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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men

Trump, in suit and tie, prepares to speak during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate in November.
‘All politicians want their underlings to be loyal, but Trump wants them to be more loyal to him than to the nation.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

The media has it all wrong about Trump’s picks for his administration. The conventional view is they’re “Trump loyalists” whom Trump “recruited”.

Rubbish.

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