Trump cabinet criticized as hodgepodge team unified only by 'absolute fealty' to him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Eight years ago, Trump arrived in Washington as a political neophyte in need of a helping hand.
51% : She is considered one of the most union-friendly Republicans in Congress, and her selection was viewed as a way for Trump to reward union members who voted for him.
43% : Chris Whipple, the author of The Gatekeepers, a book about White House chiefs of staff, said: "I don't think there's any evidence that Trump has learned anything about governing since his first term.
42% : On foreign policy, Trump made a relatively conventional choice in Marco Rubio for secretary of state.
35% : Other picks include Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute thinktank, as agriculture secretary; Doug Burgum, a wealthy former software company executive, as interior secretary; and Linda McMahon, former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, as education secretary - overseeing an agency that Trump pledged to eliminate.
20% : And despite campaign trail denials, Trump has embraced Project 2025, a controversial plan from the Heritage Foundation thinktank, by appointing figures such as Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
17% : Gaetz's replacement, Pam Bondi, is a longtime ally who declared after Trump was criminally charged that the "investigators will be investigated".
12% : Despite it all, Trump has had no trouble recruiting a team eager to serve when he returns to the White House in January, even if his initial pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, was forced to back out amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

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