Trump transition updates: Trump taps longtime ally as agriculture secretary

Just one day after discussing the nomination process with Republican senators on Capitol Hill, former Representative Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, announced on Thursday that he is dropping his name for the position.

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Trump’s latest choice for the position.

Along with Vice President-elect JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, another contentious Cabinet choice, will be visiting the Hill Thursday to argue for the position of secretary of the Department of Defense.

Trump is still announcing his choices for senior positions within his government.

‘Hand in glove’ with Jake Sullivan, according to Trump’s choice for national security advisor
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, stated on “Fox News Sunday” that he met with Jake Sullivan, who presently serves in that capacity in President Joe Biden’s cabinet, and that their teams are collaborating.

Waltz seemed to support Biden’s reversals in Ukraine’s armaments strategy, even if he referred to the actions as “an escalation.”

“Look, there has been a definite uptick. And where is this escalation going? has been the worry. “Waltz said.” “North Korea’s force deployment was a major factor in this reaction. In response, we have now let these strikes to go further inside Russia.

Initially serving as the president’s assistant for technology and intergovernmental efforts, Rollins later served as the acting director of the Domestic Policy Council during the first Trump administration.

She took over as president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a radical right-wing think group that supports Trump’s agenda and is composed of former Trump employees, after he left office.

Randy Fine is urged by Trump to run for the vacant seat of Representative Waltz.
As he appoints members of Congress to his cabinet, President-elect Donald Trump is already using his endorsement power to fill vacant House seats around the nation.

Sen. Randy Fine of Florida was urged by Trump to run for the state’s 6th District seat. Currently serving in that capacity is Rep. Mike Waltz, whom Trump appointed as his national security adviser.

In that capacity, Turner collaborated with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson to promote economic growth in “Opportunity Zones” made possible by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which permitted investors to make investments in low-income communities and temporarily postpone paying taxes on qualified gains.

The FDA chose Marty Makary to lead it.
According to Trump, he has appointed author and Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary, who opposed pandemic lockdowns, to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Makary would supervise the FDA’s $7 billion budget and report to the health secretary if the Senate confirmed him. The organization is in charge of $3.6 trillion worth of medical, food, and tobacco items, including about 20,000 prescription medications.

The nominee for president stated that Makary “will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to, among other things, properly evaluate harmful chemicals poisoning our Nation’s food supply and drugs and biologics being given to our Nation’s youth, so that we can finally address the Childhood Chronic Disease Epidemic.”

 

Dr. Dave Weldon, a former lawmaker, was appointed director of the CDC.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be directed by Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida.

According to Trump, Weldon is a “respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues.”

Beginning in January 2025, Senate confirmation will be needed for the position.