By signing a resounding return to the head of the United States, Donald Trump is at the same time preparing to bring a gallery of colorful characters into the White House.
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Some first elements on the distribution of the future Republican administration.
J.D. Vance
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JD Vance supported Donald Trump in the race and will move into the White House as vice-president.
During this campaign, the atypical senator from Ohio was mired in a series of controversies with the resurgence of old videos.
In one of them, the bestselling author accused the Democrats in power of being a bunch of “unhappy cat women” without awareness of the “direct interest” of the country, since they were devoid of offspring.
In other sequences, JD Vance is also seen criticizing Donald Trump, to whom he now swears absolute loyalty.
This 40-year-old ex-soldier will become the third youngest vice-president in the history of the United States.
A position all the more exposed as the 78-year-old Republican will be the oldest American leader to take the oath of office on January 20.
Elon Musk
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Donald Trump said he intended to task Elon Musk with conducting a “complete audit” of the American administration to drastically reform it, a mission that the richest man on the planet accepted.
The boss of SpaceX and Tesla played an absolutely unprecedented role in the tribune’s campaign, spending more than $110 million of his personal fortune to get him elected.
He also organized a series of campaign meetings in support of the Republican candidacy in the hotly contested state of Pennsylvania.
The precise contours of his role in the Trump 2.0 administration have not been revealed. But Elon Musk already shared a photomontage of him in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday morning.
RFK Jr.
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During the campaign, Donald Trump also pledged to entrust an “important role” in the field of health to Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former President “JFK”.
This vaccine skeptic, known for spreading conspiracy theories, was an independent candidate for the American presidential election, but withdrew from the race in favor of Donald Trump.
“He will restore health to America,” greeted the president-elect on stage Wednesday morning.
The others
Donald Trump has so far remained very mysterious about who will make up the rest of his team at the White House.
The name of Richard Grenell, former United States ambassador to Germany and fierce defender of the tribune, is circulating with insistence for the post of national security adviser or head of diplomacy.
The architect of his comeback, political strategist Susie Wiles could occupy the prestigious post of chief of staff.
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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is being considered for the post of Minister of Energy, Senator Tom Cotton for Defense.
Donald Trump did not mention what role his family, omnipresent during his first term, would play in his future administration. And in particular his daughter Ivanka, who advised him when he was in the White House, but who completely stayed away from his campaign against Kamala Harris, just like her husband Jared Kushner.
His daughter-in-law Lara Trump co-chairs the Republican Party.
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