This is Trump's chance to score some points. If he defers the appointment he will score some points with people and have a better chance of re-election. If the

This is Trump's chance to score some points. If he defers the appointment he will score some points with people and have a better chance of re-election. If they ram it through his chances of winning will be worse than they already are. This is at most a 2d chess move. They'll probably still screw it up.