CNN: All Trump’s remaining nominees likely to be approved
When Donald Trump named his appointees, the entire left got their backs up over it.
While I expected most of Trump’s nominees to get through fairly unscathed, there were going to be a handful that would be a challenge.
Several of them have already gone through, and according to CNN’s Harry Enten, the two most controversial appointments remaining, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., are both going to make it through.
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Enten recently broke down the outlook on Trump’s two remaining controversial picks, and it was good news for the 47th president.
Enten stated, “[The betting markets] seem to be pretty gosh darn bullish. Their numbers, their chances, have been rising. Tulsi Gabbard, specifically to be the national intel director.
“She’s up to, get this, a 92% chance. A week ago, she was closer to 52%. But as some Republican senators have come out like Susan Collins, in support of her, her chances have gone through the roof.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the HHS [Health and Human Services] secretary, he’s up to 82%. Again, that is also higher than it was a week ago.
“At this particular point, the two most controversial picks remaining for Donald Trump seem to see their prospects going through the roof at this hour.”
Gabbard has been on the fence the entire time, but the fact that Senator Collins is now backing her nomination makes her approval all but certain.
I think the market on Kennedy is a bit high, but time will tell. I just don’t see him getting any support from Democrats and I know there are a handful of Republicans concerned about him.
I have not heard anything yet from the more moderates in the party that I don’t believe will back him, but that will all sort itself out soon enough.
Regarding the rest of the field, Enten stated, “What about the field? So the remaining picks, ‘chance of Trump’s picks being confirmed.’ The average besides Gabbard and RFK, you can’t really get much higher than 99%.
“So look, there’s a chance, I guess, you know, a one in 1,000,000, basically, or a one in 100 in this particular case, that one of the remaining picks do not get confirmed.
“But the bottom line at this hour is RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard look likely to be confirmed, and the rest of the field looks really, really, really likely to be confirmed.”
The one name I am surprised was not mentioned was Linda McMahon as the Secretary of Education.
I know it is not one of the glamorous posts in the administration, but she is hardly qualified for that position, and I suspect she will have a very hard time getting through, especially since Trump has made it clear he wants to eliminate the department.
Other than that post, I don’t really see Trump getting much resistance in Congress to his nominees.
