He believes that the sheer number of controversial cabinet picks by Trump will test whether the Senate chooses to exert independence.

“I wonder though how much we can expect the Senate to show Independence on their sort of advis and consent function here or at some point whether they'll feel like listen we can take down one of these guys we can take down two but four five six like that's a bridge too far for us”

The speaker characterizes Pete Hegseth as an incompetent and problematic choice for Defense Secretary who would be unable to manage the Department of Defense.

“we're going to take this dude who can't run that organization put him in charge of the Department of Defense which employs nearly 3 million people and has a yearly budget of over 800 billion”

The vetting process for Trump's nominees is insufficient because the Senate is not conducting the high-quality, skeptical review necessary for such questionable candidates.

“I think expecting everyone to get like a full and proper vetting that is incredibly skeptical and and high quality, I think it's just going to be unlikely, and that's really disappointing.”