EFE.- The American president-elect, Donald Trump, has chosen for his team loyal defenders of his positions and personalities who in some cases have promised to turn upside down the very institutions they hope to lead, in addition to elevating inexperienced people like the one running as head of the Pentagon.
The most faithful
Loyalty to him and to his MAGA political project (acronym for ‘Make America Great Again’) seems to have been the criterion that he has followed most in shaping his government team. Those acronyms encompass his campaign and government motto: make America great again.
One of the most faithful is his nominee for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The senator of Cuban origin is considered a “hawk” in foreign policy with positions in favor of a tough line with China and Iran and sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela.
He was one of Trump’s rivals in the 2016 primaries, but became one of his closest advisors, especially on Latin American policy.
“I have zero doubt that (Cuba) meets all the requirements to be considered a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said last Wednesday at his hearing to be confirmed by the Senate.
Oilman Chris Wright, one of the Republican Party’s mega-donors, has been tapped to lead the Department of Energy. Wright has doubted the existence of the climate crisis and defends fossil fuels.
The ideologue of Trump’s immigration strategy is also expected in the cabinet: Stephen Miller, nominated as deputy White House policy director. He is said to be the architect of the mass deportations he has promised to undertake and the policies of separating migrant families.
Susie Wiles, who will make history as the first woman to serve as chief of staff, will remain at his side after directing his campaign in 2016 and his strategy in the last elections.
The most controversial
One of the most controversial nominees is Pete Hegseth, a commentator on the conservative Fox News network and chosen to be Secretary of Defense. He has been involved in controversy over a case of sexual abuse and his alleged alcohol abuse.
Hegseth is known for defending far-right policies, such as being against women in combat roles: “Our standards will be high and equal, not equitable,” he said this week at his hearing.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominated for secretary of Homeland Security, was suggested as a possible Trump vice president, but her options evaporated after she confessed that she had shot and killed a puppy because she considered it “untrainable.”
The chosen one for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was a member of the Democratic Party for a decade, but although she ran in the primaries, she ended up abandoning it and became closer to Trump’s orbit. She has been singled out for her alleged support for the now overthrown Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Although her name is not so controversial, Pam Bondi, elected attorney general, will be remembered for replacing Matt Gaetz, who ended up withdrawing his candidacy amid accusations of drug use and sexual relations with minors.
Also part of his entourage will be tycoon Elon Musk, whom he has entrusted together with former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with which they want to “dismantle government bureaucracy, cut excessive regulations and unnecessary expenses, and restructure agencies.” federal”.
The most radical
In his cabinet there will be especially disruptive names, such as his nominee as FBI director, Kash Patel. He has been very harsh with the functioning of that federal agency and defends closing the central office in Washington, beheading its leadership and dismantling its bureaucracy.
Although she may not be as critical, Trump has entrusted former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who will lead the Secretary of Education, with one of the most radical tasks: dismantling that department, which Trump says is infiltrated by “radicals, fanatics and Marxists.”
A name critical of some decisions made by the Department of Health in the recent Democratic legislature has been appointed by Trump to direct it.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former president John Fitzgerald Kennedy who was assassinated in the 1960s, is known for his vaccine conspiracy theories. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he said that the virus aimed to attack Caucasians and black people.
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