SOCIAL MEDIA – Sometimes it's better to laugh than to cry. In any case, this is what American Internet users seem to think, who did not fail to react to the appointments of members of the future Trump administration. Matt Gaetz, targeted several times by criminal investigations, at the head of the Department of Justice; Pete Hegseth, former sexist and conservative journalist opposed to female soldiers, to lead the Pentagon; Robert Kennedy Jr, a notorious anti-vaxxer at the helm of public health agencies…: faced with more than criticized choices, these X users chose parody.
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“URGENT: Donald Trump nominates Godzilla as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development”laughs an X user, while the famous monster still destroys everything in its path.
Still in the field of fictional characters, an Internet user suggests Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz from the American series Phineas and Ferb “as Secretary of Homeland Security.” This evil scientist spends most of the series plotting and creating evil inventions that often prove ineffective.
And why not Mola Ram as Minister of Labor? The Bad Guy from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom who leads a cult and is presented as bloodthirsty and sadistic, does not hesitate to enslave children to achieve his ends.
Among the celebrities, there too ideas are flowing and Donald Trump is spoiled for choice. “BREAKING: Donald Trump nominates Kris Jenner as Secretary of Defense”, suggests a user while the businesswoman best known for launching her family reality show seems to have skills close to 0 for this high-stakes position. More flattering, an Internet user wonders if Kylie Minogue could not become Minister of « serving », which in this case means she always wears fashionable and inspiring outfits.
Appointments that worry
Behind the joke, Donald Trump's improbable appointments cause astonishment, including in his camp in the case of Matt Gaetz, in particular. Even the former French ambassador to the United States Gérard Araud is worried about it.
“The appointments announced by Donald Trump are, with few exceptions, truly astonishing. Conspiracy theories, ethical problems, foreign links, extremism… Nothing is missing »he writes on X.
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