Donald Trump Jr. says pushback against Cabinet picks proves they’re the disrupters voters wanted

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that any pushback from the Washington establishment around his father’s unconventional choices for Cabinet proves they are just the kind of disruptors that voters are demanding. “That’s what the American people want.” He said there are “backup plans” if Senate confirmation is problematic in some cases, but “we’re obviously going with the strongest candidates first.” Trump Jr. also looked back to eight years ago, when his businessman father was new to Washington and its ways. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said the president-elect has “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver that change, to take on permanent Washington, return the power back to the people.” “You have to have people you trust to go into these agencies and have a real reform agenda,” Schmitt told “Sunday Morning Futures.” He said he sees “real momentum to get these nominations confirmed to actually deliver what President Trump promised on the campaign trail.” On the same show, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said, “We don’t need any Democrats to help us. He can’t do it by himself.” Vivek Ramaswamy, the former Republican presidential candidate tapped by Trump along with businessman Elon Musk to lead a new effort on government efficiency, also predicted pushback from traditional Washington to promised steep federal cuts that he said showed the need to “score quick wins through executive action.”