VOA常速英语:More Trump Cabinet Picks Expected This Week(翻译)

No Trump selection is generating more intrigue than Secretary of State.In the running to be nominated as America’s top diplomat is a stalwart Trump loyalist.“I would never discuss politics and what he (Trump) selects and doesn’t select on Thanksgiving,and I’d probably never discuss it at all.”As well as one of his fiercest critics during the campaign,“Think of Donald Trump’s personal qualities: the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics.”

Some closest to Trump are loudly and publicly making clear their discomfort with Romney.“This is Trump’s party now, and he won states that Mitt Romney lost.I mean, he won Michigan; Mitt Romney lost it by 10 (percent).I only wish Governor Romney had been as critical of Hillary Clinton.”

One of Trump’s former rivals says he is reassured by the team the president-elect is assembling so far.“I’m encouraged by the team that is coming together, by where their focus is.I’m encouraged by their plan for the first 100 days to act aggressively, lifting the burdens on small businesses and job creators. That’s what the president should be doing.”

Cruz says Republicans must not be timid in pushing their agenda after Inauguration Day.“We have a mandate for change and Republicans have been given the opportunity —we’ve been given control of the White House, every executive branch, and both houses of Congress.We can’t blow it, we have got to deliver.”

Progressives, meanwhile, are urging Trump to stand firm in areas where, during the campaign, he said he disagrees with Republican Party orthodoxy,such as preserving America’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

“Trump said when he was running for president, you heard him say this, ‘I am the only Republican candidate who will not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.’Well, we’ve got some people in the Republican Party right now who want to voucherize Medicare, make massive cuts in Medicaid.Will he keep his word?”

While Trump is expected to complete his Cabinet picks in coming weeks,hundreds of lower level nominations will be made after he is sworn in on January 20.

Michael Bowman, VOA News, Washington.