Trump picks TV stars for top government roles - here's why it matters
Former president chose well-known faces from television for key administration positions. His selection strategy focused on picking media-experienced personalities from Fox News network
In a non-standard move around late 2016‚ Donald Trump showed clear preference for tv-personalities when building his administration team (a choice that raised many eyebrows in Washington)
The president-elect picked several fox-news faces for top-tier positions: Pete Hegseth got defense secretary role while Sean Duffy landed transportation secretary spot. Both were well-known tv-hosts on the conservative-leaning network
Former Arkansas leader Mike Huckabee — who ran his own show on fox from 08 to 15 — became trumps pick for US ambassador to Israel. The ex-president seemed to value what he often called that “central-casting look;“ meaning people who looked good on-camera and knew how to handle media spotlight
