Howard Lutnick, co-chair of President Trump's transition team, said potential appointees would be selected for future roles in a hypothetical Trump administration only if they demonstrated “loyalty” to the former president and his policies. .
Lutnick, who is also president of the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, said: Financial Times interview announced Monday that it will try to avoid the high turnover rate that plagued President Trump's first term.
Lutnick said Trump intends to carry out his agenda “with speed unlike anything anyone has done before,” and that he will choose loyal appointees who share Trump's vision, the newspaper reported. said it would help.
“Those people were not genuine in his vision,” Lutnick told the Financial Times of Trump's advisers who resigned or became hostile during his first term.
In his hypothetical second term, Lutnick said: Faithfulness and loyalty to policy, and loyalty to people. ”
The interview took place just a month before the November election, with Trump and Vice President Harris tied in recent major polls, especially in battleground states that are likely to decide the outcome of the election. There is.
Lutnick is leading the transition team alongside former Small Business Administration Secretary Linda McMahon. Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), also holds an honorary position on the transition team. Donald Trump Jr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii).
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
