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Donald Trump’s advisers are working quickly to form a new administration, and the leaders he chooses to help install his “America First” agenda for foreign policy, regulation and law enforcement will provide clues as to how deep those policies go.
A Republican Party more united behind Trump than during his first presidency is on track to gain total control of Washington. This week’s elections gave the Republican Party a majority in the Senate, and the Republican Party is closing in on control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with a few seats still to be decided.
In addition to national security, Trump will also seek to build out the heads of financial regulators, who are expected to take a lighter approach than President Joe Biden’s administration.
American foreign policy will be even more unpredictable than during his first term. Trump has provided few details about his plans on many key issues. Close aides, however, have laid out some dramatic possible options, including complete economic decoupling from China, deploying nearly 200,000 U.S. Marines to Asia and resuming nuclear weapons testing.
Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for the Trump-Vance transition, said: “President-elect Trump will soon begin making decisions on who will serve in his second administration. These decisions will be announced as soon as they are made.”
As part of the process towards Trump’s inauguration in January, Biden will receive him for a meeting at the White House on Wednesday.
What follows is a list based on who advised and promoted Trump during the campaign, and who people familiar with the matter have been defrauded in recent months.
Minister of Defense
The position includes overseeing the world’s largest military and government’s largest agency, with a budget of approximately $857 billion in 2023. The Secretary advises the President on military deployments and defense alliances around the world and is also closely with defense manufacturers and multi-deployment decisions. billion-dollar weapons programs such as the F-35 stealth fighter and the nuclear submarine force.
- Joni Ernst: The US senator from Iowa endorsed Trump after he dominated the Republican Party’s Super Tuesday primaries in March. A veteran of the Army Reserve and National Guard, she is emerging as a candidate to oversee the Department of Defense.
- Wesley Hunt: Hunt, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, comes from a military family and serves as an Army captain himself. He spoke at the Republican National Convention and served as a key surrogate for Trump in Texas.
- Mike Waltz: Waltz, a Florida congressman, Green Beret and retired Army National Guard colonel, was a frequent critic of the Biden administration’s national security policies and served as a campaign surrogate for Trump this year. He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and could also serve as White House national security adviser, which is not a Senate-confirmed position.
- Mike Pompeo: He failed to make cuts after Trump said Saturday he “will not invite” his first-term secretary of state to join the new administration. Pompeo was a late Trump backer, voicing his support just a month after Trump clinched the Republican nomination in July.
National Security Advisor
The White House National Security Advisor is also crucial for coordinating high-priority policies. Three names have emerged: Fred Fleitz of the Trump-loyal America First Policy Institute, Keith Kellogg, a retired Army general who worked in the first Trump administration, and Waltz.
Attorney General
The attorney general is a Cabinet position that oversees the Department of Justice, which employs more than 115,000 people and includes agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
- Mike Lee: The three-term Republican senator from Utah previously clerked for then-Appellate Court Judge Samuel Alito and served as an assistant U.S. attorney. Lee refused to support Trump when he first ran for president in 2016, but later became an ally and supported his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
- John Ratcliffe: During Trump’s first term, he served as director of national intelligence, where he was seen as a fierce loyalist of the president. Previously, he was a Republican congressman from Texas, where he was first elected in 2014. Ratcliffe also served as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
- Mark Paoletta: As a lawyer, he served as general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term. He previously served as chief adviser and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence. In the administration of George HW Bush, Paoletta played a key role in confirming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court and Neil Gorsuch during Trump’s first administration.
- Ken Paxton: The Republican attorney general in Texas has been seen as a key leader for ultraconservative causes since 2015. Paxton led a lawsuit to try to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. He was impeached in 2023 by the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives for abusing his powers, but was acquitted by the state’s Republican-led Senate.
- Eric Schmitt: The Republican senator from Missouri is in his first term. He previously served as attorney general of Missouri, where he supported Trump’s allies’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Antitrust
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division is one of two government enforcement agencies charged with enforcing U.S. competition law. The agency monitors mergers, monitors anticompetitive behavior and enforces criminal law, with the exception of price fixing and other forms of collusion. The Federal Trade Commission also enforces laws blocking anticompetitive mergers and other corporate conduct, although it has no criminal enforcement authority. The agency is led by a bipartisan body with five members and also handles consumer protection regulations related to data breaches and false marketing practices.
- Andrew Ferguson: The other Republican FTC commissioner and former attorney general of Virginia, Ferguson also served as counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
- Melissa Holyoak: Holyoak, one of two Republican FTC commissioners, is a former attorney general of Utah. She led an antitrust case against Google Play’s app store.
- James Lloyd: Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation in the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Lloyd previously headed the firm’s antitrust division, which criticized an antitrust lawsuit against Google focused on ad technology. He previously worked in the White House during the first Trump administration.
- Mark Meador: A former Justice Department attorney, Meador spent three years as a senior assistant to Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah — the top GOP member on antitrust issues — before moving to private practice, where he specializes in representing companies that challenge the tech giants.
- Alex Okuliar: Okuliar, a partner at the law firm Morrison & Foerster, previously served in the antitrust division during the first Trump administration and helped lead the government’s investigation into Google.
- Gail Slater: Slater is an economic policy advisor to newly elected Vice President J.D. Vance and is involved in the transition and on the FTC’s landing team. She is also a leading candidate for a top antitrust position, such as FTC chairman or DOJ antitrust chief. Slater worked in the White House during the first Trump administration and spent a decade at the FTC.
- Todd Zywicki: Zywicki, a professor at George Mason University Law School and a prominent member of the Federalist Society, is also an FTC alum and served as the agency’s chief policy officer during the George W. Bush administration.
Minister of Energy
The Energy Department has a diverse mission, including helping build the nation’s nuclear warheads, maintaining the strong emergency oil supply that Trump has promised to replenish and studying topics as diverse as supercomputing and capturing carbon dioxide emissions. Under the first Trump administration, the agency played a leading role in the new president’s efforts to revive America’s coal-fired power plants, an effort he has hinted he may try again.
Among the names mentioned for energy secretary is Paul Dabbar, who served as undersecretary of science at the agency during the Trump administration. Mark Menezes, who served as the Energy Department’s second leader during the first term, is also mentioned. Trump is also considering creating an energy czar position, according to people familiar with the matter.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum’s name has emerged as a potential leader for the role, although it is not clear he is interested in the position, one of the people said.
The role, similar to the White House climate adviser position created by the Biden administration, would coordinate agencies such as the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
The agency’s regulations on air, water, chemicals and biofuels touch nearly every sector of the U.S. economy — from giant refineries to family farmers. Trump has vowed to speed up the construction of gas-fired power plants and end what he calls an electric vehicle mandate through the EPA, which under President Joe Biden imposed strict rules against global warming, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity and transport sectors. . Elon Musk’s presence in Trump’s orbit could influence his electric vehicle strategy.
Among the contenders to oversee the EPA are Andrew Wheeler, a former EPA administrator and deputy administrator under Trump who is now a partner at Holland & Hart LLP, as well as Mandy Gunasekara, a former EPA chief of staff under Trump who is now a political adviser and co-founder of the bitcoin advocacy group Satoshi Action Fund.
Minister of the Interior
Trump has promised to “drill, baby, drill” and “unleash” American energy. The Department of the Interior oversees energy development, grazing and other activities on some 500 million acres of public lands, as well as U.S. federal waters. A new Secretary of the Interior under Trump would likely be tasked with ramping up oil and gas lease sales, including in the Gulf of Mexico, and could play a crucial role in shaping the near-term future of offshore wind farms planned near the American coast.
Candidates include Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Katharine MacGregor, former deputy Interior secretary under Trump who is now vice president of environmental services at NextEra Energy Inc.