I read a chunk of Peter Hegseth’s book, The War on Warriors. What I learned is that Trump is picking cabinet members in a way that is surprisingly rare but very smart. ...

Trump, rather than picking people with prior success in running large operations who can also be expected generally to do what the President asks, is picking less credentialed people he won’t have to ask to do anything because they are as passionate and more knowledgeable than he about what needs to be done.

Hegseth knows what Trump wants done better than Trump does. He just needs to be confirmed and let loose.