Trump's only criteria to qualify for these posts is that the people he appoints to these posts are loyal to him.
Therefore you will see that anyone he appoints to these posts will generally either be dumb or cruel.
It is those kind of people that will ally themselves with someone like Trump.
he will demand and expect loyalty , hardly a unique criteria for any leader
your statement that anyone he appoints to these posts will generally either be dumb or cruel is disingenuous, foolish and reeks of sour grapes
especially considering the blithering fool the democrats had as their candidate
As mentioned before US politicians trade campaign denotations and favors like baseball cards
inherently this system leads to questionable appointments independent of repub / democrat
he will owe favors, although he will view these as rewards
likely there are people who helped him carry what were suppose to be battle ground states who will be looking for an appointment
a rough around the edges , no-nonsense department head might not be a lot of fun to work for but will deliver on his / her assigned objectives vs a bumbling fool activist who puts his personal agenda ahead of the electorates interest - Steven Guilbeault
do you not recall Justin choosing his cabinet using boy / girl/ boy / girl/ boy / girl.........
the results speak for themselves
decisive / firm / competent (what you described as cruel) likely will better than appointments based on silly assed woke / quota based appointments