Sarah Matthews, President-elect Trump's former press secretary, said recent cabinet picks stem from Trump being “drunk with power.”
in Appeared on MSNBC On Friday afternoon, Matthews said it was “laughable” that President Trump was playing “4D chess” with distracting nominations.
“That's not happening. He knows he's drunk on power right now because he feels he's given a mandate by winning the popular vote,” she said. “He's in control of both houses of Congress and doesn't have to worry about running for re-election.”
Matthews also said that Trump is not trying to “please the establishment” and that his choice to nominate current and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is exactly that.
“He wants someone in the Justice Department who will be a loyalist and do his bidding,” she said. “He doesn't want an independent Justice Department.”
Other controversial cabinet appointments include Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and anti-vaccination activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services. It includes doing.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R.S.D., said the choice faces a difficult path to Senate approval, warning that “nothing is easy.” .
Ahead of the election, Matthews criticized Trump and supported Vice President Harris' bid for the White House, joining fellow Trump White House officials Alyssa Farrar Griffin and Cassidy Hutchinson.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
