President-elect Trump is moving quickly to form a second administration, and this time it doesn't seem like he's seeking too many outsiders into his political orbit.
As he seeks to upend Washington, D.C., he is turning to allies, loyalists and other supporters of the MAGA movement and America First policies, many of whom are known as staples of the nation's capital. are.
Unlike eight years ago, when a first-time politician took the helm of the White House for the first time, he is not in the market for establishment types or those who served in the first administration, but is at heart disingenuous. It turned out.
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Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the election night celebrations at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Trump said of New York Representative Elise Stefanik, whom he selected to be ambassador to the United Nations, “Elise is a strong and very smart fighter for America First.'' “She was the first council member to endorse me and has always been a fierce advocate.”
President Trump also called former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who is running to become head of the Environmental Protection Agency, “a true warrior for America First.”
President Trump expects to nominate Noem to lead Homeland Security
The president-elect is also expected to nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a conservative firebrand, MAGA star and long-time ardent ally and supporter of Trump, to be secretary of homeland security. There is.
Former President Donald Trump listens to North Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speak during a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzazinski/AFP via Getty Images)
Noem will work with Stephen Miller, the president-elect's nominee to be his next deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller was the architect of many of the first Trump administration's hardline policies on immigration and border security.
She will also work with Thomas Homan, who became the face of President Trump's often controversial immigration policies as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in his first administration. The next president named Homan as the next “border czar.”
Trump nominates Florida's Rubio for secretary of state
Fox News also reported that President Trump is expected to nominate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state.
Mr. Rubio was Mr. Trump's rival in the bitter 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination, but has become a staunch ally of Mr. Trump in the Senate over the years.
Former President Donald Trump (left) greets Florida Sen. Marco Rubio during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/AFP)
The senator is known on Capitol Hill as a foreign policy hawk who supports maintaining U.S. alliances overseas, including NATO, but members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are known for their support for maintaining U.S. alliances overseas, including NATO, while members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have argued for issues such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's military conflict. He shares positions with Trump on many major international conflicts. war with Hamas.
President Trump also nominated Congressman Michael Walz of Florida to be his national security adviser. Waltz, a former Army Green Beret, is a longtime Trump supporter.
Dan Everhart, an oil drilling chief executive and a prominent Republican donor and financier who raised large sums of money for President Trump's 2020 and 2024 campaigns. He pointed out that the situation is completely different from eight years ago when he first won the White House. .
“He won the popular vote and he won all seven battleground states, so he has more power,” Everhart emphasized. “I also think he knows what he wants and I think he knows very well how to get what he wants from Washington. He's more of a cohesive, more MAGA I look forward to having a team and achieving more.”
Those who feel the president-elect is not loyal to them seem to be chilled out.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images)
In a social media post over the weekend, President Trump said he would like to ask questions of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who served as ambassador to the United Nations during his first administration, and former Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo, who served as CIA director. Announced. She was serving as Secretary of State during President Trump's first term, but will be joining the next Cabinet.
Haley ran against Trump in this year's Republican presidential primary, becoming the former president's final challenger in a polarizing nomination contest.
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Pompeo seriously considered his own bid for the White House in 2024 before ultimately deciding not to launch a campaign.
Both politicians ultimately endorsed Trump this year after the primary season.
A Trump political official involved in the transition told Fox News that the president-elect “isn't relying on outsiders who weren't really pro-Trump. Everyone around him right now is pro-Trump. , they are pro-Trump.” They will make sure that the people they bring into the administration believe in the president and his policies and are going to work to advance his policies. ”
