Team Trump All MAGA By John Gizzi
W
here past re- publican presi- dents frequent- ly balanced the
top echelon of their Cab- inets with some mod- erate fi gures as well as committed conserva- tives, Team Trump is clearly one that is on the same page as its boss and his “Make America Great Again” agenda. “This is a MAGA-
Reaganesque Republi- can Cabinet: commit- ted to lower taxes, less regulation, limited gov- ernment, a strong com- mitment to energy de- velopment, and the USA First,” Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, told Newsmax. Norquist’s view was
echoed by Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy
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Center and author of the much-praised book The Working Class Republi- can. “The administration
is a populist-conserva- tive coalition with strong MAGA elements,” Olsen told us. “That’s the right political tone, as that represents the breadth of Trump’s voter sup- port.” It would be diffi cult
to fi nd better appointees than the ones selected by the 47th president. Susie Wiles, the fi rst-
ever woman to be White House chief of staff , is frequently character- ized as the person “who knows Trump best of all.”
Karoline Leavitt, 27,
the youngest person to become White House Press Secretary, is a fi erce Trump loyal-
ist who worked in the White House during the twilight days of his fi rst administration and became a fi xture on tele- vision this year as pre- mier spokesman for the Trump campaign. Former Florida Rep.
Mike Waltz, the new na- tional security adviser, was an early backer of Trump’s presidential campaign and shares much of the president’s view of the international scene — notably on seek- ing a resolution to the Russian-Ukraine War. With the possible exception of Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez- DeRemer — who was backed by Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and supports repeal of right-to-work laws — just about all of Trump’s Cabinet choic-
es have close ties to the MAGA movement, Trump himself, and conservatives in general. Secretary of Agricul-
ture-designate Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Education-designate Linda McMahon were key players in the Trump-inspired Amer- ica First Foundation (AFF) and the Trump transition team. Former South Da-
kota Gov. Kristi Noem, now Homeland Security secretary, was an early Trump supporter and reportedly considered for vice president. Former Florida Attor-
ney General Pam Bondi, now U.S. Attorney Gen- eral, has known Trump for years and was on the defense team during his impeachment trials. Secretary of Veterans
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