Who’s vetting Trump’s advisors and cabinet nominees?

I’d like to know who’s vetting the candidates for positions on Trump’s cabinet and advisory staff, because it apparently isn’t Trump. In the real world, the president-elect would nominate candidates who agreed with – and would help implement – his or her policy goals. Since Trump has no policies to speak of, this is no longer important.

That’s a good thing for Trump, I guess, since he is nominating people who are committed to doing the exact opposite of what he promised on the campaign trail.

As we all know, the things that Trump said in his campaign rallies were likely to change with the weather, the location and the mood of the crowd, so no one knows what he really believes, but here are a few of the things he said and how they conflict with his nominees for appointments:

Medicare, Obamacare and Social Security – Trump said he would leave Medicare and Social Security alone, then later said he wouldn’t touch it for people who were already enrolled but might change the age of eligibility. He has waffled on Obamacare recently but said he wants to preserve its good parts.

His health secretary, however, opposes subsidized health insurance and seems to want to privatize Social Security. If Trump was against that, why would he nominate this guy?

Just today his pick for attorney general went on TV to say that only “bad people” smoke marijuana. Seriously? Trump has said he supports the use of medical marijuana and thinks states should decide on legalization. He never mentioned the bad people  using it.

As previously noted, Trump’s whole campaign was based around bringing back American jobs, but he nominated a commerce secretary who made a career out of laying people off and taking away their benefits.

So who’s vetting these nominees if not Trump? Steve Bannon? That’s a scary thought. Kellyanne? Reince Priebus? Rudy Giuliani? One of Trump’s ceramic children? Some other Deplorable?

This is what happens when you elect a non-politician to the nation’s most important political office. He doesn’t know anybody or anything – and doesn’t seem to want to learn – so someone else comes along to select the cabinet, hire the advisors and basically set the agenda for the next four years.

And those someones didn’t just lose the popular vote. Those someones didn’t get any votes at all.