Some of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in top national security jobs in his next administration have received a mixed reception among the restraint wing of the Republican Party, who see them as foreign-policy hawks whose views fly in the face of the isolationist currents that have gained ground in the party in recent years.

The president-elect’s selection of Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Rep. Mike Waltz as national security advisor has been met with concern among the sizable wing of Trump’s supporters who have been frustrated by U.S. military interventions, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in top national security jobs in his next administration have received a mixed reception among the restraint wing of the Republican Party, who see them as foreign-policy hawks whose views fly in the face of the isolationist currents that have gained ground in the party in recent years.

The president-elect’s selection of Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Rep. Mike Waltz as national security advisor has been met with concern among the sizable wing of Trump’s supporters who have been frustrated by U.S. military interventions, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The MAGA-world restrainers are reeling,” said Jacob Heilbrunn, the editor of the National Interest. “They’re dumbfounded.”

While Rubio and Waltz have tacked closer to Trump’s foreign-policy worldview in........

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