This week, Senate confirmation hearings were held for several of President-elect Trump’s nominees for key administration posts, including Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, and Treasury Security. While nominees faced different committees and lines of questioning, the strategy was the same across the board: deny their extreme records and dodge questions about whose interests they really intend to serve. 

One by one, nominees shrugged off their own conflicts of interest and made no effort to deny that the interests of billionaires, wealthy campaign donors, big corporations, and Donald Trump himself will always be the top priority for the next administration. 

 Working Americans were promised a President that would look out for them. Instead, they are getting an administration stacked with the super-wealthy (including five billionaires), Wall Street insiders, industry lobbyists, corporate shills, and Project 2025 architects who are ready on Day One to enact an agenda that benefits people like them at the expense of everyone else. 

 

Let’s review this week of Trump nominee confirmation hearing red flags.

 

CONFIRMATION HEARING LOWLIGHTS 

Pete Hegseth, nominee for Secretary of Defense

Russ Vought, nominee for Director of Office of Management and Budget

 

Chris Wright, nominee for U.S. Energy Secretary

 

Scott Bessent, nominee for U.S. Treasury Security

 

Pam Bondi, nominee for U.S. Attorney General

 

Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

 

Sean Duffy, nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation

 

Doug Burgum, nominee for Secretary of the Interior

 

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