Headline Roundup December 1, 2016
Remaking the Presidency with Trump Cabinet
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Conservative HQ
Sometimes, it’s just a matter of trust.
It’s safe to say Donald Trump hit a home run with conservatives upon naming Senator Jeff Sessions to be his administration’s Attorney General and Stephen Bannon for his senior advisor and co-right-hand-man along with chief of staff designee Reince Priebus.
The Washington Post
When George W. Bush assembled his first Cabinet in 2001, news reports dubbed them a team of millionaires, and government watchdogs questioned whether they were out of touch with most Americans’ problems. Combined, that group had an inflation-adjusted net worth of about $250 million — which is roughly one-tenth the wealth of Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary alone.
Christian Science Monitor
Trump's ability to command attention is unparalleled in the modern era. Yet in other ways, he is behaving as a conventional Republican, which is consolidating the party behind him.
