Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "Trump risks humiliation by testing Senate Republican loyalty with absurd picks" video.

  1. I am with Trump on this. Those persons mentioned Pete and Matt are qualified whether you like them or not. Appointees should be rubber stamped so the government can start to function. The US is the only democracy in the world that appoints it's ministers through some slow laborious process.
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  2. @audreywellham2413  Matt is a lawyer so qualified for the position of AG. Pete has a Masters of Public Policy so he is certainly qualified as an administrator. The US is the only democracy in the world where for some unknown reason they have historically chosen ex generals for the job. Probably goes back to the civil war or even war of independence. It's in no way a legal requirement, it's only a tradition.
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  3. @vforwombat9915  that's not disqualifying unless he was convicted and he wasn't. I think he is probably a terrible choice , what me or you might think is irrelevant though. I think Trump was a terrible choice but he is now the president.
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  4. @rebeccagallagher3306  I know it's a part of your system however whether someone is suitable is not what they actually vote on. They vote on whether or not they want that person in the job, a personal opinion. The reasons for not voting for someone could be personal reasons or quite often they don't like the character of that person. It's never due to lack of experience or actual qualifications. Everyone nominated will meet the actual reasonable qualifications standard. Your personal reasons for not liking Trump's picks are valid and I actually agree with. However making government dysfunctional and having time wasting processes doesn't help anyone. The US is extremely unusual as a democracy having ministers being chosen outside of elected officials. In a parliamentary system the governing party simply picks it's ministers from the members of parliament and it takes a few hours for the PM to decide and then it's done. This doesn't lead to any problems.
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