Witness a potential Trump cabinet member DJ for Vanilla Ice
On Monday morning, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to talk about potentially filling a cabinet position.
On Tuesday night, he was, well, doing this ...
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Yes, that is Rick Perry pretending to DJ for Vanilla Ice on the season finale of ABC's Dancing With The Stars. Watch the entire thing here.
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Reports have Perry being considered to become head of energy, agriculture, veterans affairs or even defense.
Quick primer: The Secretary of Defense is second-in-command of the most powerful military force on Earth, while Vanilla Ice is a novelty rapper who once danced on stage with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
It seems more likely that retired Marine Gen. James Mattis will be picked to lead the Department of Defense. While Trump naming Perry head of the Department of Energy -- which the former Texas governor once said he wanted to eliminate -- strikes some as unlikely.
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Still, a man who fist-bumped Vanilla Ice could soon be sitting in the White House, advising another reality TV star on some very important policy issues.
At least he would be less objectionable than Steve Bannon. Goodnight, America. Your country is in good hands.
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Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
