Say what you will about President-elect Donald Trump, but he is never short of surprises. I don’t think anyone quite expected these top Cabinet picks: What do Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), former Rep. Matt Gaetz, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have in common? 

We are told from numerous reports that the No. 1 criterion for the president-elect is “loyalty.” In the left-wing press, this is usually described with dark undertones, as if Cabinet members being loyal to the president was some sort of departure from constitutional government. It is the opposite that is the case. Under the American system of government, the loyalty of Cabinet members to the president, who is the head of the executive branch, is a given. It was under the first Trump administration that this norm was breached, as establishment appointees took it upon themselves to undermine the elected president’s agenda. The president-elect wants to enact his agenda, which, naturally, given past experience, raises this concern about loyalty.