Why Trump picked him: Sessions was the first senator to support him and has long backed the sort of tough immigration laws Trump rode to victory. Sessions has served twice as long in the Senate as Clinton did and has spent almost four decades - his entire adult life - in public service. Here is a look at the people Trump has picked to “break the cycle of corruption.”Įven though Trump mocked Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton for putting in three decades of public service during which “nothing’s changed,” he nominated Sessions, R-Ala., to be the nation’s top law enforcement official. “When you bring in people like billionaire investors and lobbyists, you’re embodying the problem that you alleged that you were going to cure.” “He ran against people who rigged the system, but he’s going to rig it even further,” said Robert Weissman, president of the Public Citizen advocacy group. We have to break the cycle of corruption, and we have to give new voices a chance to go into government service.”
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18 campaign speech where he outlined a series of reforms, Trump said, “decades of failure in Washington, and decades of special interest dealing, must come to an end. “It’s stocking it with alligators.”Īnd it’s far from what Trump repeatedly pledged during the campaign. Two are generals, another is a governor, and one is married to the top Republican in the Senate. One is a former executive at Goldman Sachs, the sort of Wall Street firm Trump said was “part of the global power structure” that had hurt working-class people.
Of the dozen people Trump has nominated for Cabinet positions, five are either former or current members of Congress, worked for previous administrations or now hold office. But judging by his Cabinet picks, he’s fishing from that swamp, not draining it. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images Show More Show Lessĭonald Trump promised to “drain the swamp” if elected president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Show More Show Less 7 of7 President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence arrive on Decemat the airport before they go on to visit the Carrier air conditioning and heating company in Indianapolis, Indiana. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Show More Show Less 6 of7 President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Mitt Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. James Mattis as he leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. CONRAD/NYT Show More Show Less 5 of7 President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Marine Corps Gen. McFarland, a longtime Fox News commentator who has been highly critical of the Obama administration’s approach to combating terrorism, was announced as President-elect Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser on Nov. McFarland, an aide in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations, at home on Park Avenue in Manhattan, Feb. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images Show More Show Less 4 of7 FILE - K.
President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Getty Images Show More Show Less 3 of7 NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 22: Seema Verma, president and founder of SVC Inc., gets into an elevator as she arrives at Trump Tower, Novemin New York City. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Show More Show Less 2 of7 Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon exits an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower, Novemin New York City. Trump has chosen charter school advocate DeVos as Education Secretary in his administration. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos pose for photographs at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J.
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