What's behind Trump's outrageously bad appointments?

There are a lot of reasons, none of them good.

Thom Hartmann has already explored in his show and articles three different ways in which Trump could appoint whomever he wanted, and there would be nothing that Congress could do about it, despite what the constitution says or the founders intended or democracy demands:

• He could make acting appointments, and then just ignore the fact that these are only supposed to be temporary. He's done this before and got away with it, and now the Supreme Court will give him immunity (unless and until decreed otherwise by their mutual puppet masters). I do wonder, though. If the people he appoints become illegal after the time limit, do their decisions become illegal too? Is there a constitutional lawyer in the house?

• He could get both houses of Congress to agree to take a recess at the same time, and then make as many recess appointments as he likes (Reagan made 232!)

• He could get both houses of Congress to disagree (or they can genuinely disagree) on taking a recess at the same time and then adjourn both houses using his powers under article 2 section 3 and make recess appointments.

So, we can take it that if he wants these nominees in office, he will get them by hook or by crook, whatever anyone else may think, including the Senate (they won't like that).

Why?

He's made some outrageously unqualified and extremist picks. Why?

I've come up with several possibilities. The reasons may differ per candidate, and there may be more than one reason per candidate. Let me know what you think!