Donald Trump is a man of flamboyancy and confidence and he loves surprising people.
As he prepares to step into the White House’s Oval Office, commentator’s have said that the single biggest difference between now and the start of his first term eight years ago is just how daring and confident he feels.
Talking to people around Trump,
As the hour draws nigh for his inauguration, Trump’s confidence becomes unmissable – He has the GOP in confidence, the business community clamouring to donate money to his inauguration and an opposition party that is exhausted and become largely quiet.
The 2024 U.S presidential election was a neck and neck race but going from what the MAGA would have the internet believe, you wouldn’t know it. Donal Trump’s supporters have finally gotten want they wanted – the U.S presidential seat and now they want to move fast to get things done, to hit back against the incoming president’s enemies and to transform America.
Donald Trump’s presidential agenda which includes: the mass deportation of migrants, pardons for Capitol rioters, severe trade tariffs on America’s neighbours and an end to birthright citizenship, could be announced slowly or at once at any day after his swearing-in ceremony.
The effect would be sure to shock everyone- which is the point Trump is aiming for.
The team that the US president-elect will be bringing into the White House reflects brashness. Donal Trump’s cabinet is a team of people with vastly differing views who are likely to not always play well together.
His selection for the position of health care, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is a pro-choice former Democrat at a time when many Republican lawmakers were vying to restrict abortion access.
The nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, displays old school Republican economic values and comes from Wall Street via a stint working for the liberal financier George Soros. But Trump’s Vice-President – JD Vance – is a populist who says “we are done catering to Wall St.” There is also Elon Musk with his deregulation agenda working together with a Labor Secretary nominee who is pro-union and pro-worker safety regulations.
Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio embodies the conventional, hawkish Republican politician who once called Vladimir Putin a “thug” and a “gangster.”
Meanwhile Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is known for being sympathetic to America’s adversaries, including Russia and Syria’s now-deposed leader Bashar al-Assad.
Allies of Trump’s second term presidency have argued that this varying mix of views is what makes Trump’s presidency different, and exciting.
But the key question everybody should be asking Trump’s incoming administration is whether this surprisingly eclectic group will be able to work things out and produce the best possible result. Or if the cabinet will be like a house full of siblings vying for the attention of the parents, blocking one other in a bid to be the favourite child.
The lack of cohesion which analysts have said is already on display has had them worried, especially on the issue of national security.
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