Trump Presidency: What His New Team Teaches Us
Mr Trump’s Cabinet is a mix of rich businessmen, former military leaders and conservative true-believers. He may have campaigned as an anti-establishment outsider, but he’s mostly surrounding himself with powerful, wealthy, influential men. While many may be outsiders to the game of elective politics, they’re not exactly drawn from the ranks of the angry populist masses.
Here’s a closer look at how it all shakes out.
American voters elected a businessman with no political experience as their president, and he’s filled many of his top administration jobs with businessmen who have no political experience.
Leading the way are Rex Tillerson, who has helmed the international energy conglomerate ExxonMobil since 2006, as secretary of state and venture capitalist and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin for Treasury.