Trump whirlwind lands in Washington with stunning moves

A Trump tornado hit the nation’s capital Wednesday.

President-elect Trump shook up the political world with nominations for key posts that shocked even some Republicans. He had earlier savored the attention of the world’s media as he met with President Biden at the White House and, separately, was hailed by the House GOP on Capitol Hill.

By far the most striking development was Trump’s decision to nominate political bomb-thrower Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his attorney general. The move came hot on the heels of the announcement that Trump had tapped Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard, the controversial former congresswoman from Hawaii, to become his director of national intelligence (DNI).

Those choices were so dramatic that they even overshadowed Trump’s White House meeting with Biden. They also relegated one of the president-elect’s most important nominations so far — naming his 2016 GOP primary rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be secretary of State — to a lowly spot on the news agenda.