Most appointments must be approved by the Senate, a procedure that Donald Trump is trying to circumvent by making emergency appointments. Overview of the main “recruits” of the future 47e American president.
Elon Musk au « DOGE »
A nomination and a bomb. Billionaire Elon Musk will lead a new “Department of Government Effectiveness,” aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal government's budget, currently $6.5 trillion to $7 trillion. This 53-year-old man, the richest in the world, promised a “just and humane” transition to future federal workers who will be victims of these draconian cuts.
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The acronym of this new department is DOGE, in English. Like the meme of a Japanese dog, named Kabosu, which has become a global phenomenon and the emblem of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that Musk became infatuated with in 2021.
“The occupied West Bank does not exist. There is Judea and Samaria. »
In Defense, Pete Hegseth “at the helm”
Pete Hegseth, 44, a former army commander and current anchor on Fox News, conservatives' favorite television channel in the United States, will be the new defense secretary. “With Pete at the helm, America's enemies have been warned,” Trump said.
A sulfurous profile at Homeland Security
Faithful among the faithful, Kristi Noem will be head of Homeland Security, a position at the heart of Donald Trump's immigration policies. Once considered for the vice-presidency, the ambition of the sulphurous 52-year-old governor of South Dakota was dampened when she revealed this year that she had killed her young dog, because she was, according to her, “indomitable”, sparking a deluge of criticism.
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Elise Stefanik, ambassador to the UN
New York MP Elise Stefanik, 40, will be the new United States ambassador to the UN, an institution that the fervent defender of Israel accused in mid-October of “languishing in anti-Semitism”. She refused to certify the result of the presidential election won in 2020 by Joe Biden.
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An anti-China in National Security
Mike Waltz, a 50-year-old Florida elected official and former special forces officer, will be Donald Trump's national security adviser. He will be the main architect of the president's foreign policy, who has promised to end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East – without explaining how. Very critical of China, which he described as an “existential” threat to the United States, he also castigates Russia, while believing that Washington should stop supporting Ukraine's war effort. .
His French counterpart congratulates Musk, appointed to “dismantle bureaucracy”
By congratulating Elon Musk on his appointment as head of a ministry of “governmental efficiency” yesterday, Public Service Minister Guillaume Kasbarian attracted a lot of fire. On the eve of an important meeting of the civil service inter-union, the minister's exit could further aggravate the situation. In question, a message on I look forward to sharing with you best practices for combating excess bureaucracy, reducing paperwork, and rethinking public organizations to improve the effectiveness of public officials.”
The appointment of Elon Musk found some support on the right, notably that of Valérie Pécresse. “An anti-bureaucratic ax committee, I dreamed of it and @elonmusk is going to do it!” greeted the president of the Île-de-France region.
Mike Huckabee, Ambassador and Israel
Former Arkansas governor and Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee, 69, will be the United States ambassador to Israel, where he has visited several times. Defender of colonization, Mike Huckabee declared in 2017, in the Israeli colony of Maale Adumim, to CNN: “The occupied West Bank does not exist. There is Judea and Samaria,” the biblical name for this region that Israelis use.
Tom Homan, the “border czar”
Tom Homan, a veteran immigration official, will be America's 'border czar, tasked with implementing Donald Trump's promise to carry out the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history. this country.
But also…
• Susie Wilesthe head of Donald Trump's electoral campaign, will head his cabinet. At 67, she will be the first woman to hold this position.
• Donald Trump's former national intelligence director, the ultraconservative John Ratcliffewill head the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA.
• According to several American media, Donald Trump should nominate the senator from Florida Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. He is known for taking a very hard line against China and Iran. His appointment risks giving kyiv a cold sweat: Marco Rubio estimated at the beginning of November that it was necessary to “end” the war in Ukraine.
• The billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessanta key donor and adviser, is seen as the leading candidate to implement Trump's agenda of tax cuts, regulations and tariffs.
