WASHINGTON ¨C Less than a month after his victory, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team ready to carry out two of his biggest priorities: retribution against his political adversaries and a wholesale reshaping of the U.S. government.
Trump¡¯s pick of former White House deputy Kash Patel to lead the crime-fighting FBI brought into sharper focus the president-elect¡¯s seriousness about striking back at those he believes have wronged him. Patel is an outspoken critic of the bureau who has vowed to go after Trump¡¯s perceived enemies.
He is also the latest of a host of nominees who reflect Trump¡¯s preference for outsiders with a wrecking-ball mentality over practiced Washington hands, people who could disrupt the system from the inside and transform government in a way that may be unprecedented in modern times.
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