United States President-elect Donald Trump continues to move forward in setting up his future administration, who will take command on January 20, 2025. The profile of appointments has two common points: loyalty to the president and his tough view in certain subjects. Among the elected officials, the senator from Florida stands out, Marco Rubio; war veteran and Fox host, Pete Hegseth; the congressman Matt Gaetz or the tycoon Elon Musk.
Matt Gaetz
One of the last meetings took place a few hours ago. It’s the congressman Matt Gaetzof the hard wing of the Republicans, like next attorney general of the United States.
Trump said in a statement that “few issues in the United States are more important than ending the instrumentalization” of the justice system that he said has been carried out by Joe Biden’s administration.
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According to the next American president, Gaetz “will dismantle criminal organizations and restore faith” and Americans’ trust in the Justice Department has been seriously broken. »
Gaetz, 41, has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since January 2017. In Congress, Gaetz has characterized himself as one of the legislators from the most right wing of the Republican Party and fully consistent with Trump’s wishes.
Gaetz actually directed the internal revolt which overthrew in October 2023 to the then Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy because he had made legislative deals with Democrats.
The nomination of the head of the Department of Justice is one of the most important for Trump, since plan to order the closure of the investigations that the prosecution opened against him for storming the Capitol and taking classified documents from the White House.
Marco Rubio
As expected, Trump confirmed this Wednesday the name of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, thus becoming the first Hispanic to lead American diplomacy.
Rubio is considered an uncompromising hawk on foreign policy and a great knowledge of international issues, particularly Latin America. He is a conservative politician with skillful rhetoric who was first elected to the Senate in 2010, where he maintained a hard line on foreign policyespecially with China And Iranand supporter of sanctions Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
Marco Rubio (r) with Donald Trump (l) at a campaign rally in North Carolina.
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Additionally, Rubio vehemently condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022but last April, following Trump, he voted against sending new weapons to kyiv.
“Marco is a highly respected leader and a very powerful voice for freedom. He will be a staunch defender of our nation“, the next president said in a statement.
Defector Tulsi Gabbard
This Wednesday, Trump also proposed to the former congresswoman and former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard as director of National intelligence of his future Cabinet.
During the second debate of this campaign, Gabbard gained notoriety by attacking Harris’ prosecutorial record, accusing her of preying on the underprivileged.
Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard at a campaign rally in Georgia.
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While a member of Congress, Gabbard traveled to Syria and said she met Bashar al-Assad at a time when Washington supported the side that tried to overthrow him. Besides his political career, Gabbard is a veteran and subsequently completed three deployments to war zones in the Middle East and Africa.
Gabard He left the Democratic Party in 2022 and quickly moved closer to conservative media sectors. with multiple appearances in FoxNews. In the latter part of the campaign, he appeared at a Trump event in North Carolina to announce he was joining the Republican Party and advised him in his only debate against Harris.
Hegseth and Musk
Trump reserved two of the most notable nominations so far for yesterday. It’s the nomination of the veteran and Fox network anchor Pete Hegseth as new Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth, a decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a graduate of Princeton University, will lead the Pentagon and lead more than 1.3 million active-duty troops. Likewise, he has been a presenter on the conservative network for eight years Fox and wrote the bestseller The warriors’ war.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk, during a campaign event in Butler (Pennsylvania), site of the assassination attempt on the Republican candidate.
This Tuesday, Trump also proposed that the richest man on the planet, Elon Muskand businessman and former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Vivek Ramaswamy They will lead the brand new Ministry of Government Effectiveness.
Musk’s appointment to head this office was an open secret, although the announcement of Ramaswamy’s appointment to share leadership of this office was surprising.
Tom Homan, the “border czar”
Another key figure in the next Trump administration will be Tom Homanwhose president-elect wants to make his new “border czar” to implement his immigration expulsion policy. He is an old acquaintance from the previous Republican administration (2017-2021) in which he held an interim position in this same area.
Tom Homan in a file image.
Homan was involved during his previous term in a controversial initiative involving separation of families of undocumented immigrants and which was designed by one of the top advisors to the first Trump administration, Stephen Miller.
Under this initiative, children who crossed the southern border of the United States without legal authorization were separated from their parents or other adults so they could face criminal prosecution.
The policy began in 2017, during Trump’s first term, and intensified in early 2018 before the administration abandoned it after large numbers of Americans denounced it as inhumane.
Other designations
The first nomination proposed by Trump was that of Susie Wiles as future White House chief of staff.
Whoever was the shadow director of his campaign will be the first woman to hold one of the most important posts in the Trump administrationsince he is responsible for coordinating the members of the presidential cabinet.
Trump also proposed to the Republican congressman Mike Waltz as National Security Advisora key decision-making position to manage geopolitical conflicts such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and Hamas and Israel.
Other notable appointments announced by Trump in recent days include former Arkansas governor. Mike Huckabee as the new ambassador to Israel; or that of the republican Elise Stefanikdefender of the Israeli cause, as the new United States ambassador to the United Nations.
The future president also announced that the businessman and philanthropist Steve Wittkoffone of his closest friends, will be his future special envoy for the Middle Eastand announced the appointment of John Ratcliffe former director of national intelligence, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (INC).
