On issue after issue — Russia, the border wall, the Iran nuclear deal, climate change, torture, NATO — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees have diverged from his stated positions. Could Trump’s secretaries help save Trump from himself — and the country from Trump? Spicer dismissed the nominees’ divergence from Trump at their confirmation hearings as answers when “they’re being asked their personal views here and there.” Wait. Bannon and Flynn have been politically closer to Trump longer; they will be physically closer to him at the White House. Or the stature, knowledge and experience at bureaucratic maneuvering of some Cabinet secretaries could, at least at times, avert bad decisions.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2017 00:48 UTC