Donald Trump Jr. Hints at 'Backup Plans' if Nominees Don't Get Confirmed

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Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM EST | Updated Nov 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM EST


President-elect Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., indicated on Sunday that his father's transition team is ready to pursue other Cabinet nominees if their first choices don't get through the U.S. Senate confirmation process, even as he remains confident they will succeed. The past week has proven difficult for the president-elect as he released a flurry of announcements for Cabinet nominations, some of which were met with immediate backlash and controversy, such as his pick for U.S. attorney general, former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, and his pick for defense secretary, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.

While appearing on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Trump Jr. said that the Trump transition team has backup plans in the event these nominees fail, stressing that the team has "lists of 10 or 12 people for every position" without providing any names. "Listen, there's always ideas, we have lists of people, we're not just randomly picking a name out of a hat, we're showing him lists of 10 or 12 people for every position, so we do have backup plans, but I think we're obviously going with the strongest candidates first," he said.

Trump Jr. added: "Some of them are going to be controversial, they're controversial because they'll actually get things done. The swamp doesn't want that, so we're going to go all in and make sure that those people have the best chance at getting confirmed as possible, because they're the people who are most effective."

The president-elect's eldest son said that when people "see that kind of backlash, generally speaking, it's because it's a threat to uniparty in Washington, D.C." He added: "They don't want to see change. They want it to be business as usual. They don't want to be disrupted; that's their meal plan. That's their ticket." Newsweek has reached out to the Trump transition team by email on Sunday morning for comment.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-hints-backup-plans-cabinet-nominees-senate-confirmations-1987117

[msongs]

1. how is having a backup plan LBN? Everyone has backup plans nt

[NEOH]

2. Oh FU you coke head prick nt

[Scrivener7]

3. Whatever, Donnie.

[Dem_in_a_red_state]

4. Who takes this guy seriously?

Do the repubs even take Jr seriously anymore?

[Skittles]

10. he is considered as big a joke as Gaetz

pathetic

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Welcome to DU

Jr. is not taking seriously by anyone

[PortTack]

5. So....did you finally figure that out? Wow genius level jr...genius!

[struggle4progress]

6. "The mouth works even without any brains!"

[calimary]

7. Must be fun throwing your own weight around because of who your dad is, pipsqueak.

I guess you better enjoy it while you have it. You're NOTHING without daddy. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. Even those who are too afraid to say so out loud.

[area51]

8. "...'lists of 10 or 12 people for every position' without providing any names."

Sure thing, coke head. Is that like Romney's "binders full of women"?

[EarthFirst]

9. The "uni-party"

Is this an admission that MAGA views themselves as their own entity among political parties?

Sure seems that if I were a Republican I’d ensure that their agenda became as difficult as possible to attain as a result of such revelations…

[Karasu]

11. "They don't want to be disrupted"...well, no, no one wants to fucking DIE due to the decisions of unqualified idiots.

Fuck you and the fascist horse you rode in on, Jr.

[louis-t]

12. Let's see, Manson is dead so he's out....

Bernie Goetz is still around. Maybe he could be Sekatary of Gunz 'N Stuff. Bring back Heckuva Job Brownie. Next hurricane he could run and hide somewhere. This is getting ridiculous.