Today is one of those days where I could take two hours or 20 minutes or two minutes to make the point that I want to make.And I'm going to try to just make it in two minutes.
I just want you to understand really two very important things about the cabinet picks that Donald Trump has been announcing.And listen, if they do look crazy to you, They are absolutely bananas.It is bad.And I just want to talk about it.
I want to unpack and explain it.It's definitely something that's already being widely discussed in the mainstream news.I want to tell you two things that I don't think you're hearing.This is Shaun King, and you are listening to The Breakdown.
The Breakdown.The Breakdown. So as a general rule, I don't like to talk much about Donald Trump.And people always ask me why.And there's just one primary reason.I mean, there are probably a few, but there's one key reason.
Every news station and every newspaper in America talks about him 24-7. And there's really not a lot of need for me to cover him because he is literally all the other stations talk about.
And I didn't plan on making this point, so don't count this for my two minutes.Of course, of course, I said I was going to take two minutes and I'm going to take more than two minutes, but
Every news station in America talks about Donald Trump 24-7, and it's not a secret or a conspiracy theory what I'm about to tell you.They do so because that's what makes them money.
Talking about Donald Trump, for them, is really, really good for business. And it's what keeps people watching.And as much as some of those people may not like Donald Trump personally, he has helped keep networks and newspapers afloat.
And he knows this, but it's not just him.Like it is widely accepted knowledge that even liberal news stations, particularly liberal news stations, stay alive the more they cover Donald Trump.So there's not a lot for me to talk about, but I will say,
You know, they don't cover him in the way that I would if I was on those networks.But if I come on here to talk about Trump, it's because I have something to say that I don't hear being said anywhere else.
And so, I just want you to know, I am studying every pick that he makes, and I'm looking into every person.And, you know, I had just two
points about what Donald Trump is doing and Nothing he has done so far surprises me because we forget above all else He wants to be in the news He wants you to talk about him And if you're not talking about him, it unnerves him.
And so these pics, and I'm going to get my next points more critical and more serious, but I believe what I'm telling you right now, I believe wholeheartedly.These pics are about him saying, Talk about me.I'm back.I'm here.
I'm the main attraction, and I'm gonna do what I want to do.And please, talk about it.Every network, everybody.We don't care what you think.We don't care how crazy any of these pics are, how unqualified anybody is.You know, it is what it is.
The second thing that I think has gone into all of his picks, a hundred percent, is this man is picking his homies.
He found out, and this is gonna sound crazy, he found out in his first administration, if he picked people that he barely knew, but that were really qualified, They turned on him.
They basically saw him do wildly unethical things and they would turn on him.They would resign.They would leave.They would leak to the press.They would speak bad about him.And it happened to him over and over and over again.
Anybody with any measure of integrity would bail.And so the man just said, well, forget that.I'm picking my homies. The man just, he is appointing people, first and foremost, it is obvious.They're not appointing anybody that's not kissing the ring.
Everybody that they've picked is MAGA.Period.And I think that's probably one of the biggest lessons they learned in their previous administration that, you know, sometimes people choose integrity or they just choose their own way.
And they don't want that anymore.They want people that are going to be loyal to Donald Trump above everybody and everything else. And so, yes, these pics are bananas.And it's also quintessential Trump.
And I think they're as dangerous as they look, as disturbing and problematic as they look.And this is about what we could expect for Donald Trump.Be right back here tomorrow.Take care, everybody.