In the second week of transition planning Donald Trump picks new team members for his upcoming administration. The ex-president made two big-time choices on 11/11: picking Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador and Tom Homan for border control chief
Susie Wiles got the top-job as White House chief-of-staff (sheʼs gonna be the first-ever woman doing this work). For policy stuff Stephen Miller – a long-time friend is likely to become deputy chief
The interior secretary spot has two north-midwest governors in mind: Kristi Noem and Doug Burgum; with Burgum maybe getting energy secretary instead – same as Dan Brouillette who did this work before
We wont be asking Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo to join the new team
For other big-deal jobs theres lots of names floating around:
- Brian Hook – looking after State Department switch
- Robert Wilkie – handling Defense Department change
- Peter Deutsch – wants Israel ambassador job
- Tom Cotton – said no to cabinet spots
- Marco Rubio‚ Bill Hagerty‚ and Richard Grenell – maybe State Secretary picks
More smart-minds being looked at are Mike Waltz‚ Keith Kellogg‚ Kash Patel‚ John Ratcliffe‚ Robert OBrien‚ and Elbridge Colby – all of them might get important jobs in the new set-up