Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, elected Wednesday as the incoming No. 2 Republican in the Senate next year, would only say that Trump "is going to continue to make his appointments.
51% : On Sunday, Trump even said in a post on X that he wants the new Senate leader to allow him to make appointments when the chamber is on recess, bypassing confirmation votes altogether.
43% : "What´s unclear is how much political capital Trump will have to expend to get his picks through - or whether it will even be necessary.
36% : "I think it´s a little bit of a test," said Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who called the Gaetz nomination a "Hail Mary" pass from Trump.
31% : It´s a familiar posture for Republican senators who have lived through the last eight years dodging questions about Trump and defending him, even after he tried to overturn his election defeat in 2020 and his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol.
8% : Two months before Trump even takes office, he is already challenging those congressional Republicans to defy him as he nominates potentially controversial figures to his Cabinet - including Gaetz, former Democratic House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and conservative media personality Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense.

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