It seems to be the case that Trump is more concerned with the appearance of his cabinet than their qualifications. Honestly I assume he wes going to have a mostly, most male, cabinet, but I never imagined that he was going to screen candidates on the basis facial hair. Allegiance to Putin and Russian superiority, sure. Denial of climate change, absolutely. Refusal to shave off a goatee? Never occurred.
The evidence seems to point to that as a primary factor in choosing his advisors. We can only assume that this is what happened with Jason Miller who decided he needed to spend more time with his family. We can only assume that he refused to shave.
I don’t know what distresses me more. That Trump is clearly unconcerned that he is filling his cabinet with unqualified yes men, or that he is so aware of the incompetence of his choices that he will use such an arbitrary standard to disqualify and just move to the next random pick.
As alluded to the Washington Post link, this is the world that Trump voters are looking to create. One where a white man gets a job not because he educated himself and gained the skills so that he is the best qualified for the job, but because as a white man he can play up to the bigotry in a way that a person of color or women usually cannot.