Trump's Cabinet: Here Are His Picks For Key Roles -- RFK Jr, Doug Burgum, Matt Gaetz And More

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Trump said Wednesday he tapped Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to serve as attorney general, a surprise appointment as Gaetz was not among the names commonly floated in media reports for the role.
68% : Collins served as a congressman from 2013 to 2021, and was known as a vocal backer of Trump in the chamber during his first administration.
68% : Trump named his campaign co-manager Susie Wiles chief of staff two days after his election win, marking his first major administrative pick.
66% : Trump announced Wednesday Tulsi Gabbard will serve as his Director of National Intelligence, a role that puts her at the head of the U.S. intelligence community.
62% : President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary and Doug Burgum for interior secretary on Thursday -- the latest choices for top-level Cabinet posts, as Trump has made a flurry of appointments since winning the election last week.
62% : Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, making good on his promise to give Kennedy broad leeway over public health decisions.
60% : She left the party in 2022 and became an independent, before endorsing Trump in August and announcing she had joined the Republican Party.
60% : Trump announced Wednesday he nominated Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as secretary of state, confirming multiple reports earlier in the week that Trump was expected to tap the Florida senator for the top foreign policy job.
60% : Trump confirmed on Wednesday previous reports that he was expected to announce Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security adviser.
59% : Trump plans to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as secretary of the interior, he said at an event Thursday.
59% : Trump announced Wednesday former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino will return to his role, and also serve as an assistant to the president.
58% : He is also a longtime friend of Trump's and one of the president-elect's golf partners.
58% : Trump is shaping his second-term agenda with the help of several right-wing groups, his closest allies and billionaire backers.
56% : The appointment is another surprise pick by Trump, whose transition team co-chair Howard Lutnick told CNN late last month Kennedy wouldn't be in charge of HHS.President and co-founder of Donald Trump Jr.'s Winning Team Publishing company, Sergio Gor, has been tapped to lead the Presidential Personnel Office, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
55% : Trump confirmed Tuesday he appointed Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to serve as his national security adviser.
54% : Trump nominated former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, widely seen as one of the most prestigious prosecuting jobs due to the high-profile cases filed in the district, which includes New York City.
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."
52% : Trump announced Tuesday he appointed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to serve as his envoy to Israel on Tuesday, touting his military service as he served in the Army Special Forces for 27 years.
51% : Trump has decamped to Mar-a-Lago since his win Tuesday, holding meetings with his inner circle, administration hopefuls and transition team to craft his second term agenda and build out his staff.
49% : If confirmed by the Senate, he'll be responsible for managing vast swaths of federally owned land, administering national parks and handling oil and gas drilling on federal property -- which Trump has vowed to ramp up.
49% : Trump announced Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, will run a new Department of Government Efficiency (or "DOGE") alongside investor and former Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
49% : Trump selected Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defense Tuesday, praising his status as a combat veteran and role as a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend.
47% : The two have since smoothed over their relationship and Rubio frequently campaigned for Trump and was said to be in the running to be his vice presidential pick.
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.
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.
43% : Trump picked former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., as his secretary for veterans affairs.
43% : Blanche was lauded as "an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department," which Trump has often criticized throughout his criminal and civil cases.
43% : The veteran is the former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, a conservative organization that has communicated with Trump on the matter of veterans affairs and received backing from billionaire Charles G. Koch -- one of the wealthiest people in the world.
42% : Trump picked attorney Emil Bove as his administration's principal associate deputy attorney general.
42% : Kennedy, who ran for the Democratic nomination then as an independent candidate before dropping out and endorsing Trump, espouses debunked views on public health -- including skepticism about the efficacy of childhood vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine.
42% : He has also advocated for removing fluoride from public water, an idea Trump said he as open to.
41% : Trump said in a statement the department -- which has not yet been created -- will offer "advice and guidance from outside of Government" and focus on "making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency," including through spending and regulatory cuts.
40% : Bove represented Trump alongside Blanche throughout the hush money trial and is a former federal prosecutor, having served as assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York for more than nine years.
39% : Trump picked former White House cabinet secretary and top GOP lawyer William McGinley as his White House Counsel.
37% : Trump tapped Dean John Sauer for solicitor general Thursday.
37% : During his time as director of national intelligence, Ratcliffe declassified unverified Russian intelligence information that claimed Hillary Clinton approved a plan to link Trump to Russia and the Democratic National Committee cyberattacks in 2016.
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.
34% : Trump announced Taylor Budowich, who ran the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. super PAC before rejoining Trump's campaign in August, for the role on Wednesday.
32% : Trump has not officially announced the appointment.
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.
30% : Trump appointed his campaign political director James Blair to the position Wednesday.
29% : 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.
28% : Witkoff was with Trump during the apparent second assassination attempt on his life, telling NBC that Secret Service agents dived on Trump and got him off his Florida golf course in under 20 seconds.
28% : Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., former ambassador to Japan under Trump, is on the speculative short list for this role.
27% : Trump has picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for the role of secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CNN reported early on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.
25% : It's one of the most high-profile and highly anticipated appointments, as Trump has fiercely criticized the agency for prosecuting him and is expected to drastically change its makeup.
25% : Some of Rubio's foreign policy stances break with Trump, including his co-sponsorship of legislation last year that would prohibit a president from exiting NATO without congressional approval.
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.
21% : Democrats criticized Ratcliffe's decision to publicly release the information, alleging he was politicizing unverified information to aid Trump.
21% : Trump also recently expressed openness to Kennedy's controversial proposal to remove fluoride from public water.
19% : Rubio and Trump feuded when they both ran for president in 2016 --
16% : First elected North Dakota governor in 2016, Burgum briefly ran against Trump in the 2024 GOP primaries, but dropped out before the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Trump.
14% : Rubio criticized Trump's appearance and called him a "con man," and Trump gave him the nickname "Little Marco."

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