The most inexperienced leadership team in Trump's history

US President-elect Donald Trump may be pleased with his new administration's personnel appointments, but experts say this is alarming.

Betsy DeVos (left) was chosen by Donald Trump to be Secretary of Education.

According to the Huffington Post, Mr. Trump surprised observers by appointing Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

Ms. DeVos quickly accepted the nomination, continuing a wave of concern among American political experts. Because like Mr. Trump's previous choices, Ms. DeVos has no previous experience working in government.

“When we were on the Obama transition team, one of the biggest concerns was that we were seeing a lot of people coming in who didn’t have federal government experience,” said Norman Eisen, a former ambassador who served on the Obama transition team in 2008. “That concern is coming up again.”

The US newspaper commented that although the work of selecting the leadership team in the Trump administration has not ended, this could be the most inexperienced US administration in modern history.

Campaign chairman Stephen Bannon has been tapped as chief strategist and senior adviser. Bannon previously headed the conservative news site Breitbart. White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was chairman of the Republican National Committee. And son-in-law Jared Kushner is being considered for a White House adviser position. Kushner ran the family business before entering politics.

Notably, none of the nominees have ever worked in the US government. On November 23, Trump nominated South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be the US Ambassador to the United Nations. Ms. Haley has very little diplomatic experience.

The US newspaper analyzed that Mr. Trump once pledged to “clean up” Washington and his appointment decisions could be an important factor reflecting the American billionaire’s promise. But in the long run, this could lead to problems in leadership and policy development.

“Government is like any other profession, it requires expertise,” said Eisen, a fellow at the Brookings Institution. “I don’t think people want people who have never had medical experience to be assigned to perform surgery. And that’s true for government as well.”

In fact, Ms. DeVos has some experience, having led an organization focused on education reform in Michigan. In contrast, Ben Carson, Mr. Trump’s pick for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has no experience in this field. Mr. Carson himself is concerned that he could cause trouble in the Trump administration.

Donald Trump thanks Reince Priebus (right) in his victory speech on November 9.

“Unlike Betsy DeVos, who has experience in education, I think Carson doesn’t have a clear understanding of what he’s doing. Housing is a complicated issue,” said William Galston, a former policy adviser to Bill Clinton and now at the Brookings Institution.

Typically, individuals without government experience are appointed to less-pressured positions before they move up the political ladder, Galston said, adding that he is concerned about the role that Trump’s allies and family members will play in the new administration.

Meanwhile, Jay Lefkowitz, a former adviser under George W. Bush who later served on a human rights delegation to North Korea, was optimistic about Mr. Trump’s choices. Lefkowitz cited Ms. DeVos’s appointment as necessary, given the need for reform at the US Department of Education.

Mr. Trump himself is the strangest president in America, having no experience in politics or the military. These new faces will create a positive factor, Lefkowitz concluded.

According to Dan Viet