As some Senate Republicans privately and publicly express doubt that former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has enough support to be confirmed as attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump and his allies are beginning to float workarounds if the former Florida congressman doesn’t have the votes.

The president-elect may have a strategic reason for nominating such an inflammatory candidate, The New York Times reported.

President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his efforts to ensure former Rep. Matt Gaetz is confirmed as attorney general, calling some senators directly to discuss the Florida Republican and ask for their support,

According to insiders who spoke to Axios, Musk and Donald Trump's indicted lawyer Boris Epshteyn got into a massive screaming match at Mar-a-Lago last week […] President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.

The knives are out in the race to confirm or crush Matt Gaetz’s attorney general bid—with Donald Trump personally twisting senators’ arms, a lawyer alleging Gaetz paid his clients for sex and a House Speaker trying to quash the mayhem.

President-elect Trump is personally calling senators to press them to confirm former Rep. Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general, according to senators who have spoken with Trump. Why it matters: Trump is digging in on his embattled and controversial nominee and is sending an unmistakable message to Senate Republicans that he expects him to be confirmed.