No. of Recommendations: 7
He needs expertise. Trump may have woken up to that fact.
Trump has never woken up to any fact - unless it involves his survival or profit in his pocket.
The appointment of Warsh is neither of those; he had to pick somebody , and it had to be someone reasonably competent in order to get confirmed in the Senate. (This one would be more closely scrutinized, even by Republicans, than his so-called “cabinet” picks.) He had several to choose from, and was probably influenced by the drumbeat of criticism Warsh has given over the past few years, not unlike googly-eyes Patel threatening to burn down the FBI headquarters or Kristi shooting her dog.
He could have done worse, of course, and I expected him to, so in the scheme of things this is a win in the end “not as bad as it might have been” camp.