According to Donald Trump’s campaign staff, in the coming days and weeks he will start selecting staff members for his incoming administration. In a statement from Wednesday, it is said that the president-elect will soon get to work finding the people who will work under his leadership and implement the policies that “will make Americans’ lives affordable, safe and secure.” When Trump surprisingly won the presidential election in 2016, the transition was characterized by chaos and flawed plans. In addition, the transition chief was fired and the responsibility handed over to incoming Vice President Mike Pence. This year, bank manager Howard Lutnick and businesswoman and former wrestling star Linda McMahon will prepare the transition. Trump’s first government was composed of business leaders and moderate Republicans. Many of them fell out with the president and left the post, some voluntarily, others more involuntarily. Others tried to hold out to rein in the president. Does Trump’s supporter, Elon Musk get a place in the inner circle around Trump? Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP No less than 4,000 posts in the large American state apparatus are to be filled. This applies to everything from ministers down to part-time members of various councils, commissions and committees. Around 1,200 of these appointments require approval by the Senate, where the Republicans have claimed the majority. Here are some of the hottest names circulating in the US media: Billionaire spending cut? X and Tesla owner Elon Musk has become Trump’s new political best friend. As early as September, Trump said he would give the multi-billionaire responsibility for a new commission to reform the state apparatus and cut spending. Robert F. Kennedy – a controversial candidate. Photo: Kevin Wurm / Reuters Vaccine skeptic as health minister? Robert F. Kennedy comes from America’s most famous political family. The name Kennedy is synonymous with the Democratic Party, and has at times been considered the closest the United States has to a European royal family. His father was Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and his uncles were President John F. Kennedy and Senators Edward Kennedy. The 70-year-old is known as a vaccine skeptic and has fought against vaccines since the mid-2000s. Kennedy has claimed that corona vaccines are the deadliest vaccines ever invented and suggested that the coronavirus was designed so that it could specifically affect blacks and whites, but not Ashkenazi Jews (Jews with ancestors from Eastern and Central Europe) and Chinese. In the presidential election, he ran as an independent candidate, before throwing in the towel in mid-August and declaring that he would support Trump. That made the rest of the family react. Polls have shown that Kennedy is far more popular among Republicans than Democrats. The rumors are now that Kennedy may become health minister. -Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shall make America healthy again. We’ll let him do it, Trump said in his victory speech on election night. Kennedy has said in recent days that he does not intend to take the vaccines from people who want them. On the other hand, he wants to cut out fluorides in drinking water, this is added to prevent tooth decay. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio at a campaign meeting on November 4. Could Rubio become America’s new Secretary of State? Photo: RYAN M. KELLY / AFP Secretary of State Trump’s first secretary of state was Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson. Tillerson had a strained relationship with Trump, whom he reportedly described as an “idiot”. He was replaced in 2018 with former CIA chief Mike Pompeo, who lasted the period. Names now in circulation according to Politico are Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who during the 2016 presidential campaign was called “Little Marco” by Trump. From being an opponent of Trump, Marco is now on Trump’s side in the party. Another is Richard Grenell, whom Trump first appointed as US ambassador to Germany. There they got into a row about several of Grenell’s statements, including that the US should support more conservative forces in Germany at the expense of then Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was then acting head of the national intelligence service for a short period. Early in his career, he was press spokesman for the US ambassador to the UN. The speculation surrounding Grenell really took off when he was pictured at Trump’s side during the last US visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in September. But there is also speculation as to whether Mike Pompeo may be ready for a comeback. Could Mike Pompeo be on his way back? Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / AP Defense Minister Being defense minister under Trump can be a daunting task. In total, four people visited the post office during the years 2017-2021, two of them admittedly only working. Businessman Mark Esper was fired as Trump’s defense secretary shortly after the 2020 election. Esper defied Trump’s order to use troops to crack down on protesters during the Black Lives Matter unrest and he deliberately delayed the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, on the advice of the military the bosses who feared chaos. Trump is known for his admiration of generals, and retired general James Mattis became Trump’s first chief of defense. But withdrew after about a year due to disagreements. The last acting defense minister was also a veteran of the military. The question now is whether Trump will once again set his sights on a general or a businessman, or whether he will choose someone he considers completely loyal. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton on stage with his son and Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention this summer. Cotton is mentioned among the candidates who are relevant for the post of Minister of Defence. Photo: Bjarte Johannesen / news Politico writes that Arkansas senator Tom Cotton, who is considered a young, conservative defense hawk with military experience, may be relevant. Cotton wrote a column this summer in which he argued that the military should be able to be deployed to maintain peace and order. According to Axios, Cotton himself must have given notice that he is not suitable for a government post. Other names: Sons Donald Jr. and Eric are mentioned as possible advisers. They are some of the father’s closest relatives now and have fully participated in his fight to return. Daughter Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner, who held two of the most central advisory positions, are unlikely to return to the White House. Published 07.11.2024, at 19.20
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