Trump's Cabinet: Neither The Brightest Nor The Best
Ideally, when a person is elected to an executive position such as president, they will fill their cabinet with the brightest and the best. The person would want people that are well versed in that area and would only want what is best for the country.
All too often, Republicans will hire the biggest campaign donors who might or might not understand what they are doing but will usually reject common sense and science. They will always be working hard to do what is best for their personal bank accounts.
Then there is Trump. They are definitely not among the brightest or the best. There is Rick Perry who couldn't remember the name of his department but wanted to get rid of it when he was a presidential candidate. Now he is all to happy to run it. There is also Betsy DeVos who had one of the worst interview performances in history and barely was approved, even with a majority of rubber stamping Republicans.
As a whole, Trump's picks are morons, to be kind, who are literally working in the dark, per the New York Times story:
President Trump loves to set the day’s narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night.