Author Topic: Trump Cabinet Appointments (Read 14305 times)

Dos Equis · « **on:** November 11, 2024, 12:26:37 PM »

President-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, making her first woman in the post
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN
Updated November 7, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/trump-susie-wiles-transition-white-house-f917aa91b030d836b3bac01659b6fab4

Dos Equis · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2024, 12:27:18 PM »

Trump names Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, as ‘border czar’
By JILL COLVIN and REBECCA SANTANA
Updated November 11, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/trump-homan-ice-border-czar-7dea915b5ea43896390b8020d254f887

Dos Equis · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2024, 12:29:59 PM »

Elise Stefanik Accepts Donald Trump’s Offer for U.N. Ambassador
Wendell Husebø
11 Nov 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/11/elise-stefanik-accepts-donald-trumps-offer-for-u-n-ambassador/

Dos Equis · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2024, 12:30:58 PM »

Trump to Pick Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff | Report
Josh Dickey
November 11, 2024
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-stephen-miller-white-155931809.html

Dos Equis · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2024, 12:44:13 PM »

President-elect Donald Trump selects Lee Zeldin to serve as EPA administrator
November 11, 2024
https://abc7ny.com/post/president-elect-donald-trump-selects-lee-zeldin-serve-epa-administrator/15538298/

Moontrane · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2024, 01:29:49 PM »

Grape Ape · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2024, 02:31:13 PM »

Press Secretary will be interesting.

Seeing a lot of good names floating around, however, I doubt some of them want the pay cut.

deadz · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2024, 02:35:10 PM »

Great choices by an even greater President.

Long live The Don!

Dos Equis · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2024, 05:54:07 PM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on November 11, 2024, 02:31:13 PM

Press Secretary will be interesting.

Seeing a lot of good names floating around, however, I doubt some of them want the pay cut.

I hope Scott Jennings and Peter Doocy are on the short list.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2024, 05:54:33 PM »

GOP Rep. Mike Waltz tapped to be Trump's national security adviser
Waltz is the second House Republican offered a role in Trump's administration
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published November 11, 2024
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-mike-waltz-tapped-trumps-national-security-adviser

Dos Equis · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2024, 05:59:22 PM »

Trump Set To Name Marco Rubio As Secretary Of State: Report
The Florida senator was a fierce backer of Trump during the 2024 campaign.
By Nick Visser
Nov 11, 2024
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-secretary-of-state_n_6732afb2e4b080b0b2b24818

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:05:18 PM »

Kash Patel was just named CIA Director

Dos Equis · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:12:29 PM »

Quote from: Coach is Back! on November 11, 2024, 06:05:18 PM

Kash Patel was just named CIA Director

Awesome. Is it final? I was just about to post this.

BREAKING: Trump considering Kash Patel for CIA Director
Nov. 11, 2024 by The Right Scoop
https://therightscoop.com/breaking-trump-considering-kash-patel-for-cia-director/

Dos Equis · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:23:11 PM »

Trump Mulls Attorney General Pick From Top Guns
John GizziBy John GizziMonday, 11 November 2024

Four contenders have emerged in the past 48 hours to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., are high on the list to be the nation's top law enforcement official, considered one of Trump's most consequential appointments.

In addition, The Washington Post reported that John Ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, was also being considered. Ratcliffe was a representative from Texas and a U.S. attorney.

Sources close to the Trump transition team told Newsmax that former Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia also is a candidate. Scalia drew high marks for his stint in the Cabinet from Trump, who frequently voiced admiration for his late father, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Lee, who Trump seriously considered for the Supreme Court vacancy that went to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Schmitt, a former state attorney general, would almost certainly be guaranteed swift confirmation in the soon-to-be-Republican-ruled Senate.

Trump has made no secret of his desire to upend career DOJ lawyers he blames for the criminal prosecution of him and numerous associates during his first administration.

Others who could be on Trump's radar for top DOJ job include former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who has become one of Trump's most trusted advisers.

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/trump-mulls-attorney-general-pick-from-top-guns/2024/11/11/id/1187529/

Grape Ape · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:34:58 PM »

Quote from: Dos Equis on November 11, 2024, 05:54:07 PM

I hope Scott Jennings and Peter Doocy are on the short list.

Doocy's salary is like 750k.

Doubt it.

Jennings would be great.

Megyn Kelly, Charlie Kirk, etc all would be good too, but Kelly likely makes too much like Doocy.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:39:19 PM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on November 11, 2024, 06:34:58 PM

Doocy's salary is like 750k.

Doubt it.

Jennings would be great.

Megyn Kelly, Charlie Kirk, etc all would be good too, but Kelly likely makes too much like Doocy.

Doocy's income and income earning potential would skyrocket if he takes a temporary pay cut to be press secretary.

Megyn Kelly is awesome, but she's too independent to become an employee again.

Charlie Kirk would be good, but I'd rather see him in the field. He is as responsible as anyone for the election results.

It's probably going to be someone we're not even thinking about.

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2024, 06:46:29 PM »

Quote from: Dos Equis on November 11, 2024, 06:23:11 PM

Trump Mulls Attorney General Pick From Top Guns
John GizziBy John GizziMonday, 11 November 2024

Four contenders have emerged in the past 48 hours to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., are high on the list to be the nation's top law enforcement official, considered one of Trump's most consequential appointments.

In addition, The Washington Post reported that John Ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, was also being considered. Ratcliffe was a representative from Texas and a U.S. attorney.

Sources close to the Trump transition team told Newsmax that former Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia also is a candidate. Scalia drew high marks for his stint in the Cabinet from Trump, who frequently voiced admiration for his late father, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Lee, who Trump seriously considered for the Supreme Court vacancy that went to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Schmitt, a former state attorney general, would almost certainly be guaranteed swift confirmation in the soon-to-be-Republican-ruled Senate.

Trump has made no secret of his desire to upend career DOJ lawyers he blames for the criminal prosecution of him and numerous associates during his first administration.

Others who could be on Trump's radar for top DOJ job include former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who has become one of Trump's most trusted advisers.

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/trump-mulls-attorney-general-pick-from-top-guns/2024/11/11/id/1187529/

I was really hoping for Matt Whitaker

Gym Rat · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2024, 11:47:17 PM »

Epic times in America!!!

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #18 on:** November 12, 2024, 01:22:55 AM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on November 11, 2024, 02:31:13 PM

Press Secretary will be interesting.

Seeing a lot of good names floating around, however, I doubt some of them want the pay cut.

Hardest job in politics. Got to take all the arrows every day.

Grape Ape · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2024, 06:42:57 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on November 12, 2024, 01:22:55 AM

Hardest job in politics. Got to take all the arrows every day.

Right.

But some folks will shine in this respect.

Kaleigh McEnany, for example.

Kirk, etc would be able to own the press because they are smarter than them.

But I don't see it being the same as the first term - I think it's going to get toned down and won't be a 24/7 attack on him.

deadz · « **Reply #20 on:** November 12, 2024, 10:26:14 AM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on November 12, 2024, 06:42:57 AM

Right.

But some folks will shine in this respect.

Kaleigh McEnany, for example.

Kirk, etc would be able to own the press because they are smarter than them.

But I don't see it being the same as the first term - I think it's going to get toned down and won't be a 24/7 attack on him.

No one is going to come after Trump this time. The cowards will be in hiding for the next four years.

Grape Ape · « **Reply #21 on:** November 12, 2024, 10:33:31 AM »

Quote from: deadz on November 12, 2024, 10:26:14 AM

No one is going to come after Trump this time. The cowards will be in hiding for the next four years.

I think so.

But all it will take is a video of kids crying while their dad is getting deported and mood will shift.

They need to do things quickly, but carefully.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #22 on:** November 12, 2024, 03:25:37 PM »

How fierce Trump ally Kash Patel could help reshape the FBI or Justice Department
The former Defense Department official wants to end the "Deep State."
By Mike Levine
November 11, 2024
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2009/05/26/sonia-sotomayor-gets-the-supreme-nod-despite-new-republic-hit-piece/

Dos Equis · « **Reply #23 on:** November 12, 2024, 03:26:26 PM »

Trump nominates Mike Huckabee for US ambassador to Israel
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is President-elect Trump's pick to be the ambassador to Israel
By Chris Pandolfo Fox News
Published November 12, 2024
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-mike-huckabee-us-ambassador-israel

Dos Equis · « **Reply #24 on:** November 12, 2024, 03:30:08 PM »

Trump picks former intel director John Ratcliffe to head the CIA
John Ratcliffe previously served under Trump as the Director of National Intelligence
By Louis Casiano Fox News
Published November 12, 2024
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-picks-former-intel-director-john-ratcliffe-head-cia