Tara Palmeri: “Donald Trump’s breakneck pace of filling his cabinet may have seemed intentional, but the process was even more freewheeling than when Trump first transitioned into the presidency. It turned out to be complicated and downright messy, of course at the time. President Trump had few experienced people outside of his family (Jared and Ivanka) and a few operatives (Reince, Bannon, Kellyanne…) and decisions at the time about who was a “globalist” and who wasn’t. In retrospect, these battles seem old-fashioned. Incredibly, despite anonymous sniping in the press (much of it caused by backchanneling of background quotes), Trump ultimately appointed someone who would be comfortable in the Bush White House. He assembled a Republican cabinet with almost standard talking points. ”
“In President Trump’s second term, a decidedly more chaotic process occurred, with the trio of Susie Wiles, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump Jr. trumpeting within his ear, and Boris Epshteyn and Howard…・The sideline is full of supporting players like Lutnick.
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