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President Donald Trump is scheduled to convene his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday. This is a collection of agency leaders who have taken a different approach to prove their loyalty to Trump, both public and private.
Cabinet meetings are usually a stable issue with short photo opportunities at the start, and have transformed into something quite different during Trump’s first presidency. He drove them out by promoting the administration’s achievements, and then members of each cabinet lavishly praised the president while television cameras rolled.
Wednesday’s gathering aims to act as a moment of touching the base and ensuring that Trump’s federal agency directors “row in the right direction.”
Also attending: Elon Musk is a high-tech billionaire who made enthusiastic efforts to cut spending and remake the government, causing government leaders and federal workers to confuse and dismiss his employment. It’s definitely left. Musk, nominally a senior adviser to the president, plays a major role in the Trump administration. That’s despite the fact that unlike actual cabinet members, he will not be confirmed by the Senate. (For the record, 18 of the 22 Cabinet candidates have been confirmed so far.)
Trump’s second term cabinet has a combination of vandals chosen to take over the ball to destroy them to the institutions they lead, political loyalists to carry out the president’s agenda, experience in diplomatic and foreign policy There could be a handful of negotiators who have sold Trump’s achievements to the public, facing major opposition in the television-friendly face.
Advances Wednesday’s meeting, here is who will make up Trump’s Cabinet.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses
The fighting veteran and former Fox News host defends Trump’s firing of senior military officers in the country, indicating that more shootings could come soon. He also ordered the military to prepare an 8% budget cut for each of the next five years. This is a massive cut in the Pentagon’s $850 billion annual budget.
Attorney General Pam Bondy
The former Florida Attorney General has announced a massive decision at the Department of Justice, including shootings involving prosecutors who investigated on January 6, 2021, as well as an attack on the Capitol and a resignation. They have already overseen the reforms. accusations against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Bondi has created a list of what she thinks she has “wind” within the division in terms of her plans to share with Trump on Wednesday. These victories could include a big picture effort to “entrench” politicization within the Department of Justice, as well as a low-level move in criminal immigration cases.
Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Anti-vaccine activists are poised to significantly change the priorities of the agencies they currently oversee. He postponed the meeting of the Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Vaccine Policy. His roles include overseeing Medicare and Medicaid for Republicans to significantly reduce federal spending.
Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary
Trump Transition co-chairman told Fox News last week that Trump wanted to abolish the Internal Revenue Service. He oversees Trump’s customs facilities where experts say they will promote inflation, and Trump also wants to give Lutonic powers to the US postal service.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
The former Hawaii Democrat won a confirmation earlier this month despite Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell being held responsible for her “an incredible history of revocation.” It remains to be seen how she fits into Trump’s administration. She instructed Intelligence Community officials not to respond to weekend emails from Mask, which orders all federal workers to list five things they accomplished the previous week.
Russell Vert, Executive Director and Budget
Vought, co-author of Project 2025, has already hampered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. His impact was on the Trump administration’s first exhibit as Trump stopped spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and ended public service protections for federal workers and more.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
The former Florida senator was one of the leaders of US peace negotiations with Russia. He also said he took over as acting director of the US International Development Agency and pushed at least some foreign aid to flow as Trump tried to thwart most of such programs. .
Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent
In a speech Tuesday, Bescent denounced the Biden administration’s spending on inflation, saying Trump wanted to “re-bid” the economy through spending and regulatory cuts. He also defends the Trump administration’s push for mineral trade with Ukraine.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe
Under the former House of Representatives and Director of National Intelligence Lead, the CIA is implementing some of Trump’s priorities. The agency is flying a secret drone mission to Mexico to spy on drug cartels. The CIA has also moved to denying more than 12 officers to tackle diversity issues.
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgham
The former North Dakota governor, who was on Trump’s shortlist, quickly began pushing agents to increase energy production on public lands.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright
The former energy executive revealed that the Trump administration had a tough departure from former President Joe Biden when he rewinded the water standards of the Biden era. He also criticized the UK government’s attempts to achieve its clean energy goals, calling the net zero carbon emission target “ominous” by 2050.
Veterans Secretary Doug Collins
Collins pledged improved services for veterans, despite the agency working on massive layoffs for probation workers. Trump also named him Special Advisor and Interim Head of the Government Ethics Office after sacking the former leader of the government’s watchdog agency.
Transport Secretary Shawn Duffy
The former Wisconsin legislator faced a crisis hours after work when the jet collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport. He publicly defended the Trump administration’s cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration and sided with Musk to order employees to respond to weekend emails.
Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem
Trump’s relationship with NOEM includes visiting the former South Dakota governor in 2020. Noem is another public face of the Trump administration, appearing in interviews and TV ads, urging undocumented immigrants to leave the county. Her role puts Norm in a critical position as Trump immigrant crackdowns, but CNN reports that administrative authorities are irritated at the pace of immigrant arrests so far. It’s there.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin
A former New York lawmaker this week faced questions about the EPA’s efforts to curb the $20 billion grant in Clean Energy grants. Trump and Zeldin have long been ally as Zeldin evolved from moderate politically to fierce Trump supporters.
Kelly Roefler, small business manager
After being confirmed last week, the former Georgia senator shows her agency an empty cubicle when he supported Trump’s call for government workers to return to in-person work. It attracted attention when he posted a media video.
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins
Rollins, the first-term Trump policy aide who became CEO of the American First Policy Institute, quickly faced challenges as the Trump administration tried to deal with the bird flu, causing egg prices to skyrocket.
Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The former NFL player, Texas State Senator and motivating speaker led Trump’s White House Opportunity and Regeneration Council to his first administration. He said in his confirmation that the agency had not addressed the homelessness and affordable housing shortages.
Elise Stefanik, candidate for UN ambassador
Trump has selected New York lawmakers and enthusiastic supporters to represent the United Nations, where his administration has already sparked controversy. However, it is not clear when her confirmation vote will be held as a narrow House majority of Republicans can’t afford it and the government’s funding bill must be passed.
Lori Chavez-Deremer, candidate for Secretary of Labor
The former Oregon Senator faced questions at her confirmation hearing last week about her support for a bill that sought to strengthen the rights to collective bargaining, that is, her support for a bill that sought to confront the Trump administration. But she is supported by the Teamsters union as some unions break through their long history of supporting the Democrats. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention last summer.
Jamieson Greer, candidate for US trade representative
The Senate on Monday voted to beat the filibuster by making the filibuster USTR for Greer’s nominations, setting a confirmation vote later this week. Greer will become the main US negotiator as Trump uses tariffs and trade as a negotiation tactic with China, Canada, Mexico and others.
Linda McMahon, candidate for Secretary of Education
McMahon, who was SBA administrator during Trump’s first term, told New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a written response to questions released by the office on Tuesday, she said. He said he “heart-heartedly” agreed to Trump’s call. education. Trump is calling for a full transition of funding and policy decisions to the state.
Hannah Rabinowitz, Jeff Zeleny, Betsy Kleiny and Alayna Treene of CNN contributed to this report.
