The US president-elect has made several nominations for his administration
Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defence, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking.US president-elect Donald Trump with Susie Wiles. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Homan said on Monday he would prioritise deporting illegal immigrants who posed safety and security threats as well as those working at job sites.Elise Stefanik will arrive at the UN after bold promises by Donald Trump to end the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s war in Gaza. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Zeldin , a staunch Trump ally, served in Congress from 2015 to 2023. In 2022 he lost the New York governor’s race to Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul. Trump has promised to overhaul US energy policy, with the aim of maximising the country’s already record-high oil and gas production by rolling back regulations and speeding up permitting.Pete Hegseth is a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called 'woke' policies of Pentagon leaders.
Trump said on Tuesday he had picked Mike Waltz, a Republican US representative, to be national security adviser. Waltz is a retired army green beret who has been a leading critic of China. Trump on Tuesday named tech billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, to lead a newly created department of government efficiency, rewarding two of his well-known supporters from the private sector.
The department of homeland security is responsible for everything from border protection and immigration to disaster response and the US Secret Service.John Ratcliffe is seen as a hardcore Trump loyalist who could likely win Senate confirmation. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/New York Times Over the last several years he has softened some of his stances to align more closely with Trump’s views. The president-elect accuses past US presidents of leading the US into costly and futile wars and has pushed for a less interventionist foreign policy.Matt Gaetz has been selected as Trump's nominee for attorney general. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Trump on Wednesday named Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic representative and critic of the Biden administration, as his director of national intelligence. A loyalist who served as Trump’s US trade representative for essentially the then-president’s entire term, Robert Lighthizer will almost certainly be invited back.
A bombastic New Yorker like Trump, Lutnick has uniformly praised the president-elect’s economic policies, including his use of tariffs.
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