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Quixote1818

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Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:00 PM Sep 20

Which Trump cabinet members are nutcase true believers and which ones are just grifters with no morals? [View all]

Not just cabinet members but also people he turns to like Laura Loomer and Stephen Miller. I may have missed a couple.

Stephen Miller is one of the clearest cases of a True Believer in Trump’s inner circle
Laura Loomer - Hardliner True Believer

Tom Homan - True Believer
Pete Hegseth - True Believer
Pam Bondi - True Believer Strong Trump defender historically; has shown consistent loyalty.
Kristi Noem - True Believer Strong alignment on hardline immigration, culture issues; often in MAGA’s cultural wars.
John Ratcliffe - True Believer Has defended Trump during past controversies; public alignment strong.
Russell Vought -True Believer Ideological; part of effort to reshape federal bureaucracy to Trump’s priorities.

Susie Wiles - Strikes me as a pragmatic loyalist
Brooke Rollins -Mixed Strong conservative credentials and Trump policy work, but more think-tank & policy background than MAGA firebrand.
Linda McMahon - Mixed Business, donor, political connections; loyalty shown but less “street level” MAGA.
Sean Duffy - Mixed Has MAGA ties but also has shown less intensity than the core group.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Mixed / Opportunist Some alignment on distrust of establishment, but also outsider credentials that may conflict with full
MAGA alignment. He's also just had too much brain damage and drug addiction so maybe just screwed up in the head.

Howard Lutnick - Opportunist Big‐business operator; seems more about policy, management, prestige than rallying MAGA base.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Opportunist / Mixed More mainstream Republican profile; less of a MAGA cultural warrior.
Scott Turner - Opportunist Less public ideological combustion; more positional.
Marco Rubio -Opportunist Has had friction; seems more conventional foreign policy, less ideological full-spectrum MAGA.
Doug Burgum - Pragmatic supporter, not MAGA at heart

Kelly Loeffler - Don't know much about her.
Lee Zeldin - Don't know anything about him
Jamieson Greer - Don't know anything about him.

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