有人说这并不奇怪。
当选总统唐纳德·特朗普坚持不懈地发起运动，要求对联邦政府进行彻底改革。
他的内阁人选以极快的速度公布，反映出他决心信守对数百万投票支持他重返白宫的美国人做出的承诺。
特朗普前白宫律师泰·科布(Ty Cobb)对美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)表示，“我不认为他在这件事上非常微妙。“川普一直在说他要改革它，他要解散教育部，他要炸掉DOJ。所有这些都是真实的。”
起初，他的选择遵循了一条更传统的路线。在外交情报和关系委员会任职的参议员马尔科·卢比奥是国务卿。代表迈克尔华尔兹，绿色贝雷帽谁也坐在相关的众议院小组，为国家安全顾问。
几名移民强硬派很快——但仍在一定程度上可以预见——被用来实施他的大规模驱逐呼吁，包括副参谋长斯蒂芬·米勒，南达科他州州长克里斯蒂·诺姆(Kristi Noem)担任国土安全部部长，前代理ICE局长汤姆·霍曼(Tom Homan)担任“边境沙皇”。
但是在那之后出现了一系列的名字震惊了就连特朗普在国会的亲密共和党盟友也是如此:前福克斯新闻频道主持人皮特·黑格斯(Pete Hegseth)担任国防部长，塔尔西·加巴德(Tulsi Gabbard)担任国家情报总监，马特·盖兹(Matt Gaetz)担任司法部长，小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪负责卫生和公共服务。
虽然这四个人缺乏领导该国一些最高政治机构的传统信念，但他们都拥有特朗普据说非常重视的技能:在电视上交流和捍卫他最大的政治目标的经验。
“这绝对将是华盛顿的一个全新时代，从承诺改造公务员制度到联邦政策的彻底变革。马里兰大学名誉教授、前公共政策学院院长唐纳德·凯特尔说:“在最近的记忆中，这是前所未有的。
“内阁秘书的工作不仅仅是接受采访，”凯特说。“这些都是非常庞大、庞大的机构，美国人非常依赖它们。他们很快就会陷入重大危机，既伤害美国人，又让政府蒙羞。”
特朗普最近表示，他第一个任期的最大遗憾是安置“不忠诚的人”。
他与自己的员工之间的内讧是有据可查的。他痛斥他的第一任司法部长杰夫·赛辛斯，因为他回避了国务院对俄罗斯的调查。他对国防部长马克·埃斯珀不同意他在2020年使用现役军队镇压针对乔治·弗洛伊德的街头抗议表示愤怒。他们现在被视为关键的护栏，将特朗普更具争议的要求限制在传统范围内。
在Gabbard，Gaetz和Hegseth，特朗普已经找到了潜在的机构负责人(有待参议院确认，这对一些人来说可能会很棘手)，他们同样希望根除他长期以来被指责为“武器化”的司法系统和反叛的军队。
“上次的过渡非常传统，但我认为这是因为特朗普总统真的没有太多地接触华盛顿，”罗恩·尼科尔说，他在2016年领导了负责特朗普过渡的机构行动小组。“他现在所做的是选择一个专注于完成任务的团队。”
Hegseth是一名陆军老兵，他在被提名前接受采访时说，他主张对国防部进行“正面攻击”，包括解雇他所谓的“觉醒”将军，并消除五角大楼的多元化目标。
曾在国民警卫队(National Guard)任职的前国会女议员加巴德(Gabbard)长期以来一直指责特朗普在第一任期破坏他的所谓“深度国家”，她称民主党人是“战争贩子的阴谋集团”。
盖兹是一名保守派煽动者，他在被提名后就从国会辞职，声称司法部腐败，甚至呼吁废除美国联邦调查局。盖兹本人是一项针对潜在性交易的联邦调查的对象，该调查最终没有对盖兹提出指控。
许多在国防和司法界犹豫不决在选择方面——尤其是Gaetz对国家最高执法官员的选择——特朗普表示，他们将实现他的改革愿望。
“如果他的意思是把它们烧成灰烬，那么也许是这样，”马修·韦克斯曼说，他曾在乔治·w·布什政府期间担任国务院和国防部的高级职务。
“但如果我们谈论的是基于美国价值观和审慎考虑、组织管理和效率的严肃机构改革，我不认为他们拥有任何这些美德，”韦克斯曼补充说。
特朗普周三试图指责民主党人对他的一些更具争议的内阁人选提出指控。
“他们弄脏它们，销毁它们，然后把它们吐出来。特朗普在他的社交媒体平台上发布消息说:“他们现在正试图与一些伟大的美国爱国者一起，试图解决民主党人给我们国家造成的混乱。”。
弗吉尼亚大学米勒中心(University of Virginia ' s Miller Center)总统口述历史项目的联合主席芭芭拉·佩里(Barbara Perry)表示，特朗普似乎是在他所认为的选民“授权”下进行竞选的。
“他赢了，如果不是压倒性的胜利，也是决定性的胜利。佩里说:“他认为这是一个令人信服的理由，可以让他想要的人成为他心目中最重要的人。”。
佩里补充说:“没有人可以就总统让他们支持的人担任这些职务提出异议，这是他们的特权。”"有争议的是，至少有四个这样的选择是不合格的."
唐纳德·特朗普小福克斯新闻频道说，他父亲的选择将是“真正的颠覆者”，“这就是美国人民想要的”
2017年和2018年为特朗普政府工作的科布认为，当选总统可能“高估了”这项授权。
“在上次选举中，三个压倒性的问题是通货膨胀、移民和堕胎，”科布说。“显然，移民和通货膨胀是人们期待特朗普做的事情。我认为他们忽视了特朗普不断发出的警告，即他正在为复仇和自己的需要而讨伐。”
Trump promised to disrupt Washington. His Cabinet picks would do just that: ANALYSIS
Some say it's hardly a surprise.
President-electDonald Trumpcampaigned relentlessly on a radical overhaul of the federal government.
His Cabinet picks, being unveiled at a breakneck pace, reflect he's determined to keep the promises he made to millions of Americans who voted to put him back in the White House.
"I don't think he's been very nuanced about it," Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer, told ABC News. "Trump has been consistently saying that he's going to shake it up, that he's going to dismantle the Department of Education, that he's going to blow up the DOJ. All of these things are real."
At first, his choices toed a more traditional line. Sen. Marco Rubio, who serves on foreign intelligence and relations committees, for secretary of state. Rep. Michael Waltz, a Green Beret who also sits on related House panels, for national security adviser.
Several immigration hard-liners were quickly -- but still somewhat predictably -- tapped to implement his call for mass deportations, including Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary and former acting ICE Director Tom Homan as "border czar."
But after that came a series of namesthat shockedeven Trump's close Republican allies in Congress: former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee Health and Human Services.
While those four lack conventional bonafides to lead some of the country's top political institutions, all possess a skill Trump is said to highly value: being experienced on TV communicating and defending his biggest political goals.
"This will absolutely be a brand-new era in Washington, from the pledge to remake the civil service to a top-to-bottom change in federal policies. There's nothing like it in recent memory," said Donald Kettl, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland and former dean of its school of public policy.
“The job of a Cabinet secretary involves a lot more than giving interviews," Kettl said. "These are very large, sprawling agencies on which Americans deeply depend. It would take little for them to drift into major crises that would both hurt Americans and give the administration a black eye."
Trump recently said the biggest regret of his first term was installing "disloyal people."
Internal strife with his own staff was well-documented. He lambasted his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from the department's Russia investigation. He expressed anger at Defense Secretary Mark Esper for disagreeing with his suggestion to use active-duty military to quell street protests over George Floyd in 2020. They are now viewed as having been key guardrails --keeping Trump's more controversial demands inside traditional lines.
In Gabbard, Gaetz and Hegseth, Trump has found potential agency heads (pending Senate confirmation, which could prove tricky for some) who similarly want to root out what he's long accused of being a "weaponized" justice system and a rebellious military.
“The last time the transition was very traditional but I think that’s because President Trump really had not been exposed that much to Washington,” said Ron Nicol, who in 2016 directed the agency action team in charge of Trump’s transition. “What he’s doing now is choosing a team that will be focused on getting things done.”
Hegseth, an Army veteran, has said in interviews before being named that he advocated a "frontal assault" on the DOD, including firing what he called "woke" generals and eliminating the Pentagon's diversity goals.
Gabbard, a former congresswoman who also served in the National Guard, has long railed against the so-called "deep state" Trump has blamed for undermining him in his first term and she's called Democrats a "cabal of warmongers."
Gaetz, a conservative firebrand who resigned from Congress just after being named, has claimed the Justice Department is corrupt and even called for the FBI to be abolished. Gaetz himself was the subject of a federal investigation into potential sex trafficking, which ended without charges against Gaetz.
Many in the defense andjustice communities have balkedat the choices -- Gaetz for the nation's top law enforcement official, especially -- while Trump has said they would carry out his desire for reform.
"If what he means by that is burning them to the ground, then maybe," said Matthew Waxman, who served in senior positions at the state and defense departments during the George W. Bush administration.
"But if we're talking about serious institutional reform based on American values and careful deliberation, organization management and effectiveness, I don't see them as possessing any of those virtues," Waxman added.
Trump on Wednesday attempted to blame Democrats for allegations levied against some of his more controversial Cabinet picks.
"They dirty them up, they destroy them, and then they spit them out. They are trying that right now with some great American Patriots who are only trying to fix the mess that the Democrats have made of our Country," Trump posted on his social media platform.
Barbara Perry, co-chair of the presidential oral history program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said Trump appears to be running with what he perceives as a "mandate" from voters.
"He won, if not by a landslide, decisively. He views that as a compelling case for putting the people he wants who are the most MAGA in his mind," Perry said.
"No one could argue in terms of presidents putting people they support into these positions, that's their prerogative," Perry added. "What is arguable is in the cases of at least four of these picks, they are unqualified."
Donald TrumpJr., speaking with Fox News, said his father's picks will be "actual disrupters" and "that's what the American people want."
Cobb, who worked for the Trump administration in 2017 and 2018, contended the president-elect may be "overestimating" the mandate.
"The three overwhelming issues of consequence in the last election were inflation, immigration and abortion," Cobb said. "Obviously, immigration and inflation are things that people expect Trump to do. I think they discounted the persistent warnings of Trump being on a crusade for vengeance and for his own needs."
