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After his landslide victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump is now meeting with his transition team at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to finalize decisions on who will be a part of his administration, and who will sit on his Cabinet.
According to a New York Post report, Trump’s transition team has already been working for months on how the administration will be set up.
The transition team is being led by co-chairs Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, and Linda McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term.
Others on the team include Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
The NY Post explained:
In addition to cabinet secretaries, there are about 4,000 presidential nominees in the executive branch who do not require Senate confirmation — with those picks fleshing out the federal bureaucracy and shaping its configuration.
Below are some of the names reportedly being considered for key roles in the next Trump administration, according to the NY Post, Fox News, and Reuters.
Chief of Staff
- Susie Wiles, Trump campaign co-chair
- Brooke Rollins, former WH Domestic Policy adviser
- Kevin McCarthy, former House Speaker
Attorney General
- Matthew Whitaker, former acting Attorney General
- Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry
- Sen. Eric Schmitt, former Missouri AG
- John Ratcliffe, Trump’s former director of national intelligence
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Secretary of Energy / Interior
- North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
- Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy
National Security roles
- Richard Grenell, former acting Director of National Intelligence
- Robert O’Brien, former national security adviser
- Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who served as chief of staff to the National Security Council under Trump
- Kash Patel
Defense Secretary
- Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.)
- Mike Pompeo, Trump’s former Secretary of State
Secretary of State
- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
- Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
- Robert O’Brien, former national security adviser
Secretary of Homeland Security
- Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf
- Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE
- Mark Green, a former Army flight surgeon and the current chair of the House Homeland Security Committee
Treasury Secretary
- Scott Bessent, a key economic adviser to Trump
- John Paulson, billionaire hedge fund manager and major Trump donor
- Larry Kudlow, Trump’s former director of the National Economic Council
- Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s former U.S. trade representative
- Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition team and longtime chief executive of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald
Housing and Urban Development Secretary
- Dr. Ben Carson
Department of Education Secretary
- Betsy DeVos
Advisers
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- Elon Musk
Others being considered for key roles
- Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was being considered for a top role, but Cotton has now reportedly requested his name be removed from the list, saying he wants to stay in the Senate.
Axios reported that Cotton is running against Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for conference chair, the No. 3 Senate GOP leadership position.
SCOOP: Sen. Tom Cotton has told Trump’s team he will not be accepting administration roles, despite being a top contender for positions including CIA director and Secretary of Defense
He’ll stay in the Senate, where he’s running for No. 3 leadership posthttps://t.co/ZjKt4kYiP7
— Stef Kight (@StefWKight) November 7, 2024
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell announced on X on Wednesday, “Attention MAGA: I am developing a “DO NOT HIRE LIST” of RINOS. I plan to give said list to President Trump: Please provide names! I will start the list: @NikkiHaley, @Mike_Pence.”
“Send it to me Leo,” Donald Trump Jr replied.
Send it to me Leo
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 6, 2024
🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP’S CABINET IS TAKING SHAPE
President-elect Trump is strategizing with his transition team on Cabinet appointments.
Potential returns include Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, with Mike Pompeo possibly… pic.twitter.com/e59Lr7zsoK
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 7, 2024
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