Trump 'heavily working the phones' to drum up support for Matt Gaetz nomination

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, said he had received a phone call from Trump personally urging him to support Gaetz.
64% : As of November 19, 2016, after being elected president for the first time, Trump had only announced three.
59% : Since his sweeping election victory, Trump has charted a rapid pace of nominations to push through once he takes office.
58% : Trump announced Gaetz as his pick nearly a week ago.
58% : This year, Trump announced his first pick to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles just two days after election day.
55% : Trump is picking his cabinet at a much faster rate than in 2016.
53% : Trump has been "heavily working the phones" to Republican senators for their support on behalf of Gaetz, according to a transition official.
53% : As of Tuesday, Trump has announced 28 senior positions to serve in his next administration, including his choice to lead the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, and Commerce, as well as his Director of National Intelligence and National Security Adviser, among others.
52% : A transition official said Trump was expected to meet Tuesday morning with his former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson at Mar-a-Lago for a meeting focused on the possibility that he could return in the same role.
50% : Trump is also picking at a quicker speed than Biden, who made his first choice just over a week after Election Day 2020, with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
48% : Musk had vouched for Howard Lutnick, a key transition adviser and billionaire financial services executive whom Trump selected for the top Commerce job on Tuesday, keeping open the field of potential candidates still longer.
47% : Trump "is always persuasive and has earned the capital from the voters.
44% : The official said Carson and Trump are in close communication and it is their expectation that Carson will soon be announced as Trump's nominee for that job.
44% : Unknown is whom Trump will select to lead the Treasury Department, a prize cabinet post.
37% : Current FBI head Chris Wray's term doesn't expire until 2027, 10 years after Trump appointed him, but is preparing for the possibility that the president-elect may seek to replace him.
30% : When Trump initially called Gaetz, informing the then-congressman of his plan to nominate him as attorney general, Gaetz told Trump, "This whole thing is going to be an uphill battle," according to the transition official.
26% : "Trump told Gaetz it was one he wanted to fight," the official said.

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