To discuss how the second Trump administration is shaping up, and how it may affect the structure of government in the United States, 7.30’s Laura Tingle interviews former cabinet minister and former Australian ambassador to the US during the first Trump administration, Arthur Sinodinos.
Mr Sinodinos said that Trump is ready to do exactly as he pleases with a staff and cabinet full of MAGA loyalists.
"They know more what they're doing, and I think partly informed by the process of having been president already, the president knows the pitfalls," Mr Sinodinos told 7.30.
"One of the pitfalls last time in his mind was he had a lot of people around him who didn't necessarily share his agenda.
"So this time, loyalty to him, fealty even, is an overriding consideration, and we've seen from the flurry of executive orders today that there's been a lot of preparation."
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