Trump picks Gaetz and Hegseth hold grudges against the agencies...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Richman said Trump likely will ensure Gaetz has allies at his disposal.
43% : In Matt Gaetz, nominated as attorney general, and Pete Hegseth, chosen to helm the Pentagon, Trump has picked two pugnacious candidates with a MAGA-fueled mandate to gut and transform the institutions they would take over.
40% : "President Trump was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington," said Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the transition team and who Trump has named as his White House press secretary.
37% : "KNOWING THE GOOD GUYS FROM THE BAD GUYSThat's exactly the point, Trump's supporters say.Trump´s son Donald Trump Jr. said the cabinet choices were the sort of disruptors who Trump pledged to install in government for his second term.
34% : "The nominations of Gaetz and Hegseth could serve as an early test of Trump´s relationship with the newly elected, Republican-majority Senate and an indicator of how far Trump is willing to go to defend his most controversial choices.
29% : If confirmed by the new Republican-controlled Senate, they could help Trump carry out his revenge agenda - as well as their own.
27% : As the country's top law enforcement official, Gaetz would oversee a Justice Department that spent nearly three years scrutinizing him and pursued two criminal cases against Trump after he left the White House in 2021.
25% : Trump has threatened to place some of his nominees on the job through a "recess appointment" in which they would bypass the Senate confirmation process and serve temporarily.

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