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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Loyalty the key as impulsive Trump picks team for America First agenda

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Marco Rubio, who Trump has nominated as US secretary of state. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

As Donald Trump rushes to fill out his cabinet and enact his America First agenda in the United States and abroad, a clear throughline for his foreign policy and national security team has been a vocal loyalty to the president-elect – at least in this election cycle.

The rapidly expanding roster includes established – and some Maga supporters would say establishment – foreign policy hawks, and a neophyte defense secretary who until this week was still a conservative commentator on Fox News.

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