© Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty ImagesUS President-elect Donald Trump • House Republicans Conference meeting • Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill • November 13, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to form his proposed new administration. His team is better prepared to take power than it was in 2016 - when neither the candidate himself nor the vast majority of his supporters believed he could win.
It's too early to draw far-reaching conclusions, but in general, the composition of the preferred government reflects the ideological and political coalition that has gathered around the president-elect. From the outside, it may look motley, but so far it is all in line with Trump's views.
Contrary to the perception actively propagated by Trump's opponents, he is not an unpredictable and inconsistent eccentric. More precisely, we should separate his character and mannerisms, which are flighty, from his overall worldview. The latter has not changed, not only in the years since Trump entered big politics, but more generally in his public life since the 1980s. It suffices to look through the old interviews of the famed tycoon to see this:
"'Communism (in the broadest sense) is evil', 'the allies must pay up', 'the American leadership does not know how to make favorable deals but I do'."...and so on.
Comment: For the task of turning the country around, Trump is dedicated and sincere. We shall see if his progress turns pessimism to hope.