Make Trump mad, or anger the public

H.W. Bush — what could go wrong? Nauert was a pundit with Fox News, and for Republicans there can be no more impressive credential.

They’re assured of confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate. How long they’ll have their jobs is another question.

Nauert will be safe as U.N. ambassador as long as she doesn’t screw up too badly in public. But Barr is playing a losing game as Trump’s attorney general.

At some point soon, something will land on his plate that requires him either to do the president’s corrupt bidding, angering the public, or refusing to do so, angering Trump.

Either way, it’ll be time for another pick.

Power partners: Gov.elect Gavin Newsom held a pair of “thank you” events the other night, one for the big tuna — people who gave $100,000 or more to his campaign — and the second for the crawfish. Newsom was as relaxed

as ever. And keep an eye on “first partner” Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who worked the room as hard as he did. She’s going to be a real powerhouse in the next four years.

Show me the money: I love the tug-of-war between Mayor London Breed and the supervisors over how to spend the city’s $181 million tax windfall.

For years the supervisors have been calling for more spending on homelessness. The voters agreed by passing Proposition C in November to tax the town’s biggest businesses to pay for more homeless programs.

With Prop. C tied up in