President-elect Donald Trump shocked Washington with his decision to nominate ultra-loyalist Matt Gaetz as his attorney general. The move rammed home what’s become evident since he began announcing his nominations: Subservience to Trump is the main qualification for a job.

The announcement of Gaetz’s nomination on Wednesday capped a precedent-shattering 24 hours in which he also selected Tulsi Gabbard, a Ukraine aid skeptic and a former Democrat turned fierce MAGA adherent, to run national intelligence, as well as Pete Hegseth, a combat vet and Fox News host, as secretary of defense.