A close friend of Donald Trump defends the lack of diversity of appointed ministers

Donald Trump's selection process is causing reactions across the Atlantic. Widely elected on November 5, 2024 against Democrat Kamala Harris, the 47th President of the United States has been listing the composition of his cabinet since his victory. Among the management team, the Republican recently named television host Sean Duffy, businessman Chris Wright, former Georgia elected official Doug Collins and even North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.

Voices have been raised to criticize the lack of diversity of this team composed mainly of white men, with Newsweek even noting that there are currently more white men called Doug than African-Americans on this list. May Mailman, former White House lawyer and close to Donald Trump, protested against these remarks on CNN Wednesday by affirming that the “The American people voted precisely against dividing us, labeling us, on the basis of our race and our gender”.

“Liberate American Business”

“We just want the government and the economy to work for us, she argued in front of the television channel's cameras. If the president has placed someone somewhere, it’s because he trusts him, because he thinks he will do a good job.”

The lawyer specifies that the former president is less interested “to the appearance or gender of a person” that its ability to “follow the instructions” et “liberate American businesses”.

May Mailman goes even further by explaining that cabinet members are also chosen for their ability to “using the Justice Department as a weapon against people and businesses who disagree with it politically.”

Portrait by Matt Gaetz

The series of nominations of the president-elect was marred by controversy with the withdrawal on Thursday of the divisive Matt Gaetz for the Department of Justice. Of the series of sensational appointments announced by the American president-elect for his future administration, that of the Republican elected official from Florida (southeast) appeared to be one of the most controversial, due to both his abrasive personality and his lack of legal experience.

Targeted by an investigation by the House of Representatives in particular for alleged sexual offenses, he resigned from this assembly on November 13, shortly after the announcement of Donald Trump's choice to take over a ministry that he considers particularly hostile.

This list also includes, for the Ministry of Defense, the ex-soldier and conservative television presenter Pete Hegseth, who paid a woman to drop a charge of sexual assault and sports tattoos reminiscent of the Crusades.

Or even in Health the vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr., nephew of the assassinated Democratic president, and at the helm of a “governmental efficiency commission” billionaire Elon Musk, accused of spreading disinformation on his X network.