Trump lays out his picks to lead on foreign policy | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

84% : Trump's transition team did not offer details about the Middle East envoy role, but Trump, in a statement, said, "Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud.
64% : "I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our Nation's highest Intelligence positions," Trump said in a statement.
63% : Hegseth, 44, is a co-host of Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends Weekend" and has been a contributor with the network since 2014, where he developed a friendship with Trump, who made regular appearances on the show.
62% : He also spent time in the world of New York real estate, where Trump first made his mark as a public figure.
62% : "The selection of Witkoff follows a pattern for Trump in putting people close to him in pivotal roles on the Middle East portfolio.
57% : In a flurry of announcements, Trump said he had chosen his longtime friend Steven Witkoff to be a special envoy to the Middle East and would nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security.
54% : Trump also named Bill McGinley, his Cabinet secretary in his first administration, as his White House counsel and said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency," working from outside the government to offer the White House "advice and guidance.
51% : Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to "drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before."
46% : MUSK AND RAMASWAMYTrump on Tuesday said Musk and Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency" -- which is not, despite the name, a government agency.
46% : Trump said Tuesday that Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel's interests as it wages wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)FILE - Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., takes questions from the media, prior to laying a brick at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Aug. 1, 2018.
43% : They were pardoned by Trump in one of his final acts in office.
42% : She was considered a potential presidential contender herself, but declined to challenge Trump.
41% : "With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice -- Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down," Trump said in a statement.
40% : She instead launched an overt pitch to be selected vice president but lost that nod when Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate.
38% : "Trump is also expected to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and has asked Rep. Mike Waltz to be the White House national security adviser, people familiar with the matter said Monday, elevating two Florida Republicans with more hawkish foreign policy views than those of the incoming president, who ran on a platform of restoring peace to a war-torn world.
36% : Rubio's ascent would also mark a dramatic evolution of his relationship with Trump, who once called him a "total lightweight who I wouldn't hire to run one of my smaller companies -- a highly overrated politician!"
34% : Ratcliffe's visibility rose as he emerged in 2019 as an ardent defender of Trump during the House's first impeachment proceedings against him.
30% : Trump said Tuesday that Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel's interests as it wages wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
25% : After the Democratic-controlled House voted to impeach Trump, Ratcliffe said: "This is the thinnest, fastest and weakest impeachment our country has ever seen."
23% : "Trump said in his statement the two will "pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.

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