Dear President-elect Trump: Stay away from the war hawks

Rumors are leaking from the Trump transition team about who will fill his cabinet’s most important positions, including the role of Secretary of State.

The New York Times reported just two short days ago that the list dwindled down to six names: former Speaker Newt Gingrich, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, former Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.

Since then, additional leaks indicate that it would come down to either Giuliani or Bolton. In the words of Lindsey Graham, that’s a choice between getting shot or being poisoned.

Let’s all remind ourselves of why Trump won; he differed with the Republican elite on three vital issues — immigration, trade, and foreign policy.

So far it looks like he’s staying consistent on two of his three headline policies, tapping Kansas Secretary of State and restrictionist Kris Kobach to lead Trump’s transition team on immigration. The President-elect also picked the former CEO of a steel production company and globalization critic Dan DiMicco to advise him on trade and possibly fill the role of Commerce Secretary.