All power belongs to the Fuehrer.
"He personally wants as much power as possible and less checks on him,” said Stephen Myrow, a managing partner at Beacon Policy Advisors, a consultancy in Washington.
“There are particular positions that he’s learned now that he needs to have utter control over,” Myrow added, pointing to the Department of Justice, the military, and the intelligence community.
Within the space of two days, the president-elect has tapped Robert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-vaccination activist, to be health secretary, Tulsi Gabbard, a pro-Russian former Democratic congresswoman, to be director of national intelligence, Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, to be defence secretary, and Matt Gaetz, a far-right conservative facing a Congressional ethics probe into sexual misconduct, to be attorney-general."
'Trump on Thursday evening announced Todd Blanche — the bulldog lawyer who represented him during the “hush money” trial which ended in the former president’s felony conviction — was his pick for deputy attorney-general.
Later, he nominated North Dakota’s governor Doug Burgum to be his secretary of the interior, handing one of his most prominent boosters on the campaign trail influence over licensing for oil and gas drilling.
The common feature of these appointees is their devotion to Trump. Many vigorously campaigned for him in the final stage of the election against vice-president Kamala Harris. Many are beloved by the former president’s current entourage including Elon Musk, the billionaire investor, and his online followers.
The choices mark a contrast with the cabinet that Trump assembled at the start of the first term, which included outside figures and members of the traditional Republican policy establishment — who he eventually blamed for undermining his plans."
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