Jon Stewart returned to The Day by day Present on Monday, taking inventory of Donald Trump‘s weird collection of cupboard picks.
Because the comic mentioned the loopholes Trump’s administration might take to bypass the Senate affirmation and set up his cupboard, Stewart identified the absurdity of his picks, predicting Hulk Hogan may very well be subsequent.
“For instance, Trump’s — let’s be beneficiant — provocative and unorthodox cupboard picks,” stated Stewart in his opening monologue. “I don’t suppose Hulk Hogan’s been nominated but. I believe he’s going to be the secretary of ‘TAKE YOUR VITAMINS!’”
After talking at Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally final month, Hogan stated he hopes to affix the president-elect’s HHS secretary choose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Nicely , brother, within the wrestling enterprise, whenever you’re preparing to attract some large cash, you bought to shoot an angle, put some sizzling spice on the feud,” he stated on Fox Information. “And after I had Trump within the again on the Backyard, I stated, ‘You understand one thing? This Robert Kennedy Jr., he’s onto one thing with vitamin.’ However when you tag staff us up because the mega powers, – the MAGA-powers, RFK Jr. and Hulk Hogan – he can get them consuming the best meals and I can get all of our youngsters in form, brother.”
Along with RFK Jr., Trump has chosen Matt Gaetz as his lawyer basic, Fox Information’ Pete Hegseth as protection secretary, Stephen Miller as deputy chief of employees for coverage and homeland safety adviser, and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as heads of the newly created division of presidency effectivity.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has since accused Trump of “unlawful corruption” along with his cupboard nominations, noting that he has did not signal an ethics settlement that’s meant to forestall conflicts of curiosity.
