Speaking of Appointments...

Trump seems to be construing his victory as an indication if his greatness. So, if the transition is a mess and he cavorts with and chooses lunatics as appointees and advisors it is--guess what--not a problem because his majesty is already manifest.

Whatever he does it is a success by definition and independently of the consequences, such as they may be: suffering among the poor and lower classes or even societal collapse. We are minor players in this, little people and losers in relation to Trump. 

If this interpretation sounds extreme or melodramatic consider some of the results of the policy fixations of Trump's predecessors, such as an economic convulsion due to deregulatory fervor and the unending violence and chaos in the Middle East.

Trump could do a lot of harm fairly quickly and never look back. His success in the election only reassures him of his superiority but everything in Trump's world is circular, self-justifying, fatalistic and meaningless. Everything only means what he says.