President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have confirmed the initial concerns about some of his most high-profile appointees. Another failed to meet more hopeful expectations.
Worst appointments: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Attorney General Pam Bondi. Most disappointing: Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Shortest termer: Elon Musk.
Hegseth: Signs abound that the onetime Fox News commentator has failed to take control of his own office, let alone the sprawling Pentagon, a primary concern in his confirmation hearings, given his lack of managerial experience.
He also showed a casual disregard of Pentagon security requirements.
Hegseth began his 100 days by ousting several top military officers, including the second Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first female chief of naval operations. He ended it by dismissing several of his own staff members — accused of leaking a proposed Musk briefing on China.