Cabinet of Deplorables Archives

Susan Rice: Hegseth Is ‘Dumb as a Rock’

April 28, 2025 Buck Banks

“Well, if you’re a white male Christian cisgender macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as secretary of Defense. That’s apparently what we’ve learned from this episode.”

— Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice bucked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s intelligence following weeks of scrutiny over leaks at the Pentagon amid massive spending reductions at the Department of Defense, The Hill reports.

Trump’s Barbie Doll

April 18, 2025April 23, 2025 Buck Banks

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is tawdry and blowzy,
She treats her cabinet post less like a job and more like a hobby.
She likes to play dress-up
In all manner of getups,
Which has earned her the apt and fitting nickname, “ICE Barbie.”

GOP Senate Conforms Gabbard as DNI

February 12, 2025 Buck Banks

The Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined with all Democrats to oppose her conformation.

— Washington Post

Kash Patel Paid Cash by Russian Filmmaker

February 8, 2025 Buck Banks

$25,000

“Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, was paid $25,000 last year by a film company owned by a Russian national who also holds U.S. citizenship and has produced programs promoting ‘deep state’ conspiracy theories and anti-Western views advanced by the Kremlin,” the Washington Post reports.

No Qualifications, No Problem

February 6, 2025 Buck Banks

Seems like senators are no longer on the fence,
The Rs are approving Tulsi Gabbard without pretense.
She’s a proven liar,
But Trump wants to hire her:
So, you don’t have to be smart to be Trump’s director of intelligence.

Fewer than 1 in 5 Support Hegseth for Defense Secretary

January 15, 2025 Buck Banks

19%

A new AP-NORC poll finds just 19% of Americans approve of Pete Hegseth being nominated as the secretary of defense.

Nobel Laureates Band Together Against RFK Jr.

December 10, 2024 Buck Banks

75

“More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” the New York Times reports. “The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice.”

Davis: Hegseth’s Faults Qualify Him to Be a Senator

December 9, 2024 Buck Banks

“Let’s get this straight: Pete Hegseth used to drink too much and couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. He’d make a great senator.”

— Former GOP Senate aide Mike Davis, on X, suggesting senators operate with a moral double standard.

Trump’s Is a Cabinet of Deplorable Billionaires

December 7, 2024 Buck Banks

$9 billion

Trump has nominated at least 10 billionaires (or billionaire spouses) to cabinet positions and other top roles, making the incoming presidential team the wealthiest in history. Just his cabinet nominees are collectively worth more than $9 billion, according to New York Magazine. Though Biden’s cabinet is also a moneyed persons club, its wealth amounted to just $118 million in 2021, per Forbes.

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