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.
Adam Boehler, Jared Kushner’s college roommate, whom the president-elect tapped to serve as the special U.S. envoy for hostage affairs.
And we can now add Guilfoyle, who was apparently close to Donald Trump Jr., to the mix.
The former Fox News personality, who does not appear to have any background in diplomacy, will require Senate confirmation. (Steve Benen/MSNBC)
