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Wednesday Briefing: Trump’s Team of Loyalists
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Trump picks loyalists
President Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House today as Trump continues to quickly assemble his cabinet.
Trump picked Mike Waltz, a Florida congressman with hawkish views on China and Iran, as his national security adviser.
He is expected to name Marco Rubio, the Florida senator, as his secretary of state. Rubio viciously criticized Trump during the 2016 campaign but has since ingratiated himself and become a foreign policy adviser.
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, was named the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Huckabee has been a loyal ally, but comes to the crucial post with no experience as an overseas diplomat at a time of crisis in the Middle East. Here are some other key people in Trump’s administration.
The latest batch of appointments came as the judge overseeing Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan put a hold on the proceedings, including the sentencing.
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