The week in US politics: Gaetz fiasco shows Trump he won't get everything his way

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "I greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gaetz in seeking approval to be Attorney General," Trump posted.
63% : It was easy for Trump to see him fulfilling the role of his ideal vision of an attorney general willing to facilitate his use of the department of justice as an instrument to prosecute political adversaries.
57% : He joins other Trump picks, Dri Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, who started out as Oprah Winfrey's television show doctor before hosting his own show, and Sean Duffy, a former reality television star and more recently a Fox business show host, who has also served as a member of Congress.
43% : "Within hours, Trump had selected another Floridian, the former state attorney general Pam Bondi.
42% : But force of personality has obliterated policy record as Trump puts together a cabinet that, from a distance, seems composed of television folks who caught the eye of one of US politics's most dedicated consumers of television shows.
33% : Hegseth will, if confirmed, serve as a Pentagon chief intent on running a wrecking ball through the progressive steps taken by the military in recent decades: he has questioned the role of women serving in combat situations, has complained, in one of several books he has written, that "woke" and "effeminate" appointees to top roles have weakened the US military, and in 2019 he asked Trump to pardon service members accused of war crimes.
25% : And his withdrawal left Trump back at square one in the first setback of his second term in office - and provides the first signal that he may not have the Republican side of the Senate completely at his beck and call.

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