Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Appointments!
Donald Trump is wasting no time in choosing people for key roles in his administration. Here are some of the selections so far:
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State (previously, Senator)
Matt Gaetz, Attorney General (previously, Member of Congress)
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (from "Fox & Friends")
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security (SD Gov.)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (prev. cand. for pres.)
Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (previously Governor of North Dakota)
Doug Collins, VA Secretary (previously, Member of Congress)
John Ratcliffe, CIA Director (previously Director of Nat'l Sec., Congress)
Elise Stefanik, UN Ambassador (previously, Member of Congress)
Tulsi Gabbard, Dir. of Nat'l Intelligence (previously, Member of Congress)
Mike Waltz, Nat'l Sec. Advisor (previously, Member of Congress)
Lee Zelda, EPA Administrator (previously, Member of Congress)
Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff (previously, Trump campaign)
Bill McGinley, WH Counsel (previously, Cabinet Secretary)
Todd Blanche, Deputy AG (previously, Trump's defense attorney)
Thomas Homan, "Border Czar," (previously, ICE)
Steven Miller, Deputy Chief of Policy (previously, Special Advisor)
James Blair, Deputy Chief of Staff (previously, Trump campaign)
Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff (previously, Trump advisor)
Taylor Budowich, Deputy Chief of Staff (previously, MAGA Inc.)
Mike Huckabee, Amb. to Israel (previously Gov. of Arkansas, Fox News)
Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy, "Department of Gov't Efficiency" leaders (Note: this doesn't actually exist, and will apparently be outside of the actual government. Curious.)
