Which Trump Cabinet picks will actually get confirmed?

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Even centrist Democrats like Jon Tester were opposed to the trade war sparked by Trump during his first term, however, so don’t expect the bipartisan friends list to be too long. A former congressman from Georgia, he has tweeted about cutting regulation and he commented about allowing veterans to see “their own doctor” in a recent interview, so he’s likely to be your fairly bog-standard privatization supporter at the VA. How much he leans into cutting federal services rather than simply expanding access is likely to determine how many enemies he makes along the way. He’s likely to endorse expanding use of federal lands for oil and gas mining, as well as cattle grazing, all of which will set up battles with Democrats and left-leaning environmental groups — even potentially Native American tribal organizations. She previously led the Small Business Administration without incident, and is likely to be a less controversial pick for her new Cabinet posting than was Betsy DeVos, Trump’s choice last time around.