Trump announces he will nominate South Dakota Governor Doug Burgum

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : 'We're gonna do things with energy and with land, interior, that is going to be incredible and so I look forward to doing the formal announcement, although this is a pretty big announcement right now,' Trump added.
75% : 'We have a big announcement and I won't tell you the exact name, I think he's an incredible person, he's got an unbelievable wife named Kathryn,' Trump said. '
75% : Burgum has the additional qualities of a successful businessman who, like Trump, has a practical view on politics.
75% : We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families to ensure they have the support they need,' Trump said in a statement.
61% : He's going to be announced tomorrow for a big position.'Trump then acknowledged Burgum, who was in the crowd for the star-studded party at the America First Policy Conference.
58% : He ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination before quitting and becoming a loyal Trump supporter, appearing at fundraisers and advocating for Trump on television.
49% : Trump also selected John Sauer (pictured), who successfully urged the U.S. Supreme Court to give Trump broad immunity in the 2020 election case, as his solicitor general.
48% : Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken System of Justice for far too long,' Trump said in a statement.
46% : In January, Trump previewed that Burgum would be 'a very important piece of the administration,' and praised his temperament.
45% : Earlier Thursday, Trump said he intends to nominate former Representative Doug Collins (pictured) for secretary of veterans affairs. '
45% : The 70-year-old husband of actress Cheryl Hines has railed against processed foods, vowed to remove fluoride from public water systems and suggested COVID was engineered to be 'ethnically targeted.''I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS ),' Trump posted on X. DailyMail.com previously reported that Dr. Ben Carson - a respected surgeon turned 2016 presidential candidate - was in the mix, though Trump had also said he would let Kennedy 'go wild' on federal health agencies.
45% : Kennedy later embraced Trump even more - telling his supporters across the U.S. to back Trump instead - arguing they had a vision to 'Make America Healthy Again.'Want more stories like this from the Daily Mail?
43% : There's no controversy whatsoever,' Trump said. '
35% : Since his victory, Trump has chosen several loyalists with little experience for key Cabinet positions, stunning some allies and making clear that he is serious about reshaping - and in some cases testing - America's institutions.
34% : Trump was speaking on stage during a gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort when he seemed to debate whether he would spoil the surprise early, before naming Burgum.
30% : Political operatives viewed Burgum with many of the same qualities as former Vice President Mike Pence used to have - low key, no drama, Midwestern appeal, and not a national figure trying to raise his political profile beyond Trump.
27% : 'His record is probably not as strong as it could have been from a rock rib conservative state like North Dakota but Doug is someone who has spent a lot of time with the president lately,' Lewandowski said in a New Hampshire radio interview, stressing he was only speaking for himself, and not for Trump.
26% : Trump nominated Blanche, who defended him at trial this year in a criminal case over hush money paid to adult star Stormy Daniels, to serve as deputy attorney general, the second-highest position at the Justice Department.
26% : Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, is representing Trump in two federal cases over his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election and his retention of classified documents after leaving office in 2021.
26% : Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case.

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