{"id":2369994,"date":"2024-11-17T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-jr-contends-the-swamp-resents-his-fathers-controversial-cabinet-picks-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:23:09","slug":"donald-trump-jr-contends-the-swamp-resents-his-fathers-controversial-cabinet-picks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-jr-contends-the-swamp-resents-his-fathers-controversial-cabinet-picks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Jr. contends \u2018the swamp\u2019 resents his father\u2019s controversial cabinet picks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-jr-contends-the-swamp-resents-his-fathers-controversial-cabinet-picks-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump Jr. defended his father&#8217;s cabinet selections in the wake of controversy surrounding some of the appointments made by \u2064President-elect Donald Trump\u2064 following the 2024 election victory. \u200dHe argued that the \u2062chosen individuals, such as former Rep. Matt Gaetz as \u200cattorney general and Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human\u200c Services, are capable \u200dof \u2064achieving significant results. Trump Jr. claimed these \u200cselections differ from those made in 2016, as his father is \u200bnow more familiar\u200b with \u200cthe\u2064 trustworthy candidates\u2062 versus those he considers &#8220;fake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an\u200b interview on\u200b Fox News, Trump Jr. stated that\u200d the backlash against these nominees stems from the fear of disruption to the established political order, which he characterized\u2063 as &#8220;the swamp.&#8221; He emphasized\u200b that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">controversial figures<\/a> would be effective in implementing change \u2064that voters have been seeking. Despite speculation about his own potential\u200c role in the\u200b administration, Trump Jr. \u2062expressed a \u200bdesire to \u2063focus on supporting his father&#8217;s cabinet rather \u2063than \u2063taking a position \u200bhimself. Instead, he plans to work with \u200d1789\u200c Capital, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-president-trumps-executive-order-from-yesterday-directly-impacts-the-bidens-investments-in-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: President Trump\u2019s Executive Order from Yesterday Directly Impacts the Bidens\u2019 Investments in China\">venture capital firm<\/a> aimed<\/a>\u200c at engaging Republican donors \u200bin\u200d the tech industry. Additionally, he mentioned the possibility of his sister-in-law, Lara\u2062 Trump, running for a Senate \u2063seat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Donald Trump Jr. contends &lsquo;the swamp&rsquo; resents his father&rsquo;s controversial cabinet picks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1883128\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> pushed back against the controversy some of his father&rsquo;s cabinet picks have created, arguing the people President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is recruiting will &ldquo;actually get things done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Following his victory in the 2024 presidential election, the former president has quickly selected who will serve in his new administration&rsquo;s cabinet come 2025, with picks that have included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3230119\/nine-times-matt-gaetz-stirred-controversy-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3230376\/trump-expected-to-pick-rfk-jr-for-hhs-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s son contended his father&rsquo;s selections are different from when he won in 2016 because he knows who &ldquo;the good guys&rdquo; are and which ones are &ldquo;fake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3231375\/donald-trump-nominees-the-good-bad-and-downright-ugly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP&rsquo;S NOMINEES &ndash; THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DOWNRIGHT UGLY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of them are going to be controversial. They&rsquo;re controversial because they&rsquo;ll actually get things done,&rdquo; Trump Jr. said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;The swamp doesn&rsquo;t want that, so we&rsquo;re going to go all in and make sure that those people have the best chance at getting confirmed as possible because they&rsquo;re the people who are most effective. When you see that kind of backlash, generally speaking, it&rsquo;s because it&rsquo;s a threat to the Uniparty in Washington D.C. They don&rsquo;t want to see change; they want it to be business as usual; they don&rsquo;t want it to be disrupted; that&rsquo;s their meal plan, that&rsquo;s their ticket.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2698064&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e6e7067b4f3adb79d3ddfa05e5414a9a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump Jr. continued by explaining the current state of the government has not served its people in the most effective manner, which stems from the government not hiring the most qualified people &ldquo;in a very long time.&rdquo; He added that the government&rsquo;s current state is also why his father won the support from the majority of voters, who were asking for a change for the better.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect&rsquo;s son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3222336\/donald-trump-jr-role-in-fathers-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was asked again if there were any plans for him to have a role<\/a> within his father&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>, to which he said he did not want one and is instead focused on forming his father&rsquo;s cabinet. He also said the new Trump administration could have a &ldquo;once in a generation&rdquo; opportunity to really make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than joining his father&rsquo;s Cabinet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3227184\/trump-jr-hushes-rumors-administration-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump Jr. has opted to join 1789 Capital<\/a>, a venture capital firm, to rally Republican donors from the technology sphere. The firm was co-founded by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and also manages investments for Tucker Carlson&rsquo;s media company.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump Jr. has no plans to work directly in his father&rsquo;s White House, he did address the possibility of his sister-in-law, Lara Trump, taking Sen. Marco Rubio&rsquo;s (R-FL) Senate seat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3229104\/trump-nominates-marco-rubio-secretary-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">should he get confirmed as Secretary of State<\/a>. Trump Jr. argued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lara-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lara Trump<\/a> would be &ldquo;great&rdquo; as one of Florida&rsquo;s senators, as she has actively helped in turning Florida into &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-preparing-run-for-tx-governor-despite-being-gun-grabber-church-taxer-border-wall-destroyer\/\" title=\"Beto Preparing Run For TX Governor Despite Being Gun Grabber, Church Taxer, Border Wall Destroyer\">solid red state<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lara Trump, the current co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, has stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3230538\/lara-trump-gaining-traction-replacement-rubio-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">she is &ldquo;humbled and honored&rdquo; to be considered a contender for Rubio&rsquo;s seat<\/a>. She has received the backing of Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>The decision of who will replace Rubio, should he be confirmed as Trump&rsquo;s Secretary of State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3229580\/desantis-political-future-rubio-senate-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">is up to Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL), who could also appoint either himself or his wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, though insiders doubt this would happen. Other possible candidates include Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez and former Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1883128\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1883128\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump Jr. claims &#8216;the swamp&#8217; opposes his father&#8217;s cabinet choices, asserting they will effectively achieve results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2369995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Don-Trump-Jr-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44629,35403,45176,32076],"class_list":["post-2369994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabinet-picks","tag-donald-trump-jr","tag-the-swamp","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Don-Trump-Jr-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369998,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369994\/revisions\/2369998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}