The January 30 edition of the Morning Jolt looked at Trump’s cabinet and pointed to five figures as particular underperformers or liabilities: then-Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, then-attorney general Pam Bondi, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. Regarding the attorney general, I wrote, “Every DOJ has problems and controversies; what stands out about Bondi’s tenure is how foreseeable they are, and yet she seems to step into them anyway.”

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Noem and Bondi are gone, and for what it is worth, the Guardian reported that Trump has asked his advisors whether Gabbard should be replaced. White House communications director Steven Cheung posted on X April 2, “@POTUS has total confidence in @DNIGabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news.” That may sound like an irrefutable vote of confidence, but keep in mind, on April 1, Trump told the New York Times, “Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person, and she is doing a good job.” Perhaps that statement was an April Fool’s Day joke,........

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