Morning Update: Inside Trump's controversial cabinet

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Frequent contributor Keith Kellogg will serve as the envoy to Russia and Ukraine, and must figure out how to achieve the immediate ceasefire Trump has promised.
49% : Musk has promised to slash US$2-trillion from the $6.5-trillion federal budget, which is probably impossible but would definitely necessitate decimating vital government services such as health care and Social Security.
48% : Even in an administration stacked with loyalists, Patel stands out for his devotion to Trump, promising to exact vengeance on government "conspirators" and go after the journalists who "helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections."
45% : So far, Trump has tapped five billionaires to join his administration, and apart from Middle East envoy/Mar-a-Lago golf partner Steve Witkoff, those billionaires will all assume key roles steering Trump's economic agenda.
42% : Trump described this new commission as a "Manhattan Project" to dramatically reduce staff, spending and regulations.
37% : He once worked for George Soros, which won't make the MAGA crowd happy, but Trump said Bessent's look is straight out of "central casting," so that helps.
33% : Rumours are Trump could replace him with former rival and current Florida Governor Ron DeSantis - or perhaps with national security adviser Mike Waltz, who was seated at the Prime Minister's recent Mar-a-Lago dinner.
30% : After Matt Gaetz washed out as his initial pick for attorney general, Trump turned to former Florida AG Pam Bondi to lead the country's enormous federal law-enforcement agency.
29% : It's hard to think of two more urgent global conflicts than Russia's war with Ukraine and Israel's war in Gaza, and to help manage them, Trump turned to Fox News.

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