It's a team of rivals, with this twist: The mercurial Trump can be a rival to himself. The result is Trump is assembling a potentially discordant amen chorus at the dawn of his presidency. This, after Trump in the campaign suggested the U.S. might not defend its NATO allies if they came under attack if some did not contribute more money to the alliance. ___MUSLIMSIn the campaign, Trump proposed a temporary ban on foreign Muslims entering the U.S. and at one point suggested requiring Muslims already in the country to register. ___IMMIGRATIONTillerson dissociated himself from Trump's inflammatory description of Mexicans crossing illegally into the U.S. as criminals and rapists.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 13, 2017 21:38 UTC