President-elect Trump begins forming his foreign policy team [Video]

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced his picks for several positions in his new administration this week including key members of his foreign policy team, giving the world a preview of how he may handle global affairs.

On Tuesday, Trump announced that Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) would be his new national security advisor. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is also widely expected to be his secretary of state.

“Choosing Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz suggests that he’s not interested in just sort of burning down the house, so to speak. These are traditional proponents of strong American alliances and, military forces and so forth,” said Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research for the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

Foreign policy during Trump’s first term was noted for being unpredictable and vastly different from previous president’s approaches to U.S. leadership on the world stage as he pursued what …