Trump's candidate picks include some firsts, but diversity down from Biden

Washington — 

Republican President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet see immoderate historical firsts, though women and radical of colour marque up little of the wide fig than they did erstwhile Democratic President Joe Biden archetypal took office.

Historic firsts

Florida governmental operative Susie Wiles, who ran Trump's 2024 campaign, is acceptable to beryllium the archetypal pistillate to clasp the high-profile presumption of White House main of staff.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Trump's prime for caput of state, would beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic of Hispanic root to clasp that relation if confirmed by his chap senators.

Hedge money enforcement Scott Bessent, nominee for Treasury secretary, could go the archetypal openly cheery Republican Cabinet subordinate confirmed by the Senate. The capitalist lives successful South Carolina with his hubby and 2 children.

Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, with roots successful some Samoan and Hawaiian cultures, would beryllium the archetypal manager of nationalist quality from the Pacific Islander community, according to Inclusive America, a nonprofit that tracks diverseness successful government.

Gender gap

Trump has chosen 8 women truthful acold for his Cabinet, doubling the fig from his first-term furniture selection. This is little than Biden's archetypal Cabinet, made up of 11 women, which past roseate to 13, a historical precocious for women serving concurrently, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

That compares with 8 women during Barack Obama's statesmanlike cabinet, 5 for George W. Bush and 9 for Bill Clinton, according to the center's data.

Race breakdown

Trump has truthful acold picked 4 radical of colour for his Cabinet, representing astir a 5th of it. That fig is successful enactment with his archetypal word but trails the astir 40% stock of minorities successful the afloat U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census.

The fig is besides good beneath Biden's Cabinet, which included 13 radical of color, arsenic good arsenic Obama's with 10, Bush's with six and Clinton's with eight, according to Inclusive America.

Generational breakdown

While Trump volition beryllium the oldest president to instrumentality bureau astatine property 78 -- astir 5 months older than Biden was astatine his Jan. 20, 2021 inauguration -- the president-elect has chosen millennial and Gen Z women for apical roles.

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, 40, the nominee for United Nations ambassador, volition beryllium the youngest idiosyncratic to clasp this presumption if confirmed by the Senate.

Karoline Leavitt, 27, is besides acceptable to beryllium the youngest White House property caput ever, taking the highly disposable occupation aft moving connected Trump's 2024 campaign.

Experience

At slightest 16 of Trump's furniture picks truthful acold person acquisition successful authorities oregon national government, but not each successful the nonstop tract oregon section that they could oversee.

Three of the picks travel from the industries that the secretaries volition regulate: Bessent, Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright.

Sexual misconduct claims

Two of Trump's furniture picks person been accused of intersexual misconduct.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's Health and Human Services caput nominee, was accused by his family's live-in babysitter of groping her successful 1999, erstwhile she was 23. Kennedy has said helium does not callback the incident. No charges were filed.

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was accused of sexually assaulting a pistillate astatine a league successful California successful 2017. No charges were filed, and Hegseth's lawyer has said the brushwood was consensual. Hegseth and the pistillate entered into a confidential monetary colony afterward to debar a lawsuit.

Linda McMahon, the nominee to tally the Department of Education, is simply a suspect successful a intersexual maltreatment suit that alleges that arsenic CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment successful the 1980s, she failed to halt a erstwhile ringside announcer from sexually grooming and abusing 5 boys who worked for him. McMahon has denied the allegations, and she herself is not accused of intersexual abuse.

Didn’t I spot you connected TV?

Many of the furniture selections person been TV regulars successful caller years advocating connected aerial for Trump's agenda. But for astatine slightest 4 high-level selections, tv has been their caller time job.

This includes Dr. Mehmet Oz, who utilized to person his ain aesculapian speech amusement and has present been tapped to pb the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Trump's picks besides see 3 caller Fox News employees: Hegseth, Transportation Secretary nominee Sean Duffy and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump's prime for U.S. Surgeon General.