It’s not official yet, but the New York Times is reporting that President-elect Trump has named Retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security:
NYT: Trump picks Gen. John Kelly for Homeland Security secretary https://t.co/jFLzZzILlq pic.twitter.com/bvZjiBgfNX
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) December 7, 2016
Trump picks retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to lead Homeland Security, NBC News confirms https://t.co/QeZEMfKWKS
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) December 7, 2016
If true, Gen. Kelly will join Generals Michael Flynn and John Mattis in Trump’s cabinet, which is cause for concern from some journalists and media types:
Ok, so now Trump has chosen three generals for top national security positions. That's very concerning: https://t.co/QpQVhHN5qv
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) December 7, 2016
Trump knows more than the generals – so just picked 3rd for cabinet. Retired Marine John Kelly to head DHS https://t.co/S85i9VtTWq
— Joe Garofoli (@joegarofoli) December 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/806542431256776708
I am not an anti military guy by nature. But #Trump admin seems to have more generals than the Russian army. https://t.co/IFinAe8y9B
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) December 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ericlach/status/806536737434595328
And don’t forget West Point grad Mike Pompeo to head the CIA:
Trump junta now includes three generals and a West Point grad at CIA. These must not be the brass he denigrated on campaign trail.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) December 7, 2016
Make up your minds, people! Remember when libs used to mock Trump for saying he knew more than the generals? Now there are too many generals?
And here’s something that we weren’t necessarily expecting — kudos from Vox:
Trump’s Cabinet of ex-generals will help keep him out of wars, not push him into one https://t.co/vemA8s2oFJ
— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 7, 2016
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