Trump to appoint Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior
President-elect Trump announced his selection of North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to head the Department of the Interior in a speech at the America First Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago.
President-elect Trump teased a “major” announcement Thursday night, revealing that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the Interior Department.
“He will be announced [Friday]…I look forward to making the official announcement, which is a pretty big announcement at this point, but the truth is,” President Trump said Thursday at the Americans for Prosperity Gala at Mar-a-Lago. said in a speech. If he’s a good interior guy, he’s going to be great.”
President Trump said he would “cut regulatory waste, fraud, and inefficiency.” “We are going to clean up the corrupt, dysfunctional, dysfunctional bureaucracy. And we are going to stop child sexual mutilation. The time has come and we will stop it.” I intend to.”
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President-elect Trump will attend the America First Institute Gala on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
Burgum, a former software company CEO, billionaire and two-term governor, began his bid for the White House in June 2023.
Burgum made energy and natural resources a key part of his campaign for the Republican nomination.
After appearing in the first two Republican presidential debates, Burgum failed to qualify for the third debate last fall and withdrew from the White House race in December. A month later, he appeared with Trump in Iowa just days before the nation's first caucuses, endorsing the former president as the Republican candidate.
Former President Donald Trump (left) listens to a speech by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum at the Nevada Republican Caucus night watch party in Las Vegas on February 8. (Ian Moll/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Burgum gained attention as a surrogate for the former president, appearing on campaign and media hits on Mr. Trump's behalf.
He was being considered as President Trump's running mate this summer before Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio was selected as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
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Burgum said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” last week that Trump's election victory was a “game changer” and “there's a new sheriff in town.”
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The governor added that Trump's victory “also means America will have the upper hand in energy.”
“The United States will have an advantage in energy, which is key to all the diplomacy we have around the world,” he said.
