Drama surrounds Trump transition
The spectacle of President-elect Donald Trump picking his Cabinet has turned into America's next reality TV program.
The speculation surrounding Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks has become America’s latest reality TV show — a much-watched spectacle playing out on cable TV and in the lobby of Trump Tower as the president-elect parades his contenders before the public. It’s like a beauty pageant or “The Bachelor,” leaving everyone to speculate who’ll receive the final rose.
Adding to the drama is Team Trump.
Advisers to the incoming president have taken to the cable airwaves and Twitter to offer their own opinions on whom the boss should select.
RealClearPolitics’ Caitlin Huey-Burns examined the spectacle surrounding the secretary of state pick, a position with added weight this year since the person holding the office will represent America to a world skeptical of the president it just elected. Suddenly, Mitt Romney is the great hope of Democrats, journalists and foreign leaders who had little use for him when he tried in 2012 to deny President Barack Obama a second term. “If Trump taps Romney,” wrote Frank Bruni in The New York Times, “he’ll be sending a powerful message to an anxious world that he’s not hostage to the darkest parts of his character.”
