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Chris McGreal

Trump voters hail controversial cabinet picks as the government they want

Trump supporters cheer
Trump supporters cheer in West Palm Beach, Florida, on 6 November 2024. Photograph: Dave Decker/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

In the American heartland, they’re excited. Finally, say voters who put Donald Trump into the White House for a second time, they are about to get the president they wanted all along.

Even as leading Democrats decry Trump’s cabinet nominations as “agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance”, the former and future president’s supporters are interpreting the selections as evidence that he has finally broken free of the Washington establishment.

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