A Trumpian cabinet of dangerous clowns and they are certainly not funny

Echo letters to the editor published in the Los Angeles Times

Trumpian cabinet picks

To the editor: President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections that have raised eyebrows even among conventional Republicans include the incompetent team -Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. Of course, at the top of the list is his pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz.

Gabbard and Gaetz will be found questionable by moderate Republicans as well as Democrats.

By all standards, Marco Rubio for secretary of State is the most welcome addition to Trump’s Cabinet.

Further evidence that might provide a better perspective of Trump’s limited appeal to voters and thus a mandate to challenge his appointees is the revelation that this election was among the closest we’ve ever had. Imagine what Vice President Kamala Harris might have accomplished with a normal campaign lasting a full year.

From: Lynn Lorenz, Newport Beach California

To the editor: Legend has it that the Roman emperor Caligula (who claimed he was a god) planned to appoint his favorite horse to the Roman Senate.

I suspect that horse would have done less damage than nearly anyone chosen by Trump for a government post this month.

From: Lanore Pearlman, in Claremont California