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MM#382--The Trump Transition 2025
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The episode centers around President-elect Trump's cabinet nominations, highlighting the speed and implications of his choices compared to previous administrations. With a focus on Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for the NIH and Kash Patel for FBI Director, the discussion emphasizes their potential to reshape health policy and law enforcement in America. Most especially with Kevin Hassett at NEC.
Key Points from the Episode:
- Trump's cabinet nominations signal a swift transition process
- Historical context of delays in previous presidential confirmations
- Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's nomination aims to reform the NIH
- Overview of the Great Barrington Declaration and its significance
- Kash Patel's background and potential to revitalize the FBI
- Reflection on the implications for public trust in federal agencies
- Discussion of the importance of actionable leadership
- Kevin Hassett at National Economic Council will regain the MOJO we had back in 2018, and 2019 to get the economy moving again.
- Suggestions for further reading on related topics
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Welcome to the Theory to Action podcast, where we examine the timeless treasures of wisdom from the great books in less time, to help you take action immediately and ultimately to create and lead a flourishing life. Now here's your host, david Kaiser.
Speaker 2:Hello, I am David and welcome back to another Mojo Minute. We are just days away from President-elect Trump stepping into office and his administration has been breaking records at breakneck speed, especially on these cabinet nominations. Now, before we dive into our top three picks from the Trump transition so far, let's take a quick look back at how the confirmation process has played out in the past. Here's a quick history lesson. During President Biden's first year, his cabinet nominees faced significant delays, waiting over 100 days on average for confirmation. Compare that to Trump's first term. Nominees waited just about 25 days on average. In Obama's administration, nominees waited less than six days, with six confirmed by Inauguration Day. Oh, how times have changed. Now let's talk about Trump's second-term nominations. He announced picks for all 15 cabinet-level agencies just some 18 fast days after the election Five times faster than the average of the last four presidential transitions. It's quite impressive. The average of the last four presidential transitions. It's quite impressive. But the Senate confirmation hearings for those nominees have only just started. Historically, the Senate has moved quickly to confirm initial cabinet secretaries, with about 95% getting hearings before Inauguration Day and past administrations. However, the process has been slowing down since the Reagan era, with presidents facing longer wait times for their nominees to officially join the team, so it's shaping up to be a very interesting transition period.
Speaker 2:Now here's our top three picks for Trump's transition team and, let's be honest, you probably saw the first one coming because, without a doubt, dr Jay Bhattacharya is our top choice to lead the National Institutes of Health. If there's one big mistake Donald Trump made in his first term, it was listening to the crew at the NIH Dr Birx, dr Fauci and Francis Collins all bad. Now, seeing Trump nominate the guy who worked closely with Scott Atlas to get the real message out during the chaos of 2020 and COVID, that's a game changer. We believe Dr Jay is the perfect pick and we could not agree more. We've talked about Dr J's brilliant work here before, especially his collaboration with Scott Atlas during the COVID years. We've even reviewed Scott's book A Plague Upon Our Nation for the Mojo Academy. Check that out when you get a chance. We highlighted how impactful that work was and, in fact, let's dive into the book for a quick reminder of why Dr J's leadership is such a fantastic choice and why we're all in on this pick here at the Mojo Academy. Go on to Scott Atlas's book Plague Upon Our Nation.
Speaker 2:Finally, on October 4th 2020, martin Kulldorff, sunatra Gupta and J Bhattacharya three of the most preeminent epidemiologists and medical scientists in the world published the Great Barrington Declaration. In it, they called for increasing the focus protection of high-risk individuals and ending the broad lockdowns. That single document will go down as one of the most important publications in the pandemic, as it lent undeniable credibility to focus protection and provided courage to thousands of additional medical scientists and public health leaders to come forward. Then it goes on to list the Great Barrington Declaration in total. I won't read it here, but check out the book for that statement in full. And then, finally, this quote a barrage of misinformation and ad hominem attacks came forward. None were scientifically sound and the real goal of this misinformation campaign was to discredit all opposing views, became visible to the entire world and was shown to reach all the way to the top.
Speaker 2:Less than a week before the election. On October 28th, I saw an interview with a future president of the United States, joe Biden, on CBS's 60 Minutes. When directly asked about my ideas on the pandemic, using focus protection and ending the lockdowns, president Biden said nobody thinks Atlas makes any sense. No serious doc in the world Today, as of June 27, 2021, despite extraordinary attempts by the most powerful elites of society to delegitimize all calls to end lockdowns and to nullify all data proving its shameful harms. The Great Barrington Declaration calling for focus protection and an end to the lockdowns has been co-signed by 14,794 public health and medical scientists and 43,575 medical practitioners at the time of this writing.
Speaker 2:With all due respect, mr President, that's a lot of nobodies. Indeed, that's a lot of nobodies and Joe Biden, as we know from our last podcast, will go down as the worst president in modern American history. That's for sure. And yes, that's a lot of nobodies, mr President, because you never followed the science. You listened to the fraud Fauci, who Trump should have fired by the summer of 2020. So, as we said, regardless, joe Biden will go down as the worst president, probably worse than racist Woodrow Wilson, and certainly the worst in the 20th and 21st centuries so far. Now we believe the Senate should confirm Dr Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health because, honestly, he's the one person who can clean up the mess of bad and corrupt science that has taken over that whole institute.
Speaker 2:Now let's talk about another incredible pick from President-elect Trump Kash Patel, for the next director of the FBI. When I heard this nomination, I literally said the next director of the FBI. When I heard this nomination, I literally said hell. Yes, he's absolutely the perfect person, the right person for the job. Now, if you don't know much about Kash Patel, let me give you a quick rundown.
Speaker 2:Born February 25th 1980 in Garden City, new York, two immigrant Indian immigrant parents, cash graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 with a degree in criminal justice and history. Earned his law degree from Pace University in 2005, the certificate in international law from the University College London. Started as a public defender of all places in Florida, miami, handling tough cases like murder and drug trafficking. Joined the Department of Justice in 2014 as a terrorism prosecutor in the National Security Division. Served as senior aide to Congressman Devin Nunes on the House Intelligence Committee. You still with me. That was back in 2016. And let me tell you that's where Cash became an absolute rock star.
Speaker 2:He and Congressman Nunes blew the lid off the Russian investigation. Remember all that? Russia, russia, russia, steele dossier, crossfire, hurricane, robert Mueller, james Comey all of that garbage? Well, it was Kash Patel and Devin Nunes who said hold up, something doesn't smell right. This is all wrong. They exposed the Russia investigation for what it was a witch hunt designed to take down the president. The Russia investigation for what it was a witch hunt designed to take down the president. That mess dragged on for some 22 months, from May 2017 to March of 2019. It turned out to be absolute garbage. Cash and Nunes were on the front lines taking on the deep state and they certainly deserve our gratitude. They were only two guys in the House Intelligence Committee. Now, often the Senate Intelligence Committee looks down on the House Intelligence Committee. Now that Donald Trump is sending cash to the FBI Sending cash to the FBI it's just beautiful. It's just beautiful Picture this Cash walks into that building after confirmation on Pennsylvania Avenue, heads straight to the 11th floor and announces Folks, thanks for your service, it's time to pack up.
Speaker 2:We have brown boxes here at the elevator. We shipped them in by pallet. Be sure, get your physical belongings out and don't worry, we have already scraped and backed up your digital vials so that no one can pull anything shady. How perfect would that be? And that's exactly what the FBI needs A fresh start. Someone to fumigate the whole building. Someone to clean house, because, honestly, there's no better pick than Kash Patel. Kash even wrote a book. We're going to dive in a couple of those quotes from it soon. Let's just appreciate, though, how spot on the nomination is so much so we're going to recommend two books here.
Speaker 2:Plot Against the President by Lee Smith. This is the incredible story about Congressman Devin Nunes and how he and Cash worked to uncover one of the biggest political scandals in US history, and it's still never been covered in total. I would urge you to get the book. Check out, read the book. All the hard work they put in, it's just. The book should be read because it's just. It's a wonderful, detailed examination of how bad Washington DC is, how bad those people think.
Speaker 2:Second book is the Russia Hoax by Greg Jarrett. This one dives into the scheme to clear Hillary Clinton and frame Donald Trump. It really breaks down everything that happened. One reviewer said it almost perfectly. Reviewer said this quote imagine if someone took you to court, accused you of doing something, said that they had multiple witnesses, but never actually brought them in to testify against you. And then imagine that happening over and over and over again, and then, eventually, the judge would even take the case seriously and just said come back to me when you actually have some witnesses. Case in point the Russia collusion hoax.
Speaker 2:Now I do have to mention just one more book, now that I've thought about it. We got to give a shout out to this guy Dan Bongino's Spygate. This is one of the first books that really kind of cut through all the noise and got to the truth. And let's just say here Trump needs his own people in the secret service. I don't trust that agency for a flying whip. So Trump should just fire the entire top brass and bring in Dan Bongino to clean house. As a former agent himself, he's the only one who could give it the overhaul that it desperately needs. Now back to Cash's book Government Gangsters. It's a great read too. Here's our first pull quote.
Speaker 2:The Trump era was, more than anything else, an apocalypse in the truest sense of the word. It was an unveiling. It was a time when suddenly, we came to see that unaccountable elites in Washington, armed with the powers of the state, believe that anything is justified Absolutely anything to preserve their power. This book is about how we discovered that truth and what we should do about it now, especially what we know we're up against. Oh yes, how refreshing is that. That is exactly the guy we need at the FBI. Let's keep going. Refreshing as that, that is exactly the guy we need at the FBI. Let's keep going.
Speaker 2:For years, as a public defender, a federal prosecutor and a congressional staffer, and finally a top aide to President Trump, I was able to observe our elites firsthand and see how the system worked. I fought battle after battle against the spiteful mandarins who continually attempted to subvert the orders of a duly elected president to achieve their own political ends. I've made enemies of the most powerful names in the imperial city. Through it all, I refused to play the part of always losing loyal opposition. Instead, I learned how to win with the truth, exposing their corruption, and the deep state has never forgiven me for it. We just love that. What exactly is this deep state I speak of?
Speaker 2:Some of the characters in this book are elected leaders. Others are yellow journalists in the media who serve as peddlers of the propaganda and disinformation at the behest of the ruling elites. And still others are big tech tycoons and actors affiliated with non-ed federal bureaucracy who think they have the right to rule America, not Congress or the president. Amen, amen, right on, right on More, please. Altogether. These actors have come to be known as the deep state A few years ago, most Americans had never heard of the term Deep State, and those who had would have thought the idea of some murky shadow government operating behind the curtains in Washington DC was a little too outlandish Something that may exist in other countries, but certainly not in the United States in the 21st century.
Speaker 2:Today, it is impossible to deny America simply does not work the way we were told in Schoolhouse Rock. Yes, you heard it right America doesn't work the way we learned in schoolhouse rock anymore, and that's the truth. First off, kash Patel is FBI director. Amazing choice. Go clean house, kash.
Speaker 2:Now let's talk about another fantastic pick Kevin Hassett as director of the National Economic Council. This role Larry Kudlow held during Trump's first term and after that first term. Why is this such a great pick? Well, we all know Trump can be Trump Big personality, always swinging for the fences when sometimes a single solid or a double would do the job just fine. Let's not forget the number one reason Trump got reelected His economy from 2017 to 2019. He got the country moving again during his first term and now we need that momentum back. Larry Kudlow isn't available, but Kevin Hassett is, and he's the perfect choice. He's a supply-sider rock solid, ready to get to work again.
Speaker 2:Trump didn't overthink this one. He nailed it what worked in the first time will work again. Let's just hope we can avoid another COVID-style pandemic. Work again. Let's just hope we can avoid another COVID-style pandemic. That's why we love the Kevin Hassett pick. He's going to work great alongside Scott Besant as Secretary of the Treasury. The more we learned about Besant, the more solid he seems. You throw in some Stephen Moore and Art Laffer two key players from the 2017 tax cuts and we're confident the team will get the economy back on a roll. While Moore and Laffer didn't have official positions in 17 and 18 and 19, their influence on the Trump economic agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, pro-growth policies is undeniable and they're back again. Let's be real. We desperately need those supply side policies right now. Inflation is way too high. So that's our top three favorite picks from Trump so far Dr Jay Bhattacharya for NIH, kash Patel for FBI Director and Kevin Hassett for National Economic Council. Kash Patel for FBI Director and Kevin Hassett for National Economic Council Some honorable mentions we got a few.
Speaker 2:Pete Hegseth we're big fans. Rfk Jr at HHS Solid move, we want to hear what he says. Tulsi Gabbard at National Security Team. We think she brings a fresh perspective. And, of course, we're all in on the Doge brothers, elon and Vivek Ramaswamy. Let's see how much government fat they can trim because, let's face it, our government could stand to lose a few pounds. So if you want more of this good content, let's check out our podcast episode Fat man, thin man, in the show notes. It's all about how Bibi Netanyahu led Israel's economic rise, turning it into what we have now termed the Hong Kong of the Middle East. Thank you, milton Friedman, for that one. You predicted it. We're reporting it. Incredible story. Check out that podcast now. We will see you next time and, as always, let's keep fighting the good fight.
Speaker 1:Thank you for joining us. We hope you enjoyed this theory to action podcast. Be sure to check out our show page at team mojo academycom, where we have everything we discussed in this podcast, as well as other great resources. Until next time, keep getting your mojo on.