President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence participate in a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)
In The Spectator, Amber Duke discusses Donald Trump’s victory and what the future of his cabinet will be. She writes:
Donald Trump has successfully won his second term, which means it’s time for him and his allies to buckle down and fervently start hiring for the incoming administration. Prior to his election, Trump announced that his transition would be chaired by former head of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon and billionaire businessman Howard Lutnick, with assists from Trump’s sons as well as former Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
The president-elect made his first pick for his administration on Thursday, announcing that his campaign co-manager Susie Wiles would be his chief of staff. She will be the first ever woman to hold this key White House post. During Trump’s first go-around, he made history by hiring the first woman to run a successful presidential campaign, Kellyanne Conway, and by appointing the first female CIA director, Gina Haspel. Numerous names are floating around for the cabinet positions needed to be filled. Reports say RFK Jr. expressed opposition to Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state, desiring Trump to fill the role with someone less “hawkish.” Former Trump officials Robert O’Brien, John Ratcliffe, Stephen Miller and Ric Grenell are reportedly in talks to rejoin the second administration, while new picks include, of course, RFK Jr., Elon Musk and elected officials such as Governor Doug Burgum and Representative Mike Waltz.
Notably absent? Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who played a pivotal role in the first administration on immigration policy, as well as helping to lead negotiations with the Abraham Accords. However, he frequently butted heads with Miller and other immigration hardliners who felt Kushner was sabotaging the Trump agenda. It’s unclear if Kushner might serve in some sort of external advisory capacity as Trump seeks to regain peace in the Middle East.
Trump acknowledged in his Joe Rogan interview ahead of the election that one of his biggest regrets from his first term was not putting the right people in place. He acknowledged he was not a “Washington guy” and relied on the advice of others, who might have steered him in the wrong direction. This time, he says, he knows the best people that will effectively engineer and implement America First policy.
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