Who could make up Donald Trump’s next government?

(Washington) Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Mike Pompeo or Marco Rubio: either the richest man in the world, well-known Republicans, but also dozens of faithful people in the shadows who must be rewarded could form the first Trump administration 2.

Donald Trump’s transition team is expected to present a first list of secretaries and advisers “in the coming days and weeks”, before his inauguration on January 20.

The Democrats “campaigned by dividing people while President Trump brought them together,” boasted Jason Miller, advisor to the Republican billionaire, on Fox Business.

So who will make up the first Trump 2 government?

“There are people who come back, other new ones who [nous] are joining, not only big names, but also Democrats, independents, business circles,” replied Jason Miller without confirming the names mentioned since Wednesday by American media.

Chief of staff

Donald Trump, however, made his first major appointment on Thursday: Susie Wiles, architect of his campaign, will be his chief of staff, an ultra-strategic position never held by a woman. Under his first mandate, no less than four heads of cabinet had paraded. One of them, former general John Kelly, described him in October as a “fascist”.

Read “White House Chief of Staff: Trump chooses Susie Wiles, the architect of his campaign”

Justice

This is one of the most sensitive positions and will be all the more so since Donald Trump was convicted and indicted in four criminal cases under the Democrats and he intends to implement mass expulsion on January 20. illegal immigrants.

Utah Senator Mike Lee and Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt are quoted by the Washington Post.

Foreign Affairs

The Secretary of State, face of the United States abroad, will have to put to music the protectionist and isolationist diplomacy of Donald Trump’s “America first”, particularly with regard to Ukraine, the NATO and Europe.

The name Richard Grenell has been circulating for months.

Described as an “emissary” of Donald Trump’s shadow, he was ambassador to Germany (2018-2020), where his style became strained. He was also acting director of intelligence and special envoy for Kosovo and Serbia.

“To avoid war, it is better to have a bastard as a diplomat,” he said at the start of the year, while Donald Trump has always boasted, against all evidence, of the absence of wars during his first mandate and promised that he would end those in Ukraine and the Middle East.

The press also sees Mr. Grenell as National Security Advisor to the White House, in which case Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who said on CNN “always interested in serving this country”, could become secretary of state.

Defense and CIA

America’s partners or adversaries await these positions with impatience or anxiety.

To lead the Pentagon, Mike Pompeo, former head of diplomacy of Donald Trump and former director of the CIA, could be chosen.

The leadership of the CIA could fall to the former ultraconservative elected official from Texas John Ratcliffe. Unless it’s Kash Patel, who served in the White House, in intelligence and at the Pentagon, before writing a book against a supposed “deep state” at work against Donald Trump.

Treasure

The position of big financier could be disputed between two billionaires, heads of investment funds: Scott Bessent, donor and economic advisor to the next president for tax cuts and increases in customs tariffs, responded cautiously on CNBC that he “ will do what Donald Trump [lui] will ask.” He competes with financier John Paulson.

“Government Effectiveness”

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, boss of Tesla, SpaceX and X, invested more than 100 million dollars in Donald Trump’s campaign. The latter could in return charge him with fundamentally reorganizing the federal administration, at the head of a department of “Government Effectiveness”.

If the two impetuous billionaires come to an enduring understanding, they could make 2,000 billion dollars of clear cuts in a budget of 7,000 billion.

But they haven’t said how yet.

Health

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, nephew of assassinated President “JFK”, former independent candidate aligned with Donald Trump, could be responsible for public health policies. Notoriously critical of vaccination, he assured NBC that he “would not take away anyone’s vaccines” but said that Americans should be able to “decide individually”.

Read “Health According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”