President-elect Trump has a serious problem.

There are a very small number of people in this country — libertarians, paleoconservatives, very skeptical realists — who believe in any kind of “America First” foreign policy and could actually conceivably get a job in the national government where they could try to implement one.

If Trump is really interested in rolling back the empire and limiting foreign intervention he would be considering these men for positions in his government.

There are real reasons to worry. But just in case these hashtags finally ever go viral, and/or the winds of public opinion on this issue start to really be felt by his incoming administration, here is a national security cabinet any Republican non-interventionist should be able to get behind:

Chas Freeman, Andrew Bacevich or Ted Galen Carpenter – Secretary of State

Col. Andrew J. Bacevich or Col. Douglas MacGregor – Secretary of Defense

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis – Deputy Secretary of Defense

Chuck Pena or Robert A. Pape – Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy

Paul Pillar or Doug Bandow – National Security Adviser

Doug Bandow, Trevor Thrall or Christopher Coyne – Deputy National Security Adviser

Paul Pillar or Chas Freeman – Director of National Intelligence

Paul Pillar or Ted Galen Carpenter – Central Intelligence Agency Director

Chas Freeman or Thomas Fingar – National Intelligence Council Director

Christopher Preble or Ivan Eland – Ambassador to the United Nations

David Stockman or David Henderson – Secretary of Treasury

Robert E. Kelly – Secretary of Energy

Bruce Fein – Attorney General

Judge Napolitano – White House Council

Staffers: Daniel Larison, Kelley B. Vlahos, Matt Purple, Bonnie Kristian, Abigail Hall-Blanco.

War weakens America. The people are tired of it. These men and women could cover Trump’s right flank in a “only Nixon can go to China”-way as he implements a policy of retrenchment — if he and his top advisers are so inclined.

See also, Dear Senator Sessions.