A look at
those who have been and could be offered key positions when Trump takes office
Lorenzo
Tondo and Guardian staff
Tue 12 Nov
2024 04.58 GMT
Donald
Trump, the former US president set to return to the White House in January for
a second term, has begun making selections for his administration. He has
already announced key positions like his chief of staff, UN ambassador, a
“border tsar” and the head of the US’s biggest environmental agency.
Trump has
tasked Howard Lutnick, a longtime friend, with recruiting officials who will
deliver, rather than dilute, his agenda.
Confirmed
offers of a role
Stephen
Miller
Confirmed
role: deputy chief of staff for policy
Stephen
Miller is an immigration hardliner who served as a senior policy adviser in the
early part of Trump’s first term. He was the chief architect of the Muslim
travel ban and is the the founder of America First Legal, a group described by
him as the right’s “long-awaited answer” to the American Civil Liberties Union.
It is expected he will take on an expanded role in Trump’s second term and help
carry out the former president’s mass deportation plan.
Susie
Wiles
Confirmed
role: chief of staff
Trump has
named Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold
the influential role. She was previously the campaign manager for his
victorious bid for re-election. Although her political views remain somewhat
ambiguous, she is seen as having led a successful and streamlined presidential
race. Supporters believe she could introduce a level of organisation and
discipline that was frequently absent throughout Trump’s first term, marked by
a series of changes in the chief of staff role.
Lee
Zeldin
Confirmed
role: administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Trump
announced that the former New York congressman Lee Zeldin will be selected to
lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin told the New York Post that as
EPA head, he will work to “restore American energy dominance, revitalize our
auto industry to bring back American jobs” while cutting the “red tape” that is
“holding back American workers”. Trump promised to ensure “fair and swift
deregulatory decisions” to allow the US to “grow in a healthy and
well-structured way”. Staffers at the EPA fear their mandate to fight air
pollution and the climate crisis will be undercut by the incoming Republican
administration.
Tom
Homan.
Confirmed
role: “border tsar”
Possible
role: secretary of homeland security
Trump has
said Tom Homan will be the “border tsar” in his administration, taking charge
of the country’s “southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and
aviation security”. Homan will be in charge of the promised mass deportation of
undocumented immigrants. He served for a year and a half in Trump’s first
administration as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).
Homan is
both a Project 2025 author and Heritage Foundation fellow. At a panel in July,
Homan said if Trump was re-elected he would “run the biggest deportation force
this country has ever seen”.
Elise
Stefanik.
Confirmed
role: UN ambassador
Trump has
selected the New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be the ambassador to the
UN. A Trump loyalist who was floated as possible pick for his vice-president,
Stefanik is the highest-ranking woman in the Republican conference in the House
of Representatives.
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