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   Trump's clown car Cabinet keeps humiliating him   
      
   The president said he assembled the "most talented and impressive   
   Administration in history. " But a series of recent embarrassments from   
   Trump officials suggests otherwise.   
      
   Nov. 28, 2025, 6:00 AM EST   
   By   
   Jen Psaki   
      
   This is an adapted excerpt from the Nov. 25 episode of "The Briefing with   
   Jen Psaki. "   
      
   Donald Trump has been humiliated a lot lately. And while most of the time   
   that's because of his own behavior, it's also because of the people he   
   surrounds himself with.   
      
   Just consider how two of Trump's top law enforcement officials have been   
   spending their time lately. Last weekend, Homeland Security Secretary   
   Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel were in Las Vegas, hanging out in a   
   pink Lego race car while attending a Formula 1 race.   
      
   Now, if this were a one-off incident, you might forgive them for having a   
   little fun after the rigors of their very important day jobs. But for   
   Trump's Cabinet, living like a C-list celebrity is the job.   
      
   I know from experience that when a White House statement contains any   
   version of "The president has confidence in, " or "This Cabinet member is a   
   part of a great team, " it isn't typically a good sign.   
      
   No one seems to do that job better than Patel. Over the past few months,   
   the FBI director has repeatedly used a government jet for recreational   
   travel, including for a golf trip with friends at a private resort in   
   Scotland and attending a wrestling event in Pennsylvania, as well as a   
   getaway to a Texas hunting resort called the "Boondoggle Ranch. "   
      
   On top of all that, Patel reportedly has also redirected SWAT team agents   
   from critical duties, presumably such as responding to actual emergencies,   
   to serve as the personal security detail for his 27-year-old girlfriend.   
      
   That's reportedly causing his headline-obsessed boss, Trump, to have second   
   thoughts about choosing him to lead the country's top law enforcement   
   agency. On Tuesday, MS NOW reported: "Trump is considering removing Kash   
   Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have   
   grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has   
   recently generated, according to three people with knowledge of the   
   situation. "   
      
   If that were to happen, Patel would have had the shortest tenure of any   
   confirmed FBI director in history, making it through only about a year of   
   what is supposed to be a 10-year term.   
      
   Now, the White House quickly tried to push back on that reporting. A   
   spokesperson told MS NOW that "President Trump has assembled the most   
   talented and impressive Administration in history and they are doing an   
   excellent job carrying out the President's agenda, " adding that Patel "is   
   a critical member of the President's team and he is working tirelessly to   
   restore integrity to the FBI. "   
      
   I know from experience that when a White House statement contains any   
   version of "The president has confidence in, " or "This Cabinet member is a   
   part of a great team, " it isn't typically a good sign.   
      
   But the White House really left us an opening there with that statement,   
   and it got us wondering: What are the other members of the "most talented   
   and impressive Administration in history" up to these days?   
      
   Well, let's start with the other member of Patel's pit crew, Noem. When she   
   isn't spending her days playing cowgirl dress-up or riding around in Lego   
   cars, the former South Dakota governor has been facing considerable   
   scrutiny over a report from ProPublica that her agency funneled hundreds of   
   millions of taxpayer dollars to a firm with ties to Noem herself. A group   
   of lawmakers has now called for an investigation into how that firm ended   
   up getting all that taxpayer money.   
      
   Then there's the former reality TV star Trump put in charge of our nation's   
   travel infrastructure, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Right now,   
   Duffy has a lot on his plate: Americans are preparing for the busiest   
   travel season of the year, and the recent government shutdown has led to a   
   wave of flight cancellations that continue even after the government   
   reopened.   
      
   But Americans shouldn't worry — Duffy has an idea that is going to fix this   
   country's air travel once and for all. This week, the transportation   
   secretary encouraged Thanksgiving travelers to "dress a little better, "   
   which he argued could help people "behave a little better. "   
      
   Remember, this is the same man who just scrapped a Biden-era proposal to   
   compensate travelers for flight disruptions.   
      
   But I've got to say, compared with some of Trump's other Cabinet   
   secretaries, Duffy almost seems like a problem-solver.   
      
   Just consider Trump's treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Right now, he also   
   has a lot on his plate: Trump's tariff policy is a disaster, all those   
   deals the president promised haven't come to fruition, prices are up,   
   housing costs are up and health care costs are about to go way up for a lot   
   of people.   
      
   But don't worry, because Bessent also has a plan. This week, he told   
   Americans that the "best way" to bring down inflation was to "move from a   
   blue state to a red state. "   
   We inherited an affordability crisis: Treasury Secretary says Trump has   
   slowed down price increases   
   November 11, 2025 / 22:59   
      
   Then there's Trump's secretary of health and human services, Robert F.   
   Kennedy Jr. The man in charge of our nation's health has been hard at work   
   recently, making the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update its   
   website with new warnings. The agency's "vaccine safety" webpage now says   
   that "the statement 'Vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based   
   claim. "   
      
   Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the man in charge of the world's largest   
   military, is currently spending his working days ordering an investigation   
   into Sen. Mark Kelly over the Arizona Democrat's participation in a social   
   media video reminding members of the armed forces that they do not have to   
   follow illegal orders.   
      
   Kelly responded to the news of this investigation by posting on X a photo   
   of the numerous medals he was awarded for his service in the Navy. Which,   
   in turn, prompted the defense secretary to launch a new attack over, of all   
   things, whether Kelly displayed his medals in the right order.   
      
   Even some Republicans are admitting this whole thing is ridiculous. On   
   Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska posted on X: "The Department of   
   Defense and FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous   
   investigation. "   
      
   Now, it's clear none of the people Trump chose to be part of his   
   administration are exactly killing it these days. But there is perhaps   
   nowhere in Trump's administration suffering more embarrassment than the   
   Justice Department.   
      
   In just the past week, we learned that Lindsey Halligan, Trump's handpicked   
      
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