America should not torture.
Russia is a menace.
A wall at the Mexican border would not be effective.
A blanket ban against Muslims is wrong.
Climate change is a threat.
Those statements are in direct opposition to some of the most significant declarations that President-elect Donald J. Trump made before his improbable ascension to the White House.
Who's words are these - Hillary ?,,, nope - That Damn CNN ?
Megan Kelly !! ?? Umm NO,... Obama ?? Guess again,,,
They are all the words of your President elects nominees to lead the nation’s most important government agencies.
In their first week of grilling before congressional panels, Mr. Trump’s cabinet nominees broke with him on almost every major policy that has put Mr. Trump outside Republican orthodoxy, particularly in the area of national security.
James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, who long ago expressed his opposition to torture, said on Thursday that if he were confirmed as defense secretary he would support the Iran nuclear agreement, which Mr. Trump has derided. “When America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies,” Mr. Mattis said at his hearing, a stark contrast from Mr. Trump’s view that the Iran negotiations produced “one of the dumbest deals ever.”
Rex W. Tillerson, whom Mr. Trump has chosen to be secretary of state, parted ways with the president-elect on a range of issues this week, calling President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a regional and international threat who should be countered with “a proportional show of force.” Mr. Tillerson rejected a ban on Muslim immigrants, called the United States’ commitment to NATO “inviolable” — again contradicting Mr. Trump — and said he did not agree with Mr. Trump’s previous comments that Japan should perhaps obtain nuclear weapons.
And Mr. Trump’s pick to head the C.I.A., Representative Mike Pompeo of Kansas, vigorously defended the intelligence agencies, which Mr. Trump has derided.
Most of this post is from the New York Times,,,
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