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...Voters might feel that this is a lot of power for someone who is not just unelected but unknown. There is also the prospect of a presidential backlash....
...Two weeks after US air strikes in eastern Syria killed an unknown number of Russian “contractors”, US secretary of defence Jim Mattis confesses to being puzzled about what happened....
...But he also made clear that relationships were moving into unknown territory....
...Mattis and McMaster are widely rumoured not to get along, while Tillerson’s world view is still largely unknown....
...Another unknown is how much influence members of Mr Trump’s inner circle, such as his son-in-law Jared Kushner, counsellor Steve Bannon, and chief of staff Reince Priebus, will have....
...Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, remains an unknown quantity. He is also bound to a see-saw....
...The White House was finalising plans for significant boosts to US military spending that would “defend our nation and our treaty allies from the known threats of today and the unknown threats of tomorrow...
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