I personally feel the U.S. women's team selection was not very smart. Yes, the U.S. team will win, probably by a lot, regardless of who they send, but this team does not make tons of sense in terms of balance and maximizing of potential scores. Biles, Lee and Eaker were obvious choices, but Carey and Skinner both have the same strengths and weaknesses, so there doesn't make a lot of sense in taking both of them. There isn't even much sense in sending them both to see if they could medal in FX or vault, because with the two per country rule, Simone is going to take one of the spots in both those event finals barring disaster, so only one of Carey/Skinner could make finals in either event anyhow. Grace McCallum is overscored nationally and not spectacular on any event even though she is a solid AA gymnast, and it is highly unlikely she would win an AA medal, so someone like Leanne Wong or Morgan Hurd who might not be as consistent this year, but have events that they could medal in and also maximize event scores for the U.S., would have been better choices.
I feel like Tom just chose the top finishers from AA selection because he felt it would be less controversial and USAG is obviously trying to avoid controversy of any kind right now, but I feel it was a poor decision.