is now likely to return to Washington with a trifecta, to say nothing of the six to three conservative majority in the third branch of government.

We are, of course, talking about the Supreme Court, giving Trump a potentially unprecedented grip on all the levers of political power,

all of which makes one of his first announcements as president-elect

puzzling.

Trump is demanding that whoever takes the reins of the GOP caucus in the Senate agree to allow

recess appointments to his cabinet.

In other words, to allow Donald Trump to bypass Senate confirmation, again, a Senate controlled by Republicans

of all of his picks. That's despite the fact that Trump likely has a commanding majority

for approval of any of his nominations. Now, on the topic of recess appointments, CNN reports

this, quote, recess appointments were once controversial,

last-ditch efforts for presidents to install their nominees after facing long confirmation

odds in the Senate. President George W. Bush appointed John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the

United Nations via a recess appointment, for example, as it was unlikely he would have made it

through the Senate. President Obama's attempt to use recess appointment power wound up at the

Supreme Court. Supreme Court ruled against President Obama and in favor of the GOP-led Senate.

They said Obama's appointments were unconstitutional. It just begs the question this morning, right?

Why would such a strong, powerful president demand the use of such a weak tool used by weak presidents?

As for the three contenders to be the Senate Majority Leader, one, Rick Scott,

outright endorse the idea of allowing Trump to

bypass the powers of their own chamber.

In doing so, he earned the support of Trump ally Elon Musk in his own race.

The competition, the other two guys, John Thune and John Cornyn, refused to rule out letting

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