Trump administration takes shape: President-elect completes top 15 Cabinet picks

President-elect Trump has rounded retired his picks for the apical 15 positions wrong his Cabinet, handpicking an array of constitution and unconventional officials for apical posts successful conscionable 3 weeks.

Trump has moved astatine a accelerated gait to signifier his upcoming administration, which stands successful opposition to his archetypal tally astatine the presidency successful 2016.

The president-elect's picks person divers ideologies agreed nether Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s pro-choice stance to Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer's pro-union stance and erstwhile George Soros advisor Scott Bessent, Trump's Cabinet reflects a caller epoch for Republican presidents.

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Independent statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. waves to the assemblage astatine a run rally for erstwhile President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, Aug. 23, 2024, successful Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

1. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – Secretary of Health and Human Services

Kennedy, a erstwhile Democrat, has been unfastened astir his pro-choice stance, overmuch to the chagrin of blimpish Republicans. 

The erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner shared a video connected societal media this summer, penning successful a post, "I enactment the emerging statement that termination should beryllium unrestricted up until a definite point." 

He suggested that this bounds should beryllium "when the babe is viable extracurricular the womb." Viability is understood to hap astir 24 weeks gestation. 

Kennedy volition apt beryllium asked successful his upcoming proceeding the grade of his pro-choice stance. Several Republicans are wary of Trump's prime for HHS, portion others expressed assurance helium would enactment successful enactment with the administration.

"I would afloat expect immoderate of Trump's nominees to beryllium pro-life, arsenic is President Trump," Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital. "It does request to beryllium addressed."

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"I judge what he's going to bash is bash the close thing," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said of Kennedy.

Trump's softening stance toward termination was a notable constituent during his campaign. Trump has said helium would permission termination to the states aft of Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Trump notably opposes a national termination ban but has remained opposed to late-term abortions. In July, the Republican Party abandoned its long-standing presumption of advocating for abortions. 

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., participates successful a House Transportation Committee proceeding June 27. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

2. Lori Chavez-DeRemer – Labor Secretary 

Chavez-DeRemer's information received beardown enactment from unions, which erstwhile stood astatine likelihood with Republican ideology.

The president-elect lauded her for moving "tirelessly with some Business and Labor to physique America’s workforce, and enactment the hardworking men and women of America." 

"I look guardant to moving with her to make tremendous accidental for American Workers, to grow Training and Apprenticeships, to turn wages and amended moving conditions, to bring backmost our Manufacturing jobs," Trump said successful an Friday announcement.

During her abbreviated stint arsenic a House Republican, Chavez-DeRemer championed labour rights. She co-sponsored the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which accrued penalties for employers who interruption labour instrumentality and makes it easier to unionize. She besides co-sponsored the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which would grow the powers of nationalist assemblage unions.

Her candidacy for the station was backed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, whose president thanked Trump for the pro-labor pick.

"North America’s strongest national is acceptable to enactment with you each measurement of the mode to grow bully national jobs and rebuild our nation’s mediate class," Teamsters President Sean O’Brien wrote connected X. "Let’s get to work!" 

Similarly, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler praised Chavez-DeRemer for having "built a pro-labor grounds successful Congress."

"But Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States — not Rep. Chavez-DeRemer — and it remains to beryllium seen what she volition beryllium permitted to bash arsenic caput of labour successful an medication with a dramatically anti-worker agenda," Shuler said.

Scott Bessent, laminitis and CEO of Key Square Group LP, astatine an interrogation during the Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee July 16.  (Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

3. Scott Bessent – Treasury Secretary

President-elect Trump nominated Bessent arsenic his apical economical authoritative to instrumentality "Trumponomics." 

Bessent made a sanction for himself astatine Soros Capital Management, wherever helium worked arsenic main concern serviceman from 2011 to 2015. Following his enactment with Soros, helium founded hedge money Key Square Capital Management and was a cardinal economical argumentation advisor and fundraiser for the Trump campaign.

He has been an advocator for economical policies similar little taxes, spending restraint and deregulation that person agelong made up the halfway of the Republican Party's level and has been supportive of Trump's usage of tariffs successful commercialized negotiations.

In a statement, Consumer Bankers Association President and CEO Lindsey Johnson congratulated Bessent connected the nomination.

"As an experienced and accomplished businessman, we applaud Mr. Bessent’s caller comments successful which helium has called for a surge successful tiny concern optimism, a astute deregulatory banking docket and enactment for Main Street," Johnson said.

"If confirmed, we look guardant to moving with Mr. Bessent to advocator for dependable fiscal regulatory argumentation that alteration banks to amended enactment consumers, tiny businesses and the system astatine large."

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

4. Marco Rubio – Secretary of State

As America's apical diplomat, Rubio was plucked from his Senate word successful Florida to service successful Trump's upcoming administration.

Rubio, a erstwhile professional of Trump, has supported beardown relations with overseas alliances, including NATO, advocating for a robust U.S. beingness successful the world. He has besides publically supported Israel's warfare against Hamas and spoken retired against continued assistance to Ukraine.

"It is my Great Honor to denote that Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, is hereby nominated to beryllium The United States Secretary of State. Marco is simply a Highly Respected Leader, and a precise almighty Voice for Freedom," Trump said successful a statement. "He volition beryllium a beardown Advocate for our Nation, a existent person to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who volition ne'er backmost down to our adversaries."

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In a statement, Rubio, 53, said helium was "honored" by the spot Trump "has placed successful me."

"As Secretary of State, I volition enactment each time to transportation retired his overseas argumentation agenda," Rubio wrote connected X. "Under the enactment of President Trump we volition present bid done spot and ever enactment the interests of Americans and America supra each else."

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5. Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defense

A combat seasoned and erstwhile Fox News host, Hegseth was picked arsenic the elder enforcement successful the Department of Defense, which oversees the U.S. subject and Pentagon. 

Hegseth, who served arsenic an Army infantryman successful Iraq and Afghanistan arsenic a subordinate of the Minnesota National Guard, has been a vocal professional of the Biden administration's nationalist information approach.

Hegseth has been nether accrued scrutiny aft erstwhile Rep. Matt Gaetz's determination to driblet retired pursuing intersexual misconduct allegations. Hegseth is besides facing intersexual misconduct allegations from a 2017 encounter. Scrutiny accrued precocious Wednesday nighttime aft constabulary successful Monterey, California, released a study astir the allegations.

"The substance was afloat investigated, and I was wholly cleared," Hegseth told reporters connected Capitol Hill Thursday. Through his attorney, helium has besides acknowledged the intersexual brushwood but has said it was consensual.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi addresses the Republican National Convention successful 2020.   (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

6. Pam Bondi – Attorney General

Following Gaetz's removal from information for the nation's apical cop, Trump chose Bondi arsenic his lawyer wide pick.

Bondi, a erstwhile Florida lawyer general, was named by Trump hours aft Gaetz withdrew. Bondi is simply a longtime Trump protagonist who served connected his ineligible squad during his impeachment trial.

"For excessively long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against maine and different Republicans – Not anymore," Trump wrote successful his announcement. "Pam volition refocus the DOJ to its intended intent of warring Crime, and Making America Safe Again.

"I person known Pam for galore years – She is astute and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who volition bash a terrific occupation arsenic Attorney General!"

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7. Doug Burgum – Secretary of the Interior

North Dakota Gov. Burgum, a staunch advocator of expanded fossil substance production, was picked arsenic Trump's caput of the interior. Trump besides named him to the recently created "energy czar" position.

Burgum has been an state of Trump since helium suspended his ain statesmanlike campaign. Burgum made vigor and earthy resources a cardinal portion of his run for the GOP nomination.

The president-elect said successful a connection the recently formed National Energy Council "will oversee the way to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE by cutting reddish tape, enhancing backstage assemblage investments crossed each sectors of the Economy, and by focusing connected INNOVATION implicit longstanding, but wholly unnecessary, regulation."

Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of AFPI, during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit successful 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

8. Brooke Rollins – Agriculture Secretary 

Rollins, who grew up connected a workplace successful Glen Rose, Texas, was a astonishment prime for the position. Others, including erstwhile Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., were floated arsenic apical contenders.

Rollins served arsenic manager of the Office of American Innovation and acting manager of the Domestic Policy Council during the archetypal Trump administration. Since her clip successful the Trump White House, Rollins co-founded the pro-Trump America First Policy Institute deliberation tank.

"A arrogant Graduate of Texas A&M University, Brooke earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree successful Agriculture Development, and J.D., with Honors," the announcement said. "From her upbringing successful the tiny and Agriculture-centered municipality of Glen Rose, Texas, to her years of enactment engagement with Future Farmers of America and 4H, to her generational Family Farming background, to guiding her 4 kids successful their amusement cattle careers, Brooke has a practitioner’s experience, on with heavy Policy credentials successful some Nonprofit and Government enactment astatine the State and National levels."

Howard Lutnick, president and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chair of the Trump 2024 Transition Team, speaks during a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York Oct. 17. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

9. Howard Lutnick – Commerce Secretary 

Lutnick, 63, has served arsenic the co-chair of Trump's modulation squad and was a cardinal fundraiser for Trump's 2020 and 2024 campaigns.

"I americium thrilled to denote that Howard Lutnick, Chairman & CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, volition articulation my Administration arsenic the United States Secretary of Commerce," Trump said successful a statement. "He volition pb our Tariff and Trade agenda, with further nonstop work for the Office of the United States Trade Representative."

The Commerce Department plays a cardinal relation successful regulating planetary commercialized with the U.S. arsenic good arsenic promoting economical maturation domestically.

There are respective notable bureaus wrong the Commerce Department, including the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Industry and Security, which enactment connected issues related to nationalist information and delicate technologies by enforcing export controls and promoting the wellness of the U.S. defence concern base.

Scott Turner astatine the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda acme successful Washington, D.C., successful 2022.  (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

10. Scott Turner – Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Turner, 52, Trump's prime to pb the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is simply a erstwhile NFL player. 

He served successful Trump’s archetypal medication arsenic enforcement manager of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.

"Scott is an NFL Veteran, who, during my First Term, served arsenic the First Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), helping to pb an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s astir distressed communities," Trump said successful a connection Friday.

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11. Sean Duffy – Secretary of Transportation

Duffy is simply a erstwhile Wisconsin congressman and erstwhile Fox News contributor and FOX Business co-host.

"Sean has been a tremendous and well-liked nationalist servant, starting his vocation arsenic a District Attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and aboriginal elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District," Trump said successful his announcement Monday. 

"Sean volition usage his acquisition and the relationships helium has built implicit galore years successful Congress to support and rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and fulfill our Mission of ushering successful The Golden Age of Travel, focusing connected Safety, Efficiency, and Innovation. Importantly, helium volition greatly elevate the Travel Experience for each Americans!"

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Shortly aft the announcement, a spokesperson for Fox News Media released the pursuing statement: "Sean Duffy provided invaluable insights and investigation successful co-hosting the FOX Business Network programme ‘The Bottom Line.’ As Duffy departs FOX News Media effectual today, we privation him the champion of luck successful his instrumentality to Washington. Moving forward, ‘The Bottom Line’ volition proceed with Dagen McDowell joined by rotating co-hosts."

Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. CEO Chris Wright, center, connected the level of the New York Stock Exchange. (Reuters)

12. Chris Wright – Secretary of Energy

Wright, the CEO and laminitis of Liberty Energy, volition pb the Department of Energy.

"I americium thrilled to denote that Chris Wright volition beryllium joining my Administration arsenic some United States Secretary of Energy, and Member of the recently formed Council of National Energy," Trump said successful a statement. 

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According to Liberty Energy's website, Wright graduated from MIT with a grade successful mechanical engineering. He besides completed postgraduate enactment successful electrical engineering astatine the University of California, Berkeley and MIT.

"[Wright] is simply a self-described tech nerd turned entrepreneur and a dedicated humanitarian connected a ngo to amended quality lives by expanding entree to abundant, affordable, and reliable energy," the company's website says.

The cardinal Cabinet presumption announcement comes aft Trump made vigor independency and bolstering lipid and state accumulation a cornerstone of his campaign.

President Trump shakes hands with Linda McMahon, the outgoing head of the Small Business Administration, March 29, 2019. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

13. Linda McMahon – Secretary of Education

McMahon serves arsenic co-chair of Trump’s modulation squad and is simply a large GOP donor and a retired World Wrestling Entertainment executive.

Clips of McMahon's assemblage slams person resurfaced crossed societal media successful the days since the announcement of her appointment. 

McMahon served connected the Connecticut Board of Education for a twelvemonth starting successful 2009. She told lawmakers astatine the clip she had a lifelong involvement successful acquisition and erstwhile planned to go a teacher. She attempted 2 runs astatine the Senate arsenic a Connecticut Republican, losing the 2010 contention to Richard Blumenthal and the 2012 contention to Chris Murphy. 

McMahon past provided $6 cardinal to assistance Trump’s candidacy aft helium secured the Republican statesmanlike information successful 2016. She served arsenic head of the Small Business Administration during Trump's archetypal word from 2017 to 2019.

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., speaks during a run lawsuit successful Buford, Ga., successful 2020.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

14. Douglas Collins – Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Former Rep. Collins, R-Ga., is an Air Force Reserve chaplain.

Collins, 58, past ran for bureau successful 2020 erstwhile helium vied for a Georgia Senate spot and served 2 years arsenic a Navy chaplain earlier joining the Air Force arsenic a chaplain aft the Sept. 11, 2001, violent attacks.

Trump praised Collins successful the assignment announcement, saying helium would beryllium a "great advocator for active-duty work members, veterans and subject families to guarantee they person the enactment they need."

"We indispensable instrumentality attraction of our brave men and women successful uniform," Trump said. "Thank you, Doug, for your willingness to service our state successful this important role."

Former President Trump listens arsenic South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Buckeye Values PAC Rally successful Vandalia, Ohio, March 16. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

15. Kristi Noem – Homeland Secretary 

Noem, who has served arsenic South Dakota's politician since 2019, has been a staunch Trump state passim his campaigns.

The Department of Homeland Security oversees U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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If selected, Noem would enactment with Tom Homan, who was announced arsenic Trump's "border czar," and Stephen Miller, who was announced arsenic the White House lawman of unit for policy.