Trump's 2024 Cabinet & Administration Picks
In alphebetical order of positions. We will continue to update as additional members are chosen.
Brooke Rollins
Agriculture Department
An American attorney who is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a group led by former Trump administration officials that spent months planning for a potential second term. She previously served as the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council under President Donald Trump. Prior to assuming that role, Rollins oversaw the White House Office of American Innovation. Rollins was president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based free-market think tank, from 2003 through 2018. During her tenure at TPPF, the think tank grew from having a staff of 3 to a staff of 100. Rollins previously served as deputy general counsel, ethics advisor, and policy director to Texas Governor Rick Perry. She is an advocate of criminal justice reform. She was a former Trump administration policy adviser.
Born: Apr 10, 1972
Will Scharf
Assistant to the President
An American attorney and political advisor. He is the designated White House Staff Secretary, set to assume office in January 2025 as part of the second Donald Trump administration. He previously was a candidate in the 2024 Missouri Attorney General election. He lives in St. Louis County, Missouri. Scharf attended Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, then Princeton University where he received a bachelor's degree in 2008. He later attended Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Federalist Society and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2011. Scharf worked for the confirmations of Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for the United States Supreme Court. He helped choose court nominees for President Donald Trump. In October 2023, he joined former President Trump's legal team, working on several of Trump's cases and made frequent television appearances. Scharf was co-endorsed by Trump in his attorney general race. After Trump won the 2024 presidential election, he appointed Scharf to his office as assistant to the president and White House Staff Secretary. Will is a highly skilled attorney who will be a crucial part of Trumps White House team.
Born: 1986 or 1987
Dr Dave Weldon
CDC Director
An American politician and physician and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida's 15th congressional district. Weldon has a medical practice at Health First Medical Group in Malabar, Florida. Dr. Weldon is a native of Long Island and earned a medical degree in New York before moving to Florida to practice. Starting in 1995, he served seven terms in Congress, representing the 15th District of Florida, before forgoing re-election and returning to his medical practice. As a member of Congress, Dr. Weldon introduced a “vaccine safety bill” that aimed to relocate most vaccine safety research from the C.D.C. which he said had an “inherent conflict of interest” to a separate agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to being a Medical Doctor for 40 years, and an Army Veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues,” Mr. Trump wrote in a statement released Friday night, saying that Dr. Weldon would “restore the CDC to its true purpose.
Born: Aug 31, 1953
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.
Born: 5-Jan-79
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.
Born: 20-Oct-65
Howard Lutnick
Commerce Secretary
Billionaire Lutnick is the chairman and chief executive of investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He hasbeen a vocal supporter of Trump and his transition team. Howard will lead the Commerce Department to implement Trump's trade agenda and push for a sweeping program of tariffs.
Born: 14-Jul-61
Steven Cheung
Communications Director
Steven Cheung joined Trump's team in 2016 as his campaign spokesman, and will soon take on a top communications role in the White House. Raised by Chinese immigrant parents in California, Cheung started out as an intern under then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has also been the spokesman for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Cheung became known for his fierce, and often offensive, attacks towards Trump's opponents. During his first administration, Trump had an unusually high turnover of communications directors; Steven has been one of Trumps trusted advisers since his first presidential campaign in 2016, and has continued to champion America First principles.
Jun 23, 1982
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.
Born: 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.
Born: 9-Aug-85
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Department of Government Efficiency co-head (DOGE)
An American politician and businesswoman who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, elected to Congress in 2020 and was reelected in 2022 and 2024. Greene is speaking truth in many areas the corrupt deep state govenrment has been hiding for decades. Greene became politically engaged during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. In 2017, she began writing truth based articles about government corruption, in 2018, she started writing for Law Enforcement Today, a pro-police news website, which featured 27 articles Greene authored. In 2017, Greene visited Washington, D.C. to protest against a gun control.
Born: May 27, 1974
Todd Blanche
Deputy Attorney General
An American lawyer and former prosecutor. Blanche is best known for representing former U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2024 criminal trial in New York. Blanche worked at Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, serving as a partner at the firm for nearly six years—and represented clients such as Rudy Guiliani associate Igor Fruman and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. After law school, Blanche was a prosecutor in New York's Southern District and co-chief of its violent crimes unit and the White Plains, New York division. He worked on cases related to bank and wire fraud, public corruption, and racketeering. From September 2017 to April 2023, Blanche was a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. He represented clients including Igor Fruman and Paul Manafort during the latter's 2016 fraud trial. Blanche left the firm and founded Blanche Law to represent former U.S. president Donald Trump. He is a defense attorney in the 2024 criminal trial of Donald Trump. Blanche is married. His wife is a medical doctor. The couple has two children.[5] Blanche has completed two Ironman triathlons.
Aug 6, 1974
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.
Born: 23-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.
Born: 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.
Born: 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.
Born: 11-Jun-05
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,
Born: 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.
Born: 12-Apr-81
Sergio Gor
Director of the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO)
Sergio Gor is a business partner of Trump's son, Donald Jr. He is the president and co-founder of the younger Trump's publishing company, Winning Team Publishing, which has published a book by the president-elect. Sergio Gor has been one of Trumps trusted advisers since his first presidential campaign in 2016, and has continued to champion America First principles. As Head of Personnel, Gor will oversee the vetting process for approximately 4,000 administration appointments, including over 1,000 that require Senate confirmation. Gor has been a loyalist to President-elect Donald Trump and has worked closely with him, including helping to run the publishing company that produces Trump’s books. He has also been involved in Republican politics, having worked on Capitol Hill during Trump’s first administration and running a pro-Trump super PAC, Right for America.
Birthyear: 1987
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary
An American politician, business executive, and retired professional wrestling performer. She served as the 25th administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019 during Trump's first administration. McMahon is the co-founder and former chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Born: 4-Oct-48
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.”
Born: 30-Jan-80
Dr Marty Makary
FDA Commissioner
A renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon, Dr. Makary has been a pioneer in the fields of Public Health, Cancer Care, and Surgery, and a tireless voice for vulnerable populations. He is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Award from the National Pancreas Foundation and numerous teaching awards. Dr. Makary currently leads the Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Policy Research Group at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Makary was initially an advocate for the COVID vaccine but changed his perspective as more data became available. Dr. Makary became a leading voice in the investigation into the origins of COVID-19. He repeatedly asserted that the virus’s lab-leak origins are “obvious” and accused officials of ignoring mounting evidence. During a congressional hearing, he criticized the U.S. government’s handling of pandemic information, claiming, “The greatest perpetrator of misinformation during the pandemic has been the United States government.” His willingness to challenge mainstream narratives has made him a favorite among conservatives who believe public health officials mishandled the pandemic and intentionally misled Americans. Trump is confident that Dr. Makary, having dedicated his career to High-Quality, Lower-Cost Care, will restore FDA to the Gold Standard of Scientific Research, and cut the bureaucratic red tape at the Agency to make sure Americans get the Medical Cures and Treatments they deserve.
Born: 1968
Scott Turner
HUD (Housing of Urban Development)
An American businessman, motivational speaker, politician, and former professional football player, who previously served as the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. Turner formerly served as a Texas state representative for the 33rd District, which includes part of Collin County and all of Rockwall County. Before entering politics, Turner was an American football cornerback who played in the NFL for nine seasons. CEOC Founder and CEO Scott Turner has always had a heart for helping people, as shown by his long history of serving others. He and his wife Robin created their family foundation in 2021 with the mission to help those living in impoverished communities by providing life-giving, sustainable resources and opportunities.
Born: Feb 26, 1972
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.
Born: 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
Born: 15-Mar-57
Dr Mehmet Oz
Medicare & Medicaid Services
The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey, Oz completed military training in the Turkish Army during the 1980s and is a Turkish-American cardiac surgeon, television host and Republican political candidate. Mehmet was chosen to run the powerful agency that oversees the healthcare of millions of Americans. Mehmet will need to be confirmed by the US Senate next year before he officially takes charge. Oz trained as a surgeon before hosting a TV programme of his own. There may be no physician more qualified and capable than Dr Oz to make America healthy again. Although Oz has been wrongly criticised by the all-corrupt pharma, media and deep state government- they are the very people Dr Oz and the entire cabinet are working to eliminate from controlling and taking advatage of "We the People"!
Born: 1960
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.
Born: 31-Jan-74
Matthew Whitaker
Nato Ambassador
An American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as acting US Attorney General from November 2018 to February 2019. He was appointed to that position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request. Whitaker had previously served as Chief of Staff for Jeff Sessions from October 2017 to November 2018. While attending the University of Iowa, Whitaker played tight end for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team, including in the 1991 Rose Bowl. In 2018, Trump nominated William Barr for Attorney General. The legality of Whitaker's appointment as acting U.S. Attorney General was challenged in multiple lawsuits, and questioned by legal scholars, commentators, and politicians. On February 15, 2019, after Barr was sworn in on the previous day, Whitaker became a senior counselor in the Office of the Associate Attorney General; he resigned from the Justice Department, Mar 2019. After leaving the Justice Department, Whitaker became a guest on news and analysis shows including as a CNN contributor, and was affiliated with the law firm of Graves Garrett. In August 2019, he became a managing director at Axiom Strategies and Clout Public Affairs. On Nov 20, 2024, Whitaker was nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to NATO by Donald Trump. Matt is a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended. Matt will strengthen relationships with our Nato Allies and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability. Matt will put AMERICA FIRST!
Oct 29, 1969
Russell Vought
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Was director of the Office of Management and Budget from July 2020 to January 2021; previously he was deputy director of the OMB for part of 2018, and acting director from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, Vought founded organization, Center for Renewing America, which focuses on combating critical race theory. He's involved with Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation-led plan to reshape the federal government. Vought was named policy director of the RNC platform committee in May 2024. Vought is a Christian, an executive director and budget director of the Republican Study Committee, the policy director for the Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives, and a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm.
Born: Mar 26, 1976
Emil Joseph Bove III
Principal Assoc Deputy Attorney General
Emil Joseph Bove III is an American attorney. He is a former assistant United States Attorney and member of Donald Trump's legal defense team. Bove is from Seneca Falls, New York. His father, Emil Bove Jr, is a retired assistant New York attorney general. After graduating from law school, Bove clerked for Richard Sullivan of the US District Court, New York in 2008 and 2009 and for Richard Wesley of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2010 and served as the co-chief of the national security and international narcotics unit. He led the unit's prosecutions of Nicolás Maduro, Cesar Sayoc, Tony Hernández, and Fabio Lobo. Bove left the office in 2022 he became a partner at Blanche Law, the firm established by Todd Blanche. Donald Trump added Bove to his defense team in September 2023. President Trump chose Bove to serve as principal associate deputy attorney general 2025.
Born: 1981
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.
Born: 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).
Born: 17-Jan-54
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Labor
An American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Chavez-DeRemer served as mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon, from 2011 to 2019. She is the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the House and one of the first two Hispanic women elected to the US Congress from Oregon. Chavez-DeRemer elected mayor in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She served as mayor until 2018. In June 2017, Chavez-DeRemer formed a political action committee to explore a gubernatorial bid in 2018. In March 2018, Chavez-DeRemer announced her intention to again run for House District 51. She was unopposed in the Republican primary. Chavez-DeRemer won the May 2022 Republican primary for Oregon's 5th congressional district. The district, which had been represented for seven terms by moderate Democrat Kurt Schrader, was significantly altered in redistricting after Oregon gained a House seat. Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the November 8 general election.
Apr 7, 1968
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.
Born: 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.
Born: 16-Aug-66
Sean Duffy
Secretary of Transportation
An American politician, prosecutor, and reality television personality, currently a co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business, as well as a contributor on Fox News. Sean's a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. After resigning from Congress he became a lobbyist.
Born: 3-Oct-71
Dr Sebastian Gorka
Senior Director Counter-Terrorism
A British-Hungarian-American media host and commentator, currently affiliated with Salem Radio Network and NewsMax TV, and a former United States government official. He served in the first Trump administration as a Deputy Assistant to the President for seven months, from January until August 2017. Gorka was born in the United Kingdom to Hungarian parents, lived in Hungary from 1992 to 2008, and in 2012 became a naturalized American citizen. Gorka has written several books and for a variety of publications. In November 2024, Gorka was named to become deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism in the second Trump administration.
Born: Oct 22, 1970
Dean John Sauer
Solicitor General
An American lawyer who served as Solicitor General of Missouri from 2017 to 2023 and represented Donald Trump in his successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sauer worked as a clerk for former US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Trump has selected Dean John Sauer to be US solicitor general to supervise and conduct government litigation in the US Supreme Court. Sauer worked as a litigation associate at Cooper & Kirk, then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He later reentered private practice. In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he intends to nominate Sauer to serve as the next Solicitor General of the United States.
Nov 13, 1974
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."
Born: 15-Mar-57
Scott Bessent
Treasury Secretary
An American hedge fund manager, and founder of Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm, and worked as a financier for George Soros. Bessent has been a major fundraiser and donor for Donald Trump. He was an economic advisor for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Bessent earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University in 1984. While in college, he was an editor for The Yale Daily News, president of Wolf's Head Society, and treasurer for the class of 1984. He was chairman of the 1984 Yale Alumni Fund and assistant to the director of athletics. In 2000, Bessent hosted a fundraiser for Al Gore at his East Hampton, New York, home. He has also donated to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In 2016, Bessent donated $1 million to Donald Trump's 2017 presidential inaugural committee. In Feb 2024, Bessent hosted a fundraiser in South Carolina, that raised nearly $7 million for Donald Trump's campaign. In April 2024, Bessent was a host for a Palm Beach, Florida, fundraiser that raised $50 million for the Trump campaign. In July, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Bessent was a key economic advisor to Trump, proposing a three-point economic plan for Trump modeled on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "Three Arrows" economic policy.[31] Bessent praised Trump's proposal to implement broad tariffs. If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent would be the first openly gay secretary of the Treasury as well as the second openly gay Cabinet Secretary after Pete Buttigieg.
Born: 1962
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.
Born: 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.
Born: 24-Aug-55
Pam Bondi
US Attorney General
An American attorney, lobbyist, politician, and member of the Republican Party; Pam served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, the first woman elected to the office. Bondi was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991, she was a prosecutor and spokeswoman in Hillsborough County, Florida, where she was an assistant state attorney. Bondi prosecuted former Major League Baseball player Dwight Gooden in 2006. In 2007, Bondi prosecuted the defendants in Martin Anderson's death. Bondi ran for Florida attorney general in the 2010 election, facing off against former state representative Holly Benson and lieutenant governor Jeff Kottkamp in the Republican primary. Bondi received support from former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. The Palm Beach Post credited her surge in support in the primary to her media-savviness, including regular appearances on Fox News and her public association with Sean Hannity. In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense attorneys and in 2024, she led the legal arm of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute. No doubt that Pam has all the experience and qualificaions to be an incredible US Attorney General!
Born: Nov 17, 1965
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.”
Born: 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.
Born: 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.
Born: 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.
Born: 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.
Born: 24-Aug-97
