Trump's Cabinet & Administration Picks So Far
In alphebetical order of positions. We will continue to update as additional members are chosen.
| Agriculture |
| John Ratcliffe CIA Director John, former Texas congressman who served as director of national intelligence during his first administration. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during the final year and a half of Trump’s first term, leading the U.S. government’s spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. Birthdate: 20-Oct-65 |
| Brendan Carr Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) American lawyer who has served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since 2017. Appointed to the position by Donald Trump, Carr previously served as the agency's general counsel and as an aide to FCC commissioner Ajit Pai. In private practice, Carr formerly worked as a telecommunications attorney at Wiley Rein. Birthdate: 5-Jan-79 |
| Commerce |
| Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency co-head (DOGE) A South Africa born, entrepreneur Musk is the wealthiest individual in the world with an estimated net worth $ $320 Billion. Musk received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California and with his brother Kimbal co-founded the online city guide software company Zip2. The startup was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999. That same year, Musk co-founded X.com, a direct bank. X.com merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal. In 2002, Musk acquired US citizenship, and that October eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion. Using $100 million of the money he made from the sale of PayPal, Musk founded SpaceX, a spaceflight services company, in 2002. In 2004, Musk was an early investor in electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (later Tesla, Inc.), providing most of the initial financing and assuming the position of the company's chairman. He later became the product architect and, in 2008, the CEO. In 2006, Musk helped create SolarCity, a solar energy company that was acquired by Tesla in 2016 and became Tesla Energy. In 2013, he proposed a hyperloop high-speed vactrain transportation system. In 2015, he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit artificial intelligence research company. The following year Musk co-founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company developing brain–computer interfaces, and The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company. In 2018 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Musk, alleging that he had falsely announced that he had secured funding for a private takeover of Tesla. To settle the case Musk stepped down as the chairman of Tesla and paid a $20 million fine. In 2022, he acquired Twitter for $44 billion, merged the company into the newly-created X Corp. and rebranded the service as X the following year. In March 2023, Musk founded xAI, an artificial-intelligence company. Birthdate: 28-Jun-71 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy Department of Government Efficiency co-head (DOGE) An American entrepreneur. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati to Indian immigrant parents. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in biology and later earned a degree from Yale Law School. Ramaswamy worked as an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding Roivant Sciences. He also co-founded an investment firm, Strive Asset Management. Ramaswamy sees the United States in the middle of a national identity crisis precipitated by what he calls "new secular religions like COVID-ism, climate-ism, and gender ideology". He is also a critic of environmental, social, and corporate governance initiatives. In January 2024, Forbes estimated Ramaswamy's net worth at more than $960 million; his wealth comes from biotech and financial businesses. Birthdate: 9-Aug-85 |
| Dan Scavino Deputy Chief of Staff An American political adviser who served in the Trump administration as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications from 2020 to 2021, and Director of Social Media from 2017 to 2021. Scavino previously was the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the director of social media for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign. Scavino was the longest-serving aide in the Trump Administration. He remained as Director of Social Media until the end of Trump's term as president. Birthdate: 15-Jan-76 |
| Taylor Budowich Deputy Chief of Staff Communications & Personnel A veteran Trump campaign aide who launched and directed Make America Great Again, Inc., a super PAC that supported Trump’s 2024 campaign. He will be deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel and assistant to the president. Budowich also had served as a spokesman for Trump after his presidency. 3-Nov-89 |
| James Blair Deputy Chief of Staff Legislative, Political Public Affairs Blair was political director for Trump’s 2024 campaign and for the Republican National Committee. Blair was key to Trump’s economic messaging during his winning White House comeback this year, a driving force behind the candidate’s “Trump can fix it” slogan and his query to audiences this fall. 11-Jun-05 |
| Stephen Miller Deputy Chief of Staff of PolicyStephen Miller Senior adviser during Trump’s 1st administration, an immigration hardliner, vocal spokesperson during the presidential campaign for Trump’s priority of mass deportations. Miller has been a central figure in some of Trump’s policy decisions. Miller has served as the president of America First Legal, an organization made up of former Trump advisers aimed at challenging the Biden admin, media companies, universities and others over issues such as free speech and national security. 23-Aug-85 |
| Kristi Noem DHS Secretary Noem is South Dakota's first female governor of South Dakota, an American politician who has served since 2019. Kristi was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019, and South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011. As governor, Noem rose to national prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic over her refusal to issue a statewide mandate to wear face masks. Noem is a farmer and a rancher living in rural area and published her first autobiography, 30-Nov-71 |
| Tulsi Gabbard Director of National Intelligence Former Hawaii Rep was a Democratic House member endorsed Trump in August and campaigned often with him this fall. Gabbard, served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait. Tulsi is a fearless spirit defined by her illustrious carreer. 12-Apr-81 |
| Education |
| Chris Wright Energy Secretary Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services firm based in Denver. Wright said, "There is no climate crisis, and we're not in the midst of an energy transition, either," Wright, has written extensively on the need for more fossil fuel production to lift people out of poverty. In 2019, Wright drank fracking fluid on camera to demonstrate it was not dangerous. Most drilling decisions are driven by private companies not owned by the federal government. Wright will likely be involved in permitting of electricity transmission and the expansion of nuclear power, an expensive and complicated energy source to permit. Power demand in the US is surging for the first time in two decades amid artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and cryptocurrencies. Birthdate unknown |
| Lee Zeldin EPA Administrator Former R-N.Y Rep is a longtime supporter of Trump, wrote on X, “We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry, bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI while protecting access to clean air and water” Zeldin “will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions to be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air & water on the planet.” 30-Jan-80 |
| Housing & Urban Development |
| Kelly Loeffler Inaugural Committee co-chair Former Republican Senator of GA, was appointed to the Senate in 2019 by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) due to a resignation from former Sen. Johnny Isakson. While in office, she was a Trump supporter and supported a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election results and spoke out against the Jan 6, 2021, Capitol arrests. 27-Nov-70 |
| Steven Witkoff Inaugural Committee co-chair Real estate investor and Trumps golf partner who was golfing with Trump during 2nd assassination attempt. Witkoff is highly respected business and philanthropy with an unrelenting voice for PEACE. Witkoff was born to a Jewish family in the Bronx and raised in Baldwin Harbor, New York and Old Westbury, New York, the son of Martin and Lois Witkoff. His father was a manufacturer of ladies' coats in New York City. He earned a J.D. from Hofstra University. After school he worked for the real estate law firm Dreyer & Traub, where one of his clients was Donald Trump 15-Mar-57 |
| Labour |
| Mike Waltz Naional Security Adviser R-FL U.S. Army officer and American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. Mike's a strong champion of America 1st Foreign Policy agenda in pursuit of Peace. He served multiple tours in Afghanistan and also worked in the Pentagon as a policy adviser when Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates were defense chiefs. He is hawkish on China, and called for a U.S. boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to its involvement in the origin of COVID-19 and its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population. 31-Jan-74 |
| Doug Burgum Secretary Department of the Interior American businessman and politician serving since 2016 as the 33rd governor of North Dakota.[2][3] He is among the richest politicians in the United States and has an estimated net worth of at least $1.1 billion. Burgum was born and raised in Arthur, North Dakota. After graduating from North Dakota State University in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in university studies and earning an MBA from Stanford University two years later. 1-Aug-56 |
Robert F Kennedy Jr
Secretary of HHS
An American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-poison and health food activist, chairman & founder of Children's Health Defense. The son of the U.S. attorney general & senator Robert F. Kennedy, and nephew of the U.S. president John F. Kennedy and senator Ted Kennedy. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in New York City. In the mid-1980s, joined two nonprofits focused on environmental protection NRDC at both organizations, Kennedy won legal battles against large corporate polluters. He became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law in 1986. In 1987, Kennedy founded Pace's Environmental Litigation Clinic, and held the positions of supervising attorney and co-director there until 2017. He founded the nonprofit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance in 1999, serving as the president of its board until 2020. Since 2005, Kennedy has promoted public-health, proving the link between vaccines and autism and other life threatening diseases. Kennedy advocates for medical freedom and concerns about government overreach in public health matters. He has writter two well writen and eye-opening books: The Real Anthony Fauci (2021) and A Letter to Liberals (2022).
17-Jan-54
Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
Rubio has represented Florida in the United States Senate since 2011, where he has one guiding objective: bring the American Dream back into the reach of those who feel it slipping away. Marco is the son of two hardworking immigrants from Cuba. Born in Miami, Rubio was drawn to public service in large part because of his grandfather, who saw his homeland destroyed by communism. Marco is in his third term as Senator; Rubio remains committed to serving the people of Florida and ensuring America remains a strong and resilient for generations to come.
28-May-71
Doug Collins
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
American lawyer and retired Republican politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Doug previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007, representing the 27th district, which includes portions of Hall County, Lumpkin County, and White County. Collins also serves as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve with the rank of colonel.
16-Aug-66
Steven Witkoff
Special Envoy to the Middle East
Real estate investor and Trumps golf partner, Witkoff is highly respected business and philanthropy with an unrelenting voice for PEACE. As a pro-Israel donor and fundraiser for Trump’s presidential campaign, Trump said in a statement that Witkoff is a "tireless voice for peace." Witkoff has provided “six-figure and seven-figure donations” for the Trump campaign from Jewish donors following Biden’s announcement he’d be pausing weapons shipments to Israel. In July, Witkoff attended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech address to Congress, telling Fox News that it “was strong and it was epic to be in that room; it felt spiritual."
15-Mar-57
| Transportation |
| Treasury |
| Elise Stefanik UN Ambassador Republican Representative of New York, one of Trump’s staunchest defenders elected to the House in 2014, selected by her GOP colleagues as House Republican Conference chair in 2021, when former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from the post after publicly criticized Trump for claiming he won the 2020 election. Stefanik has served in that role ever since. Stefanik’s questioning university presidents over antisemitism on their campuses helped lead to two of those presidents resigning. She will represent American interests at the U.N. 2-Jul-84 |
| Mike Huckabee US Ambassador to IsraelMike Huckabee An American political commentator, former politician who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was the host of talk show Huckabee, which ran on the Fox News Channel from 2008 to 2015, and on TBN since October 2017. He hosted a daily radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show, for Cumulus Media Networks. He has written several books and was a political commentator on The Huckabee Report. Huckabee won the 2008 Iowa Republican caucuses, finished second in delegate count, third in both popular vote and number of states won. Huckabee ran again for Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election but withdrew early. He is a Baptist minister, and staunch defender of Israel; the people of Israel love him. Mike is popular among Christian conservatives. He's the father of current governor of Arkansas. 24-Aug-55 |
Matt Gaetz
US Attorney General
Matt Gaetz was a member of the 118th Congress, served his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, a Florida republican congressman who in 2023 successfully pushed to oust Kevin McCarthy from his post as speaker of the House, Matt is a fierce ally of Mr. Trump. He was the subject of a federal sex trafficking investigation that concluded in 2023 when the Biden Justice Department declined to bring charges, and he is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct.
7-May-82
Tom Homan
US Border Czar
An American former police officer, immigration official, and political commentator who served during the Obama administration. Homan, served under Trumps 1st administration leading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Toms top priority is to carry out the largest deportation operation in the nation’s history. He states this massive job will be humane. He's been a long term supporter of Trump’s policy proposals, and willing to “run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”
28-Nov-61
Susie Wiles
US Chief of Staff
Wiles history of supporting politicians began in 1979 as an assistant for Representative Jack Kemp. In 1980, she joined Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. In the 1990s, Wiles served as a chief of staff to John Delaney, who served as mayor of Jacksonville. Wiles also worked for U.S. Representative Tillie Fowler. From 2004 to 2009, she advised the mayor of Jacksonville, John Peyton. In the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, Wiles helped elect businessman Rick Scott. In 2011, as campaign manager for Jon Huntsman Jr.'s presidential campaign. She and former Jacksonville Jaguars player Tony Boselli launched a consulting firm. Wiles ran Tallahassee, Florida-based lobbying firm Ballard Partners for close to a decade, but left in 2019 due to a health issue. In 2016 Wiles ran Trumps presidential election campaign in Florida. Wiles was reportedly deputized by Trump to help Republican Ron DeSantis' campaign for Governor. In March 2021, Wiles was chosen as CEO of Trump's Save America PAC. In August 2022, she was described as effectively Trump's "chief of staff" in the run-up to the 2022 midterm election and his 2024 presidential campaign announcement.
14-May-57
Pete Hegseth
US Defense Secretary
American television presenter, author, and Army National Guard officer. Pete was a political commentator for Fox News since 2014 and weekend co-host of Fox & Friends from 2017 to 2024. Pete a military vet with 20 tours, executive director of Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. Active in conservative politics since his undergraduate days at Princeton University. Hegseth was an infantry officer in the Minnesota National Guard. In 2004, his unit was called to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, under the operational control of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, where he served as an infantry platoon leader and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. After returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad, Samarra, Iraq, where he served first as an infantry platoon leader and later as civil-military operations officer. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in Iraq, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal. Hegseth returned to active duty in 2012 as captain. He deployed to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard and acted as a senior instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of major and left active duty to be assigned to the Army Individual Ready Reserve. In 2019, Hegseth rejoined the National Guard after five years in the Individual Ready Reserve. In 2020, Hegseth volunteered as one of the up-to-25,000 National Guard troops authorized by the Pentagon to be put on active duty, but was one of 12 soldiers removed from that mission due to his Jerusalem cross tattoo Christian symbol, his National Guard superiors determined his tattoos were connected to extremism. As a result of the woke ideology, in Jan 2024, Hegseth officially separated from the National Guard's Individual Ready Reserve.
6-Jun-80
| Bill McGinley White House Counsel Served as a cabinet secretary during Mr. Trump’s first term. Following law school, McGinley served as Deputy General Counsel to the RNC and was counsel to the Standing Committee on Rules of the RNC. He also served as general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. McGinley worked for the law firm Patton Boggs where he became a partner and co-chair of the Election Law Practice Group. Afterwards, he became a partner at Jones Day where he represented federal office holders, candidates, and national organizations on campaign finance, ethics, and other political law matters. McGinley was counsel to the Convention Rules Committee of the 2012 Republican National Convention. McGinley worked a campaign advisor during Donald Trump presidential campaign in April 2016 and on potential challenges to the credentials of 2016 Republican National Convention delegates. He served as a cabinet secretary during President Donald Trump's first term, resigned in July 2019, he subsequently joined The Vogel Group. 3-Aug-59 |
| Karoline Leavitt White House Press Secretary American political aide, previously served as an assistant press secretary and presidential writer during the first Donald Trump administration as well as a spokesperson for MAGA Inc, a pro-Trump Super PAC. In 2022, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 1st district, becoming the second member of Generation Z to win a congressional primary. She lost the general election to incumbent Chris Pappas. 24-Aug-97 |
