Less than three weeks after winning the election, Trump has already nominated the 15 secretaries who will make up his cabinet, which represents a record time compared to his first government (2017-2021), when he waited up to two days before assuming power. to complete the ads.
The 15 nominees belong to a circle close and loyal to the president-elect, who in many cases had already worked with him in his first term, as is the case of Brooke L. Rollins, elected this Saturday to be the head of the Department of Agriculture ( USDA, in English).
Rollins, who was the last nominee to serve as secretary, served on Trump’s Economic Advisory Council in 2016. She also served as director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Office of American Innovation, and as assistant to the president for Strategic Initiatives.
“She did an incredible job during my first term,” the president-elect said about his nominee, in addition to highlighting his management of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a conservative group that since 2021 has promoted the Trumpist agenda.
The nominee helped create “a team of loyal patriots,” the future president added about Rollins, who would be the second woman in charge of the USDA.
A faithful donor
In his marathon election of those who will accompany him in his second term, Trump announced Bessent this Friday to head the important Treasury Secretary.
The president-elect presented him as a great ally. “He will support my policies that will boost US competitiveness,” he said in a statement about what will be the first member of an openly gay Republican cabinet.
Bessent, a Wall Street mogul and veteran, was a loyal donor to the re-election campaign, giving around $3 million to Trump and other Republican causes that supported him, according to Forbes. Another chosen mega-donor is oilman Chris Wright, nominated to be Secretary of Energy.
Varied profiles in Donald Trump’s team
Trump has proven to have a strong and diverse list of people loyal to him. For example, last Thursday he nominated lawyer Pam Bondi as US attorney general, a few hours after former congressman Matt Gaetz, who had been elected to that position, declined cornered by a sex scandal.
“It is clear that my nomination was beginning to become an unnecessary distraction to the key work of Donald Trump’s transition,” Gaetz said as he bowed out.
Bondi, a former Florida prosecutor, is close to the president-elect who was part of his legal team during his first impeachment trial.
The lawyer is the second ally of Florida, the state where the president-elect resides, elected to the cabinet. Trump nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be the top representative of American diplomacy, becoming the first Latino to assume the position.
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Another Latina nominated is Congresswoman Lori Chávez-DeRemer, of Mexican roots, as his next Secretary of Labor.
The governors of North Dakota and South Dakota, Doug Burgum and Kristi Noem, were nominated to fill the Department of the Interior and Homeland Security, respectively.
Billionaire Howard Lutnick was nominated to be Commerce Secretary. While former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy will take charge of the Department of Transportation.
Trump nominated former American football player Scott Turner for the Urban Planning and Housing portfolio, and former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education.
Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins was nominated as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
The cabinet is completed by the anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the head of Health and the former Fox presenter investigated in the past for sexual abuse Pete Hegseth, at Defense.
All nominees must be confirmed by the US Senate, which from January 2025 will be dominated by Republicans.
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