President-elect Donald Trump faced a momentary setback this week when his initial pick to serve as Attorney General backed out of consideration.

The moment cast a spotlight on the controversies surrounding Trump's potential cabinet.

On that, we turn to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart.

That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, Associate Editor for The Washington Post.

Great to see you both.

Let's start with the latest on this Trump transition.

And Jonathan, I want to ask you about Matt Gates dropping out last evening,

Pam Bondi being named as his replacement not long after.

Jonathan, there were so many questions and concerns around Gates, even from Republicans.

Was his dropping out really inevitable?

Yes. In normal political times, Matt Gates wouldn't have been nominated in the first place.

In these times that we're in,

especially with Republican senators actually taking a stand

and saying, you know, we don't think this,

we could vote for this guy.

Yes, it was inevitable.

I mean, the way he got the nomination,

quite honestly, reflected sort of the chaos

of the first Trump administration, that I think

that Gates dropping out and Pam Bondi being selected as Donald Trump's new pick for Attorney

General to me says that Trump 2.0 is more organized chaos, because you can't make that

selection that quickly if you hadn't

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