We’ve only just begun…

Robert Kennedy has been made head of Health and Human Services. How is this even possible? If I went on television to promote the idea that aliens are responsible for nightmares and that heart disease is caused by ear worms (not all songs, just show tunes), could I be the next surgeon general? Oh, I would have to swear undying loyalty to King Donald first.

How is it possible to let go of all your common sense?

How is it possible to let go of all your humanity?

Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood were disqualified from consideration as Bill Clinton’s Attorneys General because they had undocumented immigrants working for them. Baird failed to pay into Social Security for her babysitter and driver, although Wood did. But in this administration, qualifications are irrelevant. What if we made qualifications irrelevant for physicians? Anyone can do surgery, anyone can cut your chest open and it’s FINE! Expertise was a Biden thing - we’re so over that. The Trump cabinet is replete with individuals utterly unqualified for their assigned roles. What could possibly go wrong?

But we have Elon Musk. There is an assumption that because Elon is smart about some things, he is smart about everything. Having been around smart people for many decades, I know this is NEVER the case. And it is compounded by a simple truism: very few people, even smart ones, recognize their limitations. How many people do you know who can honestly say, here’s what I’m not good at? I think there is no doubt that Elon has taken on his efficiency mission with ardor, but perhaps with no humility. That’s the problem with the Trump Cabinet: they don’t know what they don’t know. Unfortunately, we will all find out soon enough.

Luckily, we do know that the tragic plane crash in Washington DC was caused by a sixty year old civil rights concept known as diversity, equality, and inclusion. The black box recording will prove it once and for all.