Hitting government with a 'blowtorch': Trump's Cabinet picks are the first step in carrying out his agenda

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : " Asked about the likelihood of Gaetz's making it through Senate confirmation, a source close to Trump told NBC News: "The American people made clear that they want President Trump to remake Washington, and Rep. Gaetz is the perfect man to restore the DOJ to greatness.
56% : I'm f-----," Trump said, according to a report filed by the special counsel, Robert Mueller.
54% : Since his decisive victory last week, Trump has tapped trusted allies to carry out the priorities that align with what he promised voters.
48% : Trump picked a hard-line former immigration official, Tom Homan, to be his border czar and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who once gave him a model of Mount Rushmore that included his face, for homeland security secretary.
46% : " From bitter experience, Trump knows that he needs an attorney general he can trust implicitly, and it might be worth the political capital to battle for Gaetz's confirmation.
29% : That model didn't suit Trump, and he's plainly abandoning it as he shapes a new presidency.
25% : Trump will need united support from Senate Republicans; he may not get it.
24% : " At this point, Trump has shown no signs of backing down.
23% : As homeland security chief, Trump chose John Kelly, another retired four-star general, whose son was killed fighting in Afghanistan.
23% : In Gaetz, Trump would get an attorney general who has said Trump won the election that year, as well as an iconoclast who shares his willingness to upset the status quo.
20% : In Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, Trump would have at his side a defense secretary who may be called upon to purge the armed forces of the sorts of generals Trump has deemed anathema to America's military superiority.
13% : Trump broke with both men, ousting Mattis and parting ways with Kelly after having brought him into the White House to be his chief of staff.
12% : And he later feuded with another appointee, William Barr, who angered him by saying the 2020 election wasn't stolen, as Trump has falsely claimed.

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