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Trump's Appointments (Already Including 1 Project 2025 Figure)

What Would Jesus Do?

What Would Jesus Do?

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Confirmed offers of a role​

  1. Susie Wiles​


    Confirmed role: chief of staff
    Trump has named Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role. She was previously the campaign manager for his successful bid for re-election. Although her political views remain somewhat ambiguous, she is seen as having led a successful and streamlined presidential race. Supporters believe she could introduce a level of organisation and discipline that was frequently absent throughout Trump’s first term, marked by a series of changes in the chief of staff role.

  2. Tom Homan​


    Confirmed role: ‘border czar’
    Possible role: secretary of homeland security
    Trump has said Tom Homan will be the ‘border czar’ in his administration, taking charge of the country’s “southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”. Homan will be in charge of the promised mass deportation of illegal immigrants. He served for a year and a half in Trump’s first administration as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).
    Homan is both a Project 2025 author and Heritage Foundation fellow. At a panel in July, Homan said if Trump is re-elected he would “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen”.

  3. Elise Stefanik​


    Confirmed role: UN ambassador
    Trump has selected the New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be the ambassador to the UN. A Trump loyalist who was floated as possible pick for his vice-president, Stefanik is the highest-ranking woman in the Republican conference in the House of Representatives.

Expected cabinet picks​

  1. Elon Musk​


    Potential role: unspecified
    Elon Musk, who turned into a fully fledged cheerleader for Trump and who holds billions in federal contracts, has reportedly sought a role in a second Trump administration in charge of the regulators that oversee him. Trump has appeared to rule out a cabinet role for Musk, but has said he wants the tech billionaire to have some sort of an unspecified role in his administration. The world’s wealthiest person has proposed the establishment of a Department of Government Efficiency.

  2. Stephen Miller​


    Potential role: deputy chief of staff for policy
    Stephen Miller is an immigration hardliner who served as a senior policy adviser in the early part of Trump’s first term. He was the chief architect of the Muslim travel ban and is the the founder of America First Legal, a group described by him as the right’s “long-awaited answer” to the American Civil Liberties Union. Its expected he will take on an expanded role in Trump’s second term and help carry out the former president’s mass deportation plan.

  3. Robert F Kennedy Jr​


    Potential role: unspecified
    Robert F Kennedy Jr, the son of the assassinated Bobby Kennedy and nephew of JFK, whose independent campaign for president has at times reached as high as 10% of the vote, strongly believes he has a shot at a role in Trump’s cabinet after he backed the Republican. While senior members of Trump’s campaign have ruled out Kennedy getting a job in the Department of Health, Trump has said he would let him “do what he wants” with women’s healthcare if he makes it to the White House, citing how Kennedy would be able to “go wild” on food and medicines.

  4. Doug Burgum​


    Potential role: ‘energy tsar’
    The Financial Times reports that Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, is being considered for an “energy tsar” role. The role and its powers have yet to be finalised. However, Trump has called the climate crisis “one of the great scams of all time” and has promised to “drill, baby, drill”. It’s expected any climate or energy secretary would be tasked with rolling back environmental regulations.
    In 2023, Burgum ran a short-lived campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He went on to become a highly visible, prolific Trump surrogate and advised Trump on energy policy.

  5. Mike Pompeo​


    Potential role: secretary of defense
    Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director and secretary of state and devoted ally of Trump, chose not to challenge his ex-boss for the Republican nomination. The staunch supporter of Israel and a sworn enemy of Iran is widely considered a key contender for a top role in the new administration, possible as secretary of defense.

www.theguardian.com

Trump administration: after Homan and Stefanik, who else could be in the cabinet?

A look at those who have been and could be offered key positions when Trump takes office
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 

6. Richard Grenell​


Potential role: secretary of state
Richard Grenell, an ex-Fox News contributor who is among Trump’s closest foreign policy advisers, is probably in the running for secretary of state or other top foreign policy and national security posts. A former US ambassador to Germany and vocal backer of Trump’s America First credo on the international stage in his first term, he has advocated for setting up an autonomous zone in eastern Ukraine to end the war there, a position Kyiv considers unacceptable.

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7. Tom Cotton​


Potential role: secretary of defense
The far-right Republican senator from Arkansas emerged as a dark-horse contender to be Trump’s running mate in the final weeks of the vice-presidential selection process. In a notorious 2020 New York Times op-ed headlined Send In the Troops, Tom Cotton, likened Black Lives Matter protests to a rebellion and urged the government to deploy the US military against demonstrators by invoking the Insurrection Act. He is well liked among Trump donors and also seen as a contender for secretary of defense.
Cotton has said he won’t take a role.

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8. Ben Carson​


Potential role: secretary of housing and urban development
A retired neurosurgeon and former US housing secretary, Ben Carson has pushed for a national abortion ban – a posture at odds with most Americans and even Donald Trump himself. During his 2016 run he ran into controversy when he likened abortion to slavery and said he wanted to see the end of Roe v Wade. When the supreme court reversed its decision in the Dobbs case, he called it “a crucial correction”. Carson could be nominated by Trump as housing and urban development secretary.

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9. Scott Bessent​


Potential role: unspecified
A key economic adviser to Trump and ally of JD Vance, Scott Bessent, the manager of Key Square macro hedge fund, is seen as a possible cabinet contender. The Wall Street investor and a prominent Trump fundraiser has praised Trump’s use of tariffs as a negotiating tool.

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10. Mike Waltz​


Potential role: secretary of defense, or secretary of state
A former US army green beret, who now serves as a congressman for Florida, Michael Waltz has solidified his reputation as a leading advocate for a tougher stance on China within the House of Representatives. He played a leading role in sponsoring legislation aimed at reducing the US’s dependence on minerals sourced from China. Waltz is known to have a solid friendship with Trump and has also voiced support for US assistance to Ukraine, while concurrently pushing for greater oversight of American taxpayer funds allocated to support Kyiv’s defense efforts. He has been tipped in the US media as a contender for either defense secretary or secretary of state.

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11. Robert Lighthizer​


Potential role: trade or commerce secretary
Robert Lighthizer is Donald Trump’s most senior trade official. He is a firm believer in tariffs and was one of the leading figures in Trump’s trade war with China. Described by Trump as “the greatest United States trade representative in American history”, Lighthizer is almost certain to be back in the new cabinet. Though Scott Bessent and the billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson probably have a better shot at becoming treasury secretary, Lighthizer has a few outside chances: he might be able to reprise his old role as US trade representative or become the new commerce secretary.

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12. Brooke Rollins​


Potential role: unspecified
A former domestic policy adviser in the White House, Brooke Rollins has a close personal relationship with Trump. Considered by many to be one of Trump’s more moderate advisers, she backed the former president’s first-term criminal justice reforms that lessened prison sentences for some relatively minor offences.

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13. Donald Trump Jr​


Potential role: unspecified
Although he has been less prominent on the campaign trail than in previous election cycles, the 47th president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, was active behind the scenes and advocated for his friend JD Vance as running mate. He has built a loyal following in the Maga universe via his Triggered podcast and has taken a role along with his brother Eric Trump in the transition process to establish a new administration. The formal co-chairs of the transition are the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive, Howard Lutnick, and Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term.
 
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seminole97 said:
Correct.

Trump said Pompeo (CIA Director) is the one who urged him not to release remaining JFK files.
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Did Pompeo restrain Trump on Iran? I was surprised that with Pompeo and Bolton in his ear, we didn't overtly attack Iran. Which made me wonder if Pompeo held him back.

Either way, will he have anyone on his close team to restrain him now?

What if, for example, Netanyahu says he wants to wipe out Iran's nuclear facilities? Setting aside whether that's a good idea or not, is there any reason to think Trump wouldn't give the thumbs up?

There have also been reports that Iran sent assassination teams to the US to kill Trump. I have no idea if that's true or BS, but if Trump thinks it's true...?
 
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This one caught my eye. I didn't know Nance and Junior were friends. When it's time to 25th amendment Trump, might we end up going from a Trump-Vance team to a Vance-Trump team?
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13. Donald Trump Jr​

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Potential role: unspecified​
Although he has been less prominent on the campaign trail than in previous election cycles, the 47th president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, was active behind the scenes and advocated for his friend JD Vance as running mate. He has built a loyal following in the Maga universe via his Triggered podcast and has taken a role along with his brother Eric Trump in the transition process to establish a new administration.​
 
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What Would Jesus Do? said:
Even assuming those rankings are correct, do you see causality there?
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Honestly, instead of internationally, I think our best measures would be how we've done against our own past.

Are our education outcomes better now than they were before we involved the Feds?
I would least expect that their involvement had no effect. And if it had no effect, why would it be missed?
 
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The argument may be that the Hispanics who voted for Trump are the ones who are doing OK here and don't want a bunch of illegals competing for jobs and homes. So they won't care if Trump ousts the undocumented.

If Trump is smart, he'll combine deportation with relaxed entry for relatives of Hispanics who are here legally, and maybe even accelerated citizenship for the legals.

That's what I'd do. Then again, I'm a lefty, so it probably won't occur to his team.
 
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What Would Jesus Do? said:
Did Pompeo restrain Trump on Iran? I was surprised that with Pompeo and Bolton in his ear, we didn't overtly attack Iran. Which made me wonder if Pompeo held him back.

Either way, will he have anyone in his close team to restrain him now?
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Which of these people are pro war with Iran?

RFK Jr?
Tulsi Gabbard?
Ron Paul?
Elon Musk?

The necons have been put on notice already with the public dismissal of Haley and Pompeo before we even get out of the gate.
I take that as a positive first step.
Hook signals a return to hardline policy with Iran, but everything I've read about him (which is very little) indicates involvement with different peace initiatives in the region, not Boltonesque bellicosity.
 
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Menace Sockeyes said:
Holy shiz! If you think the BS education statistics we were cranking out before the ‘80s was accurate, you’re even dumber than I thought, and that’s an incredibly low bar to clear anyways.
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I am dubious of efforts to make international education comparisons, for a host of reasons.

I would be interested in seeing the results of nationwide taking of the ASVAB during grade 12.
I think it would be an interesting baseline since so many don't take the SAT, etc.
 
seminole97 said:
Which of these people are pro war with Iran?

RFK Jr?
Tulsi Gabbard?
Ron Paul?
Elon Musk?

The necons have been put on notice already with the public dismissal of Haley and Pompeo before we even get out of the gate.
I take that as a positive first step.
Hook signals a return to hardline policy with Iran, but everything I've read about him (which is very little) indicates involvement with different peace initiatives in the region, not Boltonesque bellicosity.
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What's your answer to the Netanyahu hypothetical - which probably isn't very hypothetical?

Not sure how Ron Paul got on your list.

I'm still expecting Tulsi to be ambassador to India. UN ambassador was another possibility but I'm happier to see Stefanik in that spot. It's often a career killer, and she deserves that.
 
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What Would Jesus Do? said:
What if, for example, Netanyahu says he wants to wipe out Iran's nuclear facilities? Setting aside whether that's a good idea or not, is there any reason to think Trump wouldn't give the thumbs up?

There have also been reports that Iran sent assassination teams to the US to kill Trump. I have no idea if that's true or BS, but if Trump thinks it's true...?
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We're not a week into the transition team yet, but the people with a seat at the table so far seem like people who would argue against the US getting dragged into a war with Iran.

RFK Jr has already publicly opposed starting a war with Iran.
Tulsi Gabbard said she didn't find the killing of Soleimani justified, seems a leap to think she'd advocate for open war.

Musk doesn't appear to be swayed by Bibi:

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he had received a letter from Iranian officials to complain about the satellite Internet service Starlink, which helps Iranians circumvent the government's restrictions on accessing the Internet.
Musk – the CEO of SpaceX, which operates Starlink – held a live discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 18 at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, touching on a range of issues including antisemitism on social media and the Iranian threat.
Netanyahu took the conversation with the owner of X, formerly Twitter, to Israel’s regional foe Iran, saying, “It’s a bad actor that chants, ‘Death to Israel,’ ‘Death to America.’ You don’t want them to have the ability to reach Fremont or Dallas.”
Musk recalled the Iranian letter, joking he was surprised it did not have “Death to America and Israel” written on it, leading Netanyahu to exhort him not to be “calmed” by the letter’s tone.
“These regimes are based on the ability to control the minds of their people,” he said.
In December, as Iranian authorities imposed increasingly severe restrictions to access the internet in an effort to limit information about protests that had broken out nationwide, Musk said SpaceX was close to having 100 Starlink satellites active in Iran.
 
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What Would Jesus Do? said:

Confirmed offers of a role​

  1. Susie Wiles​


    Confirmed role: chief of staff
    Trump has named Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role. She was previously the campaign manager for his successful bid for re-election. Although her political views remain somewhat ambiguous, she is seen as having led a successful and streamlined presidential race. Supporters believe she could introduce a level of organisation and discipline that was frequently absent throughout Trump’s first term, marked by a series of changes in the chief of staff role.

  2. Tom Homan​


    Confirmed role: ‘border czar’
    Possible role: secretary of homeland security
    Trump has said Tom Homan will be the ‘border czar’ in his administration, taking charge of the country’s “southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”. Homan will be in charge of the promised mass deportation of illegal immigrants. He served for a year and a half in Trump’s first administration as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).
    Homan is both a Project 2025 author and Heritage Foundation fellow. At a panel in July, Homan said if Trump is re-elected he would “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen”.

  3. Elise Stefanik​


    Confirmed role: UN ambassador
    Trump has selected the New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be the ambassador to the UN. A Trump loyalist who was floated as possible pick for his vice-president, Stefanik is the highest-ranking woman in the Republican conference in the House of Representatives.

Expected cabinet picks​

  1. Elon Musk​


    Potential role: unspecified
    Elon Musk, who turned into a fully fledged cheerleader for Trump and who holds billions in federal contracts, has reportedly sought a role in a second Trump administration in charge of the regulators that oversee him. Trump has appeared to rule out a cabinet role for Musk, but has said he wants the tech billionaire to have some sort of an unspecified role in his administration. The world’s wealthiest person has proposed the establishment of a Department of Government Efficiency.

  2. Stephen Miller​


    Potential role: deputy chief of staff for policy
    Stephen Miller is an immigration hardliner who served as a senior policy adviser in the early part of Trump’s first term. He was the chief architect of the Muslim travel ban and is the the founder of America First Legal, a group described by him as the right’s “long-awaited answer” to the American Civil Liberties Union. Its expected he will take on an expanded role in Trump’s second term and help carry out the former president’s mass deportation plan.

  3. Robert F Kennedy Jr​


    Potential role: unspecified
    Robert F Kennedy Jr, the son of the assassinated Bobby Kennedy and nephew of JFK, whose independent campaign for president has at times reached as high as 10% of the vote, strongly believes he has a shot at a role in Trump’s cabinet after he backed the Republican. While senior members of Trump’s campaign have ruled out Kennedy getting a job in the Department of Health, Trump has said he would let him “do what he wants” with women’s healthcare if he makes it to the White House, citing how Kennedy would be able to “go wild” on food and medicines.

  4. Doug Burgum​


    Potential role: ‘energy tsar’
    The Financial Times reports that Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, is being considered for an “energy tsar” role. The role and its powers have yet to be finalised. However, Trump has called the climate crisis “one of the great scams of all time” and has promised to “drill, baby, drill”. It’s expected any climate or energy secretary would be tasked with rolling back environmental regulations.
    In 2023, Burgum ran a short-lived campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He went on to become a highly visible, prolific Trump surrogate and advised Trump on energy policy.

  5. Mike Pompeo​


    Potential role: secretary of defense
    Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director and secretary of state and devoted ally of Trump, chose not to challenge his ex-boss for the Republican nomination. The staunch supporter of Israel and a sworn enemy of Iran is widely considered a key contender for a top role in the new administration, possible as secretary of defense.

www.theguardian.com

Trump administration: after Homan and Stefanik, who else could be in the cabinet?

A look at those who have been and could be offered key positions when Trump takes office
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Why am I reminded of a Joni Mitchell song? I think Frank Sinatra sang it first, though.🤔
 
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