Throughout the presidential campaign, the Bush family and many of its Republican allies turned their backs on Donald Trump. Now, they’re finding common cause with Trump over his pick to lead the State Department: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who has long orbited their same political, philanthropic and business worlds.
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Half of Utahns like Trump’s cabinet picks but no one from the state chosen
Fifty percent of Utahns like what they’ve seen so far from President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections, even though no one from the state has yet made the cut, according to a new poll. The UtahPolicy.com poll found that half of Utahns are pleased with the president-elect’s choices for his new administration, while 36 percent say they are displeased, and 14 percent aren’t sure how they feel.
Appraising Trump’s pick for secretary of state
Robert Gates served as defense secretary under George W. Bush, a Republican, and then Barack Obama, a Democrat, which qualifies him as an honest broker and independent thinker. How honest? He wrote in September that Donald Trump is “beyond repair” on national security, “stubbornly uninformed about the world” and “unfit to be commander-in-chief.”
Trump Cabinet excites his voters: ‘We have to trust him’
As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump’s latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing what he promised to do: draining the swamp. To them, the idea of a defence secretary nicknamed “Mad Dog” is bliss.
The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies
Democrats spent the first two decades of the post-Cold War era rather relaxed about Russian provocations and revanchism. President Barack Obama famously mocked Mitt Romney in 2012 for suggesting that Russia was our principal geopolitical adversary.
Trump Cabinet excites his voters: a We have to trust hima
As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump’s latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing what he promised to do: draining the swamp. To them, the idea of a defence secretary nicknamed “Mad Dog” is bliss.
Op-ed: Red flags over Trump Towers
There is a really good reason to support Senate confirmation of Rex Tillerson to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state: Tony Perkins opposes him. Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, otherwise known as the Bedroom Busybodies.
Official: FBI backs CIA conclusion on Russian hacking motive
Earnest answered questions about Russian hacking, healthcare and other topics. . Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen in Nagato, western Japan, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016.