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President Donald Trump is announcing Cabinet members at a faster pace than past presidents as he prepares to begin his second term in January.
Trump has already announced about 20 Cabinet members and White House roles in the past two weeks, far outpacing his first term, President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama.
“He certainly knows the ropes and I guess in some ways, he kind of knows the dopes. He knows who he likes and knows who he doesn’t. He knows what he wants to accomplish,” Republican consultant Matt Mowers told Fox News.
“It shows that they recognize that with only four guaranteed years, they have to make an impact starting on day one. So it’s one of the reasons why they’ve chosen candidates at the speed he has and really started to announce policy at the speed he has – because they know they only have four years to really fundamentally guarantee a change of direction of the country based on what he campaigned on,” he added.
Trump’s full list of picks as of Monday include:
- White House chief of staff: Susie Wiles
- Secretary of state: Marco Rubio
- Attorney general: Matt Gaetz
- Deputy attorney general: Todd Blanche
- HHS secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- U.N. ambassador: Elise Stefanik
- “Border czar”: Tom Homan
- Defense secretary: Pete Hegseth
- Secretary of veterans affairs: Doug Collins
- National security adviser: Michael Waltz
- Interior secretary: Doug Burgum
- Secretary of energy: Chris Wright
- Secretary of transportation: Sean Duffy
- White House counsel: William McGinley
- Solicitor general: Dean John Sauer
- Secretary of homeland security: Kristi Noem
- CIA director: John Ratcliffe
- Director of national intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard
- EPA administrator: Lee Zeldin
- FCC chairman: Brendan Carr
- U.S. ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee
- U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York: Jay Clayton
- Department of Government Efficiency: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
- Deputy chief of staff: Dan Scavino
- Deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser: Stephen Miller
- Deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs: James Blair
- Deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel: Taylor Budowich
- Presidential Personnel Office head: Sergio Gor
- White House communications director: Steven Cheung
- White House press secretary: Karoline Leavitt
The following roles remain open:
- Commerce secretary
- Agriculture secretary
- Department of Labor secretary
- Housing and Urban Development secretary
- Department of Transportation secretary
- Department of Energy secretary
- Department of Education secretary
- United States Trade representative
- Chair of the Council of Economic Affairs
- Small Business Administration administrator
- Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
