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About 12 hours ago, Donald Trump made the controversial selection of General Michael Flynn, who tells people that it’s smart to be afraid of Muslims, as national security advisor. Friday morning brought two more names to the fold. These two gentlemen carry a similar outlook on global affairs, so at least Trump’s being … consistent?

Trump’s newest offers include Mike Pompeo, who called the Iran Deal a “disastrous deal with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism,” as CIA director (he has accepted the gig). He also chose Jeff Sessions, who lost a federal judge gig after cracking KKK jokes, as attorney general:

Sessions, 69, was Trump’s first endorser in the Senate and quickly became the then-candidate’s chief resource on policy. Known for his hard-line views on immigration, the fourth-term senator has been dogged by accusations of racism throughout his career. In 1986, he was denied a federal judgeship after former colleagues testified before a Senate that he joked about the Ku Klux Klan, saying he thought they were “okay, until he learned that they smoked marijuana.”

Senator Sessions hails from Alabama while Pompeo represents Kansas in Congress. Trump, who lacks foreign policy experience, is surrounding himself accordingly, but his selections all share the same worldview. That is to say, they will fit in with Trump’s proposed policies against refugees and undocumented immigrants.