Trump's Cabinet: Here's Who He's Picked For White House Roles -- Mike Waltz, Lee Zeldin, Stephen Miller And More

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Trump named his campaign co-manager Susie Wiles chief of staff two days after his election win, marking his first major administrative pick.
63% : House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., who led the effort to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Chad Wolf, who served a stint as acting secretary of homeland security under Trump; and Mark Morgan, who served briefly as acting head of Customs and Border Protection during Trump's administration have all been mentioned in media reports as possible choices.
61% : Trump is expected to announce Stephen Miller for the White House position in the coming days, multiple outlets reported Monday.
61% : Trump said previously that Patel would help craft a "blueprint" for his next administration and lauded his book "Government Gangsters" as a "roadmap to end the Deep State's reign.
58% : Trump is shaping his second-term agenda with the help of several right-wing groups, his closest allies and billionaire backers.
57% : Trump announced Sunday he'd nominate GOP Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for the United Nations ambassador role, and she told the New York Post she had accepted the offer.
53% : Trump has indicated vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would play a prominent role in shaping health policy in his administration, telling an audience in Arizona earlier this month Kennedy could do "anything he wants" and that he would "work on health and women's health."
51% : Trump has mentioned former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for the role, and the agency's former leader, Betsy DeVos, also said she would be willing to return to the role in a recent interview with Education Week.
50% : Trump has asked Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to serve as his national security adviser, according to CNN and The Wall Street Journal.
46% : Trump announced Monday he's tapped former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., to lead the EPA, citing his "very strong legal background" and calling him "a true fighter for America First policies" in a statement.
46% : Trump has said Ramaswamy will play a role in his second administration, and he has proposed Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead a new "government efficiency commission.
45% : Trump is expected to narrow his list of candidates by the end of the week, and he is leaning toward someone with Wall Street experience, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing anonymous sources.
45% : The right-wing think tank America First Policy Institute is reportedly the primary driver of Trump's transition plans and has been crafting possible executive actions for Trump once he takes office.
35% : Miller was a senior adviser to Trump during his first administration and one of the architects of some of his most controversial immigration policies, including his family separation program.
32% : Bessent met with Trump Friday at Mar-A-Lago, according to Reuters and Bloomberg, though Bloomberg cited people familiar with the process who said the meeting was not a job interview.
32% : Trump has proposed dismantling the department and giving states control over their public schools.
32% : "Trump ruled out former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as possible picks for his second administration in a Truth Social post over the weekend.
25% : In recent months, Waltz -- a former Army Green Beret -- has frequently criticized China, urged NATO members to pay more for defense and said he expects Trump to push Ukraine and Russia toward a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.
24% : Trump is expected to overhaul the Department of Justice and staff it with political loyalists who could blur the lines of independence between the agency and the executive branch, potentially by carrying out Trump's wishes to prosecute his political enemies.
21% : "Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., former ambassador to Japan under Trump, is on the speculative short list for this role.
21% : Trump also recently expressed openness to Kennedy's controversial proposal to remove fluoride from public water.
19% : Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed the DOJ's classified documents case against Trump, is also on a proposed personnel roster Trump's team has circulated, ABC News reported last month, citing unnamed sources.
14% : Trump attempted to install Patel as deputy C.I.A. director at the end of his first term, but his plans were thwarted when then-Director Gina Haspel threatened to resign in protest, Axios reported.
13% : Trump appointed his former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan to the role, he announced Monday, as Trump plans a mass deportation of undocumented migrants during his second term.

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