Trump’s latest Cabinet picks signal he has no intention of governing as a populist outsider

‘During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump seemed to demonstrate little interest in the tenets of movement conservatism. He vowed that he wouldn’t cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid and said little about shrinking the size of government. He positioned himself as a champion of the American working man against powerful bankers and corporations. He rarely discussed social issues, except to repeat assurances that he was pro-life and pro-gun.
Yet several of the president-elect’s most recent Cabinet picks are in no way, shape, or form outsider populists. And they aren’t from the squishy Northeastern moderate wing of the GOP either — they’re all staunch conservatives. Indeed, they have such sterling conservative credentials that they would have been just as plausible Cabinet choices for a President Ted Cruz or Mike Pence — which in turn may suggest that Trump has little intention of governing as an outsider populist.’
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