Saturday, December 21, 2024

Trump Picks 12-21-24

Trump has nominated his picks for Cabinet Positions and large agencies include:

Senator Marco Rubio (FL) for Secretary of State

Tulsi Gabbard Director National Intelligence (DNI)

John Ratcliffe Director CIA

Gov. Kristi Noem (SD) for Secretary of Homeland Security,

Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense (DOD)

Pam Bondi (FL) for Attorney General (DOJ)

Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General (DOJ)

Rep. Robert F Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Gov. Doug Burgum (ND) for Secretary of the Interior

Lee Zeldin EPA Director

Doug Collins (GA) for Veteran’s Administration

Sean Duffy (MI) for Transportation Secretary

Howard Lutnick (NY) for Commerce Secretary

Dr Oz (PA) for Medicare Medicaid

Linda McMahon for Education Secretary

Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary

Lori Chavez DeRemer Labor Secretary

Dr Marty Makary FDA Commissioner

Scott Turner HUD Secretary

Brooke Rollins Agriculture Secretary

Dr Dave Weldon CDC

Dr Jay Bhattacharvia Director NIH

Jim O’Neill Deputy Secretary HHS

Kash Patel FBI Director

Peter Navarro Sr Council Trade & Mfg

Gail Slater Asst Attorney General

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA

Kelly Loeffler SBA

Paul Atkins SEC

Caleb Vitello ICE Director

Rodney Scott Customs and Border Protection

Christopher Landau Deputy Secretary of State.

Michael Anton Policy Planning Director State Departmenr

Michael Needham Counselor to State Department

Billy Long IRS Commissioner

Andrew Ferguson FTC Chair

Mark Meador FTC Commissioner

Jacob Helberg Top State Department Economic Policy Official

Tony Salisbury to be Deputy Homeland Security Advisor (White House Homeland Security Council).

Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General (DOJ) 

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Withdrawals: Chad Chronister DEA Administrator Nominee Withdraws

Matt Gaetz Attorney General Nominee Withdraws

Note: Tulsi Gabbard for DNI and John Ratcliffe for CIA reporting to Gabbard.

Trump’s Whitehouse Staff appointments that do not require Senate Confirmation include:

Suzie Wiles for Chief of Staff

Steven Miller for Asst Chief of Staff Homeland Security Advisor

Dean John Sauer for Solicitor General

Jay Clayton US Attorney for Southern District NY

Emil Bove for Principle Associate Deputy Attorney General

Sergio Gor for Presidential Personnel Office

Dan Scarvino for Deputy Chief of Staff

James Blair for Deputy Chief of Staff

Taylor Budowich for Deputy Chief of Staff

Willian McGinley for White House Counsel

Steven Witkoff  for Special Envoy for the Middle East

Elise Stefanic for UN Ambassador

Mike Huckabee for Ambassador to Israel

Tom Homan for Border Patrol Leader

Rep Mike Waltz (FL) for National Security Advisor

Matthew Whitiker for Ambassador to NATO

Russ Vougt for Director OMB

Margarie Taylor Green for House Chair for DOGE

Dr Janette Nesheiwat for Surgeon General

Vince Haley for Dom Policy Council Director

Kevin Hassett for Natl Economic Council

John Phelan for Navy Secretary

Jamieson Greer for US Trade Rep

Charles Kushner for Ambassador to France

Lt Gen Keith Kellog for Special Envoy Ukraine War

Sebastian Gorka for Counterterrorism Dir

Warren Stephens for Ambassador to UK

Massad Boulos for Senior Advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs

Adam Boehler for special envoy for hostage affairs

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA

Daniel Driscoll for Army Secretary

David Warrington for Chief Whitehouse Counsel

Monica Crawley for Asst Sec State for Communications and Protocol

Michael Faulkender for Deputy Secretary Treasury

David Sacks for AI and Crypto Czar

David Perdue for Ambassador to China

Frank Bisignano for Social Security Administration commissioner

Alina Habba for Counselor To The President

Kimberly Guilfoyle for Ambassador to Greece

Tom Barrack for Ambassador to Turkey

Ronald D Johnson for Ambassador to Mexico

Devin Nunez for Intelligence Advisory Board

Ric Grenel for Intelligence Advisory Board

Kari Lake for Voice of America

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Trumps Transition Team is joined by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in the DOGE Government Efficiency Team to streamline government agencies to support Trump’s Agenda and reduce costs by $2 trillion per year and update government to support current priorities.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/14/trumps-cabinet-here-are-his-picks-for-key-roles-rfk-jr-doug-burgum-matt-gaetz-and-more/

Republicans hold majorities in the House and Senate. John Thune was elected by Senate Republicans to be the Majority Leader.

Senate Confirmations for all positions will be scheduled.

The Department of Education is expected to be eliminated from the Cabinet and responsibility for education returned to the States under the 10th Amendment.

Comments

All appointees are committed to Trump’s Agenda and have backgrounds that match the current needs of their appointments.

It is likely that Congress will change the priorities of the US Federal Reserve to get control of money printing to eliminate Inflation. The Inflation Target should be Zero and interest rates should be set by the market based on supply and demand.  

It is also likely that Congress will pass a law to require all Voters to hold US Citizenship for all elections and end Birther Baby, Lottery and Chain Migration Citizenship.

The Agency jobs expanded in 2009 are listed in the posting below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_positions_filled_by_presidential_appointment_with_Senate_confirmation

The Law in the Appointments Clause is mushy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointments_Clause

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

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