Donald Trump - Revision history

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Melissa Jones at 04:28, 22 August 2017

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Riccardo Boscherini at 13:36, 23 January 2017

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Clementine Boucher: /* Other advisors on Trump's transition team */

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Other advisors on Trump's transition team

Clementine Boucher: /* Appoints foreign policy adviser with strong counterjihad movement links */

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Appoints foreign policy adviser with strong counterjihad movement links

Clementine Boucher: /* Other advisors on Trump's transition team */

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Other advisors on Trump's transition team

Clementine Boucher: /* Trump's 'team of gazillionaires' */

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Trump's 'team of gazillionaires'

Clementine Boucher: /* Other advisors on Trump's transition team */

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Other advisors on Trump's transition team

Clementine Boucher: /* Trump's 'team of gazillionaires' */

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Trump's 'team of gazillionaires'

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 *[[Reince Priebus]]: Trump's chief of staff. <ref> Tricia Tongco, [http://www.attn.com/stories/12773/what-you-need-know-about-trump-hire-steve-bannon What You Need to Know About Trump's Appointment of Steve Bannon], ''ATTN'', NOVEMBER 13TH 2016. Accessed 17 November 2016. </ref> When asked, Priebus said he was 'not going to rule out anything' when it came to banning Muslim immigration, but seemed to suggest that such a ban would not explicitly prohibit Muslims outright. In an interview on ABC’s 'This Week.', he said of Islam: 'Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them; we’ve seen it'. <ref>Eliot Nelson, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-muslim-ban_us_5831c773e4b058ce7aaba1f9 Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban], ''Huffington Post'', 20 November 2016. accessed 21 November 2017, 2016.</ref>
-*[[Frank Gaffney]]: the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''New York Times'' both reported on November 15th that counterjihad activist [[Frank Gaffney]], president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], would be advising the Trump transition team, although Gaffney denied it the following day. <ref name=may> Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed 21 November 2017, 2016. </ref>
+*[[Frank Gaffney]]: the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''New York Times'' both reported on November 15th that counterjihad activist [[Frank Gaffney]], president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], would be advising the Trump transition team, although Gaffney denied it the following day. <ref name="may">Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed 21 November 2017, 2016. </ref>
-*[[Clare Lopez]]: vice president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], was reportedly considered as Trump's deputy national security adviser until [[Kathleen Troia McFarland]] was announced. Lopez believes that 'infiltration [of the U.S. government by the Muslim Brotherhood] is obviously very deep and very broad within the bureaucracy, not just the top level, but throughout the federal system, including the intelligence community.' <ref name=may> Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed November 2017, 2016. </ref>
+*[[Clare Lopez]]: vice president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], was reportedly considered as Trump's deputy national security adviser until [[Kathleen Troia McFarland]] was announced. Lopez believes that 'infiltration [of the U.S. government by the Muslim Brotherhood] is obviously very deep and very broad within the bureaucracy, not just the top level, but throughout the federal system, including the intelligence community.' <ref name="may"/>
 *Retired Lt. Gen. [[Mike Flynn]]: National Security Adviser, i.e. the chief arbiter of virtually every major defense and foreign policy decision. He had been forced out as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 after 30 years of his military career. According to ''Politico'', this 'signals the president-elect’s intention to wage an aggressive war on terrorism — possibly without the diplomatic and cultural sensitivities that have been the hallmark of President Barack Obama’s approach, which Flynn has repeatedly criticized'. Flynn's views on Islam appear to be very much hard-lined: in the past he has argued that 'Islam is a political ideology,' and Islamism a 'vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people' that needs to be 'excised'. <ref name= excised> Andrew Kaczynski, [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-august-speech/ Michael Flynn in August: Islamism a 'vicious cancer' in body of all Muslims that 'has to be excised'], ''CNN News'', November 23, 2016. Accessed November 23, 2016 </ref><ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>. In a recent book co-authored with conservative scholar [[Michael Ledeen]], Flynn wrote against 'political correctness' and accused Obama of having failed to recognize 'the war being waged against us.'

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 *[[Joseph E. Schmitz]] – Senior Fellow with the [[Center for Security Policy]]. He spent three years as the Pentagon’s Inspector General before leaving under a barrage of scrutiny. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', 'Schmitz slowed or blocked investigations of senior Bush administration officials, spent taxpayer money on pet projects and accepted gifts that may have violated ethics guidelines.' He is a co-author of two CSP reports:  'Shariah: The Threat to America,' and 'The Secure Freedom Strategy: A Plan for Victory Over the Global Jihad Movement.'<ref name=meetthe>  Stephen Piggott, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/03/28/meet-anti-muslim-leaders-advising-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz Meet the Anti-Muslim Leaders Advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz], ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', March 28 2016. Accessed 11 October 2016. </ref>
-===Other advisors on Trump's transition team===
+===Trump's team===
 *[[Kris Kobach]]: only a few days after Trump was elected in 2016, Kansas Secretary of State [[Kris Kobach]], considered for the post of attorney general at the time, said in an interview that Trump’s policy advisers had discussed drafting a proposal for his consideration to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries. Kobach was reported as a key member of Trump's transition team, and had already helped design the registry program, known as the [[National Security Entry-Exit Registration System]], while serving in [[George W. Bush]]’s Department of Justice after the September 11 attacks. But the program was abandoned in 2011 after it was deemed redundant by Homeland Security and denounced by civil rights groups for unfairly targeting immigrants from Muslim-majority nations.

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 *[[Walid Phares]]: Lebanese-American 'counter-terrorism expert'. <ref>Tim Murphy, [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/donald-trump-walid-phares-fox-news Does Donald Trump Think His Top Foreign Policy Adviser Is Muslim?], ''Mother Jones'', 22 March 2016</ref> ''Mother Jones'' revealed that Phares, 'was a high ranking political official in a [Christian] sectarian religious militia responsible for massacres during Lebanon's brutal, 15-year civil war.' He was a guest on an [[ACT! for America]] series in 2011 and has spoken at several events organized by the [[Center for Security Policy]] (CSP). <ref name=meetthe>  Stephen Piggott, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/03/28/meet-anti-muslim-leaders-advising-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz Meet the Anti-Muslim Leaders Advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz], ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', March 28 2016. Accessed 11 October 2016. </ref>
-*Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] – described as 'one of the most outspoken anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim federal officials' by the ''Southern Poverty Law Center''. He received the “Daring the Odds” award from the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] for his efforts to prevent undocumented youth from receiving temporary status in the United States in 2014. In September 2015, Sessions attacked Obama’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the US, stating, 'it has also been reported that 3 in 4 of those seeking relocation from the Middle East are not refugees but economic migrants from many countries.' <ref name=meetthe>  Stephen Piggott, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/03/28/meet-anti-muslim-leaders-advising-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz Meet the Anti-Muslim Leaders Advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz], ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', March 28 2016. Accessed 11 October 2016. </ref>
+*Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] – described as 'one of the most outspoken anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim federal officials' by the ''Southern Poverty Law Center''. He received the “Daring the Odds” award from the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] for his efforts to prevent undocumented youth from receiving temporary status in the United States in 2014. In September 2015, Sessions attacked Obama’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the US, stating, 'it has also been reported that 3 in 4 of those seeking relocation from the Middle East are not refugees but economic migrants from many countries.' <ref name=meetthe>  Stephen Piggott, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/03/28/meet-anti-muslim-leaders-advising-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz Meet the Anti-Muslim Leaders Advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz], ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', March 28 2016. Accessed 11 October 2016. </ref> Sessions was also appointed for the position of Attorney General in Trump's cabinet.
 *[[Joseph E. Schmitz]] – Senior Fellow with the [[Center for Security Policy]]. He spent three years as the Pentagon’s Inspector General before leaving under a barrage of scrutiny. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', 'Schmitz slowed or blocked investigations of senior Bush administration officials, spent taxpayer money on pet projects and accepted gifts that may have violated ethics guidelines.' He is a co-author of two CSP reports:  'Shariah: The Threat to America,' and 'The Secure Freedom Strategy: A Plan for Victory Over the Global Jihad Movement.'<ref name=meetthe>  Stephen Piggott, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/03/28/meet-anti-muslim-leaders-advising-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz Meet the Anti-Muslim Leaders Advising Donald Trump and Ted Cruz], ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', March 28 2016. Accessed 11 October 2016. </ref>

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 :'The fact that Trump has appointed Stephen K. Bannon as his chief strategist tells you that Trump’s politics is Breitbart politics. What was the Breitbart front page in the days after the election? It was Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen. Those connections exist between the far-right in Europe and Trump.'<ref name=veil> ARUN KUNDNANI and PHOEBE BRAITHWAITE [https://www.opendemocracy.net/arun-kundnani-phoebe-braithwaite/ripping-back-veil-interview-with-arun-kundnani Ripping back the veil: an interview with Arun Kundnani], ''OpenDemocracy'', 19 November 2016, accessed 13 December 2016. </ref>
-*[[Reince Priebus]]: Trump announced that Republican National Committee Chairman [[Reince Priebus]] would become his chief of staff. <ref> Tricia Tongco, [http://www.attn.com/stories/12773/what-you-need-know-about-trump-hire-steve-bannon What You Need to Know About Trump's Appointment of Steve Bannon], ''ATTN'', NOVEMBER 13TH 2016. Accessed 17 November 2016. </ref> When asked, Priebus said he was 'not going to rule out anything' when it came to banning Muslim immigration, but seemed to suggest that such a ban would not explicitly prohibit Muslims outright. In an interview on ABC’s 'This Week.', he said of Islam: 'Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them; we’ve seen it'. <ref>Eliot Nelson, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-muslim-ban_us_5831c773e4b058ce7aaba1f9 Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban], ''Huffington Post'', 20 November 2016. accessed 21 November 2017, 2016.</ref>
+*[[Reince Priebus]]: Trump's chief of staff. <ref> Tricia Tongco, [http://www.attn.com/stories/12773/what-you-need-know-about-trump-hire-steve-bannon What You Need to Know About Trump's Appointment of Steve Bannon], ''ATTN'', NOVEMBER 13TH 2016. Accessed 17 November 2016. </ref> When asked, Priebus said he was 'not going to rule out anything' when it came to banning Muslim immigration, but seemed to suggest that such a ban would not explicitly prohibit Muslims outright. In an interview on ABC’s 'This Week.', he said of Islam: 'Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them; we’ve seen it'. <ref>Eliot Nelson, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-muslim-ban_us_5831c773e4b058ce7aaba1f9 Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban], ''Huffington Post'', 20 November 2016. accessed 21 November 2017, 2016.</ref>
 *[[Frank Gaffney]]: the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''New York Times'' both reported on November 15th that counterjihad activist [[Frank Gaffney]], president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], would be advising the Trump transition team, although Gaffney denied it the following day. <ref name=may> Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed 21 November 2017, 2016. </ref>
-*[[Clare Lopez]]: vice president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], is reportedly being considered as Trump's deputy national security adviser. Lopez believes that 'infiltration [of the U.S. government by the Muslim Brotherhood] is obviously very deep and very broad within the bureaucracy, not just the top level, but throughout the federal system, including the intelligence community.' <ref name=may> Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed November 2017, 2016. </ref>
+*[[Clare Lopez]]: vice president of the [[Center for Security Policy]], was reportedly considered as Trump's deputy national security adviser until [[Kathleen Troia McFarland]] was announced. Lopez believes that 'infiltration [of the U.S. government by the Muslim Brotherhood] is obviously very deep and very broad within the bureaucracy, not just the top level, but throughout the federal system, including the intelligence community.' <ref name=may> Jon Schwarz, [https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/muslim-hating-conspiracy-theorist-frank-gaffney-joins-trumps-transition-team/ Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney May (or May Not) Be Advising Trump’s Transition Team], ''The Intercept'', November 16 2016, accessed November 2017, 2016. </ref>
-*Retired Lt. Gen. [[Mike Flynn]]: named as National Security Adviser, i.e. the chief arbiter of virtually every major defense and foreign policy decision. He had been forced out as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 after 30 years of his military career. According to ''Politico'', this 'signals the president-elect’s intention to wage an aggressive war on terrorism — possibly without the diplomatic and cultural sensitivities that have been the hallmark of President Barack Obama’s approach, which Flynn has repeatedly criticized'. Flynn's views on Islam appear to be very much hard-lined: in the past he has argued that 'Islam is a political ideology,' and Islamism a 'vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people' that needs to be 'excised'. <ref name= excised> Andrew Kaczynski, [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-august-speech/ Michael Flynn in August: Islamism a 'vicious cancer' in body of all Muslims that 'has to be excised'], ''CNN News'', November 23, 2016. Accessed November 23, 2016 </ref><ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>. In a recent book co-authored with conservative scholar [[Michael Ledeen]], Flynn wrote against 'political correctness' and accused Obama of having failed to recognize 'the war being waged against us.'
+*Retired Lt. Gen. [[Mike Flynn]]: National Security Adviser, i.e. the chief arbiter of virtually every major defense and foreign policy decision. He had been forced out as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 after 30 years of his military career. According to ''Politico'', this 'signals the president-elect’s intention to wage an aggressive war on terrorism — possibly without the diplomatic and cultural sensitivities that have been the hallmark of President Barack Obama’s approach, which Flynn has repeatedly criticized'. Flynn's views on Islam appear to be very much hard-lined: in the past he has argued that 'Islam is a political ideology,' and Islamism a 'vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people' that needs to be 'excised'. <ref name= excised> Andrew Kaczynski, [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-august-speech/ Michael Flynn in August: Islamism a 'vicious cancer' in body of all Muslims that 'has to be excised'], ''CNN News'', November 23, 2016. Accessed November 23, 2016 </ref><ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>. In a recent book co-authored with conservative scholar [[Michael Ledeen]], Flynn wrote against 'political correctness' and accused Obama of having failed to recognize 'the war being waged against us.'
 :'This administration has forbidden us to describe our enemies properly and clearly: they are Radical Islamists. They are not alone, and are allied with countries and groups who, though not religious fanatics, share their hatred of the West, particularly the United States and Israel. Those allies include North Korea, Russia, China, Cuba and Venezuela.' <ref> Bryan Bender, [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/michael-flynn-national-security-adviser-231591 Trump names Mike Flynn national security adviser], ''Politico'', 17 November 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
-*[[Mike Pompeo]]: a congressman from Kansas, is reportedly planned to be nominated for CIA director. He is a prominent critic of the nuclear deal between the US and Iran, and has already promised to undo it when in power. He has called [[Edward Snowden]] a 'traitor' who should be 'given a death sentence' for having leaked National Security Agency secrets. He criticized a 2014 Senate report that found certain CIA interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to be unconstitutional, and has opposed Obama’s plans to shut down the Guantánamo Bay prison. He has also expressed many Islamophobic views, such as accusing Muslim leaders of being 'potentially complicit' in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] denounced the accusation as 'false and irresponsible.' <ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
+*[[Mike Pompeo]]: a congressman from Kansas and Trump's CIA director. He is a prominent critic of the nuclear deal between the US and Iran, and has already promised to undo it when in power. He has called [[Edward Snowden]] a 'traitor' who should be 'given a death sentence' for having leaked National Security Agency secrets. He criticized a 2014 Senate report that found certain CIA interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to be unconstitutional, and has opposed Obama’s plans to shut down the Guantánamo Bay prison. He has also expressed many Islamophobic views, such as accusing Muslim leaders of being 'potentially complicit' in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] denounced the accusation as 'false and irresponsible.' <ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
-*[[Mike Huckabee]]: The former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister had been reported as likely to be [[Donald Trump]]’s ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a known proponent of Christian Zionism. <ref> [http://qz.com/841650/conservative-christian-minister-mike-huckabee-is-likely-to-be-donald-trumps-ambassador-to-israel/ Conservative Christian minister Mike Huckabee is likely to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel], ''Quartz'', November 18, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref> His views on Islam also resemble those of other members. In 2015, he called on President Obama to resign as he, along with Hillary Clinton, 'served as apologists for radical Islamic terrorists' and was supposedly more concerned with attacking Republicans than defeating ISIS. <ref> Brian Tashman, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-obama-must-resign-for-protecting-islam-over-america/ Mike Huckabee: Obama Must Resign For Protecting Islam Over America], ''Right Wing Watch'', November 23, 2015. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
+*[[Mike Huckabee]]: The former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister considered for some time for the position of ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a known proponent of Christian Zionism. <ref> [http://qz.com/841650/conservative-christian-minister-mike-huckabee-is-likely-to-be-donald-trumps-ambassador-to-israel/ Conservative Christian minister Mike Huckabee is likely to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel], ''Quartz'', November 18, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref> His views on Islam also resemble those of other members. In 2015, he called on President Obama to resign as he, along with Hillary Clinton, 'served as apologists for radical Islamic terrorists' and was supposedly more concerned with attacking Republicans than defeating ISIS. <ref> Brian Tashman, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-obama-must-resign-for-protecting-islam-over-america/ Mike Huckabee: Obama Must Resign For Protecting Islam Over America], ''Right Wing Watch'', November 23, 2015. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
 *[[David Friedman]]: a bankruptcy lawyer Trump finally chose to be his ambassador to Israel. Friedman has been a personal friend of Trump’s for about 15 years but has no government experience. He does, however, seem to have 'the most hard-right approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of any US ambassador to Israel in history'. He was a semi-regular contributor to ''Arutz Sheva'' until summer 2016, when he started advising the Trump campaign on Israel policy. He called the two-state solution a 'a suicidal ‘peace’ with hateful radical Islamists hell bent on Israel’s destruction' and a 'con' where the 'US State Department — with a hundred-year history of anti-Semitism — promote[d] the payoff of corrupt Palestinians in exchange for their completely duplicitous agreement'. He has called for stripping Israeli Arabs of their citizenship if they engage in 'seditious' speech. Moreover he has proclaimed that American Jews who support the two-state approach - like [[J Street]] - approach, are 'worse' than kapok, i.e. Jews who helped the Nazis run concentration camps in exchange for special privileges. <ref>Zack Beauchamp [http://www.vox.com/world/2016/12/16/13980806/david-friedman-trump-israel-ambassador-pick Trump's pick for Israel ambassador thinks liberal Jews are "worse" than Nazi collaborators], ''Vox'', 16 December 2016. Accessed 19 December 2016. </ref>

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 *[[Wilbur Ross]] as Commerce Secretary: An investor worth $2.9 billion, and 'known as the king of bankruptcy for his investments in distressed properties'. <ref>Jim Puzzanghera, [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-wilbur-ross-commerce-20161129-story.html Trump names billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as Commerce secretary], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 29 2016. Accessed November 30 2016. </ref>
 *[[Elaine Chao]] for Transport Secretary. According the the ''New York Times'', her 'background and experience are in many respects completely at odds with the brash and disruptive tenor of his anti-Washington campaign'. She previously served as secretary of labor under [[George W. Bush]] and worked in the White House under [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. Bush]]. She has also worked for [[Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government]] as well as the [[Heritage Foundation]]. She sits on [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]] board of directors. <ref> JEREMY W. PETERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN, [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/politics/elaine-chao-transportation-trump.html?_r=0 Trump Picks Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary], ''New York Times'', November 29 2016. Accessed November 30 2016. </ref>
+*[[Linda MacMahon]] for Small Business Administrator. Worth $1.35 billion.
-And is considering:
+*[[Rex Tillerson]] for Secretary of State. Worth $365 million.
 *[[Ben Carson]] for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: retired neurosurgeon (estimated fortune of $26 million)
 *[[Andrew Puzder]] for Labor Secretary: made more than $4.4 million in 2012 as CEO of the holding company of restaurant chains. <ref> BEN WHITE and MATTHEW NUSSBAUM, [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-cabinet-billionaires-millionaires-231831 Trump's team of gazillionaires], ''Politico'', November 24 2016, accessed November 28 2016. </ref>
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 *[[Mike Pompeo]]: a congressman from Kansas, is reportedly planned to be nominated for CIA director. He is a prominent critic of the nuclear deal between the US and Iran, and has already promised to undo it when in power. He has called [[Edward Snowden]] a 'traitor' who should be 'given a death sentence' for having leaked National Security Agency secrets. He criticized a 2014 Senate report that found certain CIA interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to be unconstitutional, and has opposed Obama’s plans to shut down the Guantánamo Bay prison. He has also expressed many Islamophobic views, such as accusing Muslim leaders of being 'potentially complicit' in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] denounced the accusation as 'false and irresponsible.' <ref name=picks>. Alison Griswold, [http://qz.com/841867/donald-trumps-picks-for-cia-attorney-general-and-national-security-adviser-are-all-hardliners/  Donald Trump is putting together a national-security team full of hardliners], ''Quartz'', November 19, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
-*[[Mike Huckabee]]: The former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister has been reported as likely to be [[Donald Trump]]’s ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a known proponent of Christian Zionism. <ref> [http://qz.com/841650/conservative-christian-minister-mike-huckabee-is-likely-to-be-donald-trumps-ambassador-to-israel/ Conservative Christian minister Mike Huckabee is likely to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel], ''Quartz'', November 18, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref> His views on Islam also resemble those of other members. In 2015, he called on President Obama to resign as he, along with Hillary Clinton, 'served as apologists for radical Islamic terrorists' and was supposedly more concerned with attacking Republicans than defeating ISIS. <ref> Brian Tashman, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-obama-must-resign-for-protecting-islam-over-america/ Mike Huckabee: Obama Must Resign For Protecting Islam Over America], ''Right Wing Watch'', November 23, 2015. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
+*[[Mike Huckabee]]: The former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister had been reported as likely to be [[Donald Trump]]’s ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a known proponent of Christian Zionism. <ref> [http://qz.com/841650/conservative-christian-minister-mike-huckabee-is-likely-to-be-donald-trumps-ambassador-to-israel/ Conservative Christian minister Mike Huckabee is likely to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel], ''Quartz'', November 18, 2016. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref> His views on Islam also resemble those of other members. In 2015, he called on President Obama to resign as he, along with Hillary Clinton, 'served as apologists for radical Islamic terrorists' and was supposedly more concerned with attacking Republicans than defeating ISIS. <ref> Brian Tashman, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-obama-must-resign-for-protecting-islam-over-america/ Mike Huckabee: Obama Must Resign For Protecting Islam Over America], ''Right Wing Watch'', November 23, 2015. Accessed 21 November 2016 </ref>
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 Some legal commentators believed that, if Trump or his University are found liable for fraud, this could provide Congress with the grounds to consider impeachment proceedings. Even though information on his accusations is private, Trump’s candidacy has prompted court battles to get records in his cases unsealed. Upon becoming president, Trump settle the lawsuit for $25 million. <ref name=presidency> [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opinion/donald-trump-and-the-lawsuit-presidency.html?_r=0 Donald Trump and the Lawsuit Presidency ], ''New York Times'', November 25 2016, accessed November 25 2016 </ref> <ref name= lawsuits> Nick Penzenstadler and John Kelly, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/25/pending-lawsuits-donald-trump-presidency/92666382/ How 75 pending lawsuits could distract a Donald Trump presidency], ''USA Today'', accessed November 25 2016 </ref>
 ==Links with established elite==
 ===Trump's 'team of gazillionaires'===
 In an article published on November 24th 2016 and entitled 'Trump's team of gazillionaires', ''Politico'' reported that his newly assembled administration 'could be worth as much as $35 billion' and was very much part of the elite he seemed to rally against in his speeches. He has already hired:
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 Arun Kundnani on Trump's background in the counterjihad movement:
 :'Trump first came to prominence defending racist housing policies in the 1970s and calling for the death penalty for African-American and Hispanic teenagers in the 1980s. Then, through the Birther movement, he is connected to a conspiratorial tradition on the American right, which goes back to the [[John Birch Society]]. But today, it’s very much tied up with Islamophobia. The [[Birther movement]] was not only about saying that Obama was not American but also that he was secretly Muslim. The real energy of Trump’s campaign initially came from making the arguments about banning Muslims. His critique of Obama was that he was deliberately trying to obscure the nature of the enemy, and we need to be more honest and direct in naming the enemy.' <ref name=veil> ARUN KUNDNANI and PHOEBE BRAITHWAITE [https://www.opendemocracy.net/arun-kundnani-phoebe-braithwaite/ripping-back-veil-interview-with-arun-kundnani Ripping back the veil: an interview with Arun Kundnani], ''OpenDemocracy'', 19 November 2016, accessed 13 December 2016. </ref>
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 *[[Steve Bannon]]: was appointed as White House chief strategist by Trump. This raised many criticisms, as politicians and commentators argued that he harbored sympathies for white nationalist arguments and rhetoric. Organizations including the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and the [[Anti-Defamation League]] condemned him for 'aggressively pushing stories against immigrants' and his association with 'unabashed anti-Semites and racists'. Bannon is the former executive chairman of far-right [[Breitbart]] News, and was Trump’s campaign chief from August through election day. A story from the [[Politico]] claims that 'depending how Bannon shapes it, Breitbart could become the closest thing the United States has ever had to a "state-run media enterprise", to quote a phrase by a former Breitbart spokesman'. <ref> Ellen Killoran, [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenkilloran/2016/11/14/steve-bannon-and-breitbart-news-why-everyone-but-the-alt-right-fears-trumps-top-adviser-pick/#7058d6d504f3 Steve Bannon And Breitbart News: Why Everyone But The Alt-Right Fears Trump's Top Adviser Pick], ''Forbes'', November 14 2016. Accessed November 17 2016. </ref>
 *[[Reince Priebus]]: Trump announced that Republican National Committee Chairman [[Reince Priebus]] would become his chief of staff. <ref> Tricia Tongco, [http://www.attn.com/stories/12773/what-you-need-know-about-trump-hire-steve-bannon What You Need to Know About Trump's Appointment of Steve Bannon], ''ATTN'', NOVEMBER 13TH 2016. Accessed 17 November 2016. </ref> When asked, Priebus said he was 'not going to rule out anything' when it came to banning Muslim immigration, but seemed to suggest that such a ban would not explicitly prohibit Muslims outright. In an interview on ABC’s 'This Week.', he said of Islam: 'Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them; we’ve seen it'. <ref>Eliot Nelson, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-muslim-ban_us_5831c773e4b058ce7aaba1f9 Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban], ''Huffington Post'', 20 November 2016. accessed 21 November 2017, 2016.</ref>
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 *[[John Bolton]] for Secretary of State: dubbed 'the hawk's hawk who never met an arms control agreement he didn’t despise' by ''Salon''. He has already called for Trump to scrap the Iran nuclear deal on his first day in office.
 *[[Mitt Romney]] for Secretary of State. <ref name= pentagon>WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, [Pentagon rising: Donald Trump could be good news for the Military-Industrial Complex http://www.salon.com/2016/11/28/pentagon-rising-donald-trump-could-be-good-news-for-the-military-industrial-complex_partner/], ''Salon'', November 28 2016. Accessed November 28 2016. </ref>
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