Who is in Trump's cabinet?

With Donald Trump's inauguration a time away, the president-elect's medication is getting acceptable to play its portion successful his 2nd stint successful the White House.

During the campaign, Mr Trump avoided straight confirming immoderate appointments but often dropped hints astir who helium would similar successful his apical team.

Most of those chosen by the president-elect indispensable beryllium questioned by members of the Senate earlier it votes connected their appointment. Even with the Republicans successful control, immoderate picks are arguable and could beryllium blocked.

Who is in?

Susie Wiles

Susie Wiles is simply a seasoned Republican run manager - having helped Ronald Reagan and Ron DeSantis get elected arsenic good arsenic Donald Trump successful 2016 and 2024. She was the archetypal subordinate of his squad to beryllium announced - and becomes the archetypal pistillate chief-of-staff successful American history.

The 67-year-old, who lives successful Florida, has a governmental vocation that spans decades but has mostly kept retired of the limelight and seldom fixed interviews.

She is the girl of precocious American footballer Pat Summerall and 1 of her archetypal jobs successful authorities was arsenic an adjunct to 1 of his erstwhile New York Giants teammates erstwhile helium became a Republican representative.

Outside politics, she has worked successful the backstage assemblage arsenic a lobbyist, for some Ballard Partners, whose clients see Amazon, Google, and the MLB (Major League Baseball), and past Mercury, which works with Elon Musk's SpaceX and the embassy of Qatar.

This clip around, Mr Trump credited her with his "best-run" statesmanlike campaign, describing her arsenic "incredible" astatine a Milwaukee rally earlier this year, and an "ice maiden" successful his triumph speech.

Elon Musk

Tech billionaire Elon Musk became 1 of Mr Trump's staunchest supporters successful the months starring up to the predetermination and spent astatine slightest $119m (£92m) canvassing for him successful the 7 battleground states.

Awarding his loyalty, Mr Trump announced the Tesla and X proprietor arsenic co-leader of the caller Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside erstwhile Republican statesmanlike campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy.

In a statement, the president-elect said Mr Musk and Mr Ramaswamy "will pave the mode for my medication to dismantle authorities bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, chopped wasteful expenditures, and restructure national agencies".

Despite its name, the DOGE is not a authorities bureau and is alternatively acceptable to supply "advice and guidance" from the extracurricular of government.

The connection released by Mr Trump said it volition spouse with the bureau of absorption and fund to "drive large-scale structural reform, and make an entrepreneurial attack to authorities ne'er seen before".

The section has been fixed a deadline of 4 July 2026 to reason its work.

Vivek Ramaswamy

The erstwhile Republican statesmanlike campaigner volition articulation Mr Musk successful starring DOGE.

Mr Ramaswamy, the laminitis of a pharmaceutical company, suspended his run successful January to enactment Mr Trump.

In his 2021 bestseller publication Woke, Inc, Mr Ramaswamy criticised the decisions of immoderate large companies to basal concern strategy astir societal justness and clime alteration concerns.

Dave Weldon

The president-elect has picked erstwhile Florida congressman and doc Dave Weldon arsenic his prime to pb the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC responds to infectious illness outbreaks, including recommending regular vaccines utilized successful childhood. While successful Congress, helium pushed a mendacious mentation that immoderate vaccines are linked to a emergence successful autism.

Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi has been named arsenic Mr Trump's information for lawyer general, the country's apical ineligible official.

A erstwhile lawyer wide of Florida, Ms Bondi was besides 1 of Mr Trump's lawyers during his archetypal impeachment trial.

She was among a radical of Republicans who turned up successful a amusement of enactment for Mr Trump astatine his hush wealth transgression trial successful New York past May.

She has been a seat astatine the America First Policy Institute, which is simply a thinktank acceptable up by Mr Trump's erstwhile staff.

Pete Hegseth

Former Fox News commentator and National Guard seasoned Pete Hegseth has been picked arsenic Mr Trump's defence secretary.

In a statement, the president-elect described the 44-year-old arsenic "tough, astute and a existent believer successful America First".

If confirmed by the Senate, Mr Hegseth could marque bully connected Mr Trump's run promises to escaped the US subject of
generals who helium accuses of pursuing progressive policies connected diverseness successful the ranks that conservatives person rallied against.

He was accused of lacking the competence for the job, during a much-disrupted Senate confirmation proceeding earlier this week.

He is simply a arguable prime due to the fact that of past statements and actions, including allegations of intersexual assault, excessive drinking and derisive views astir women successful subject combat roles and minorities.

Republican Senator Roger Wicker, president of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that "Mr Hegseth has admitted to falling abbreviated arsenic we each bash from clip to time", but had nary uncertainty helium "will excel successful a accomplishment successful which galore of his predecessors person fallen short".

In contrast, Jack Reed, the apical Democrat connected the committee, told Mr Hegseth: "I bash not judge that you are qualified to conscionable the overwhelming demands of this job."

Mr Hegseth said successful response: "The superior complaint [Donald Trump] gave maine was to bring the warrior civilization backmost to the section of defence.

"He, similar me, wants a Pentagon laser-focused connected lethality, meritocracy, warfare, fighting, accountability and readiness to halt bombing that nighttime successful our homeland."

Doug Bergum

North Dakota politician Doug Bergum has been chosen by Mr Trump to beryllium caput of the interior department.

The affluent bundle executive, 68, won the governorship successful 2016. He besides ran for president from June to December 2023 earlier endorsing Mr Trump successful January of past year.

Howard Lutnick

Howard Lutnick is the caput of brokerage and concern slope Cantor Fitzgerald and is simply a cryptocurrency enthusiast.

The 63-year-old has been nominated arsenic commerce secretary, which would enactment him successful complaint of an bureau that is progressive successful backing caller machine spot factories, imposing commercialized restrictions, releasing economical information and monitoring the weather. It is besides a presumption successful which connections to main executives and the wider concern assemblage are crucial.

Mr Lutnick is besides a co-chair of Mr Trump's modulation squad and has go portion of the president-elect's interior circle.

He is simply a large protagonist of Mr Trump's arguable tariffs plan.

Janette Nesheiwat

The adjacent surgeon wide - the country's apical wellness pedagogue - of the US volition beryllium Janette Nesheiwat, if Mr Trump's prime is approved.

Ms Nesheiwat is simply a GP who served arsenic aesculapian manager for CityMD, a web of urgent attraction centres successful New York and New Jersey.

She is besides a contributor connected Fox News.

Robert F Kennedy Jr

Mr Trump has confirmed vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr arsenic his prime for wellness secretary - meaning helium volition oversee a immense section that includes the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Medicare.

The president-elect wrote connected X that RFK Jr volition "restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to extremity the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again".

RFK Jr abandoned his autarkic statesmanlike run to backmost Mr Trump successful August.

It was a determination that saw RFK Jr condemned by galore members of his family, but arsenic with Mr Musk, his nationalist enactment has been rewarded.

Mr Kennedy - the lad of person Robert F Kennedy and the nephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy - made a sanction for himself arsenic a vaccine sceptic during the COVID-19 pandemic and has often repeated debunked claims, including linking vaccines to autism successful children.

He has claimed Mr Trump volition propulsion to region fluoride from drinking h2o connected his archetypal time successful office. The summation of the compound has been cited arsenic helping to amended dental health.

But RFK Jr's arguable views could spot him conflict to onshore capable votes to person his relation confirmed, adjacent successful a Republican-controlled Senate.

Dr Mehmet Oz

Mr Trump named Dr Mehmet Oz arsenic his head for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

"Dr Oz volition beryllium a person successful incentivising illness prevention, truthful we get the champion results successful the satellite for each dollar we walk connected healthcare successful our large country," the president-elect said successful a statement.

Dr Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate successful Pennsylvania arsenic a Republican successful 2022 and is an outspoken protagonist of Mr Trump.

Best known arsenic a broadcaster, The Dr Oz Show aired its last occurrence connected 14 January, 2022, aft implicit a decennary connected the air.

Dr Oz's promotion of alternate medicine, religion healing and assorted paranormal beliefs some connected and disconnected the amusement has earned him disapproval from a fig of aesculapian publications and physicians.

Marco Rubio

Donald Trump has named Marco Rubio as his caput of state pick.

Mr Rubio, a Florida senator, unsuccessfully ran against Mr Trump to beryllium the Republican statesmanlike campaigner successful 2016.

In the past, the 53-year-old has advocated for muscular overseas argumentation with respect to the US's geopolitical rivals, including China, Iran and Cuba.

However, implicit the past respective years helium has softened immoderate of his stances to align much intimately with Mr Trump's views.

He was a contender to beryllium his 2024 moving mate earlier JD Vance landed the role.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Mr Trump has chosen Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to service arsenic labour caput to physique the workforce and enactment Americans.

Ms Chavez-DeRemer, who was elected to Congress successful 2022, mislaid her spot to Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier successful November.

She has antecedently supported the enlargement of labour rights and has the enactment of large unions.

Scott Turner

National Football League seasoned Scott Turner is Mr Trump's prime to service arsenic lodging and municipality improvement secretary.

He besides ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Mr Trump's archetypal word successful office.

He is besides a erstwhile authorities typical successful Texas.

Sebastian Gorka

Mr Trump has chosen Sebastian Gorka to beryllium lawman adjunct to the president and elder manager for counterterrorism, adding helium has much than 30 years of acquisition successful nationalist security.

He was pushed retired of the archetypal Trump medication months aft the president-elect took bureau successful 2017.

Linda McMahon

Billionaire nonrecreational wrestling mogul Linda McMahon has been nominated to beryllium caput of the acquisition department, tasked with overseeing an bureau Mr Trump has promised to dismantle.

Ms McMahon, a large Trump donor, led the Small Business Administration during the president-elect's archetypal word from 2017 to 2019 and doubly ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate arsenic a Republican successful Connecticut.

She served connected the Connecticut Board of Education for a twelvemonth starting successful 2009 and has spent years connected the committee of trustees for Sacred Heart University successful Connecticut.

She's seen arsenic a comparative chartless successful acquisition circles, though she has expressed enactment for charter schools and schoolhouse choice.

Elise Stefanik

Mr Trump has offered fierce state Elise Stefanik the occupation arsenic US ambassador to the UN.

The Republican, who represents New York successful the House, has built up a nationalist illustration arsenic an unwavering state of the president-elect, shedding her aboriginal estimation arsenic a mean - having worked connected Mitt Romney's 2012 run - to go the highest-ranking pistillate successful the House Republican leadership.

Sky News' US spouse web NBC News antecedently reported she was being considered arsenic Mr Trump's prime for vice president.

Mr Trump reportedly described her arsenic a "killer" but she has small acquisition successful overseas argumentation and nationalist security.

Tom Homan

Mr Trump announced Tom Homan volition instrumentality to authorities to beryllium successful complaint of US borders and the deportation of amerciable immigrants.

The president-elect said connected Truth Social "there is cipher amended astatine policing and controlling our Borders" than his caller "border czar".

Mr Homan served arsenic erstwhile acting manager of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Mr Trump's archetypal term, and was an aboriginal backer of the president's "zero tolerance" argumentation - which NBC News reported led to astatine slightest 5,500 families being separated astatine the confederate borderline successful 2018.

Earlier this year, helium told a blimpish league helium would "run the biggest deportation unit this state has ever seen".

Mr Homan was besides a contributor to Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership book.

Mike Waltz

Trump loyalist Mike Waltz is the president-elect's nationalist information advisor - a almighty relation that does not necessitate confirmation from the Senate.

The 50-year-old, who served successful the National Guard, volition beryllium liable for briefing Mr Trump connected cardinal nationalist information issues and coordinating with antithetic agencies.

Having praised Mr Trump's overseas argumentation views, Mr Waltz is simply a starring professional of China, and has spoken retired astir the country's enactment successful the Asia-Pacific, claiming the US needs to beryllium acceptable for a imaginable struggle successful the region.

He is presently a congressman for Florida.

Alex Wong

Former State Department authoritative Alex Wong is Mr Trump's prime for lawman nationalist information adviser.

Mr Wong served arsenic lawman peculiar typical for North Korea during the archetypal Trump medication and "helped negotiate" the acme with Kim Jong Un, Mr Trump said.

Kristi Noem

South Dakota politician Kristi Noem has been picked to service arsenic the adjacent homeland information secretary.

Once seen arsenic a imaginable moving mate for the president-elect, Ms Noem is presently serving her 2nd four-year word arsenic South Dakota's governor, having risen to prominence aft refusing to enforce a state-wide disguise bid during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As caput of homeland security, she volition beryllium liable for everything from borderline extortion and migration to catastrophe effect and the US Secret Service.

In a statement, Mr Trump said: "Kristi has been precise beardown connected borderline security. She was the archetypal politician to nonstop National Guard soldiers to assistance Texas combat the Biden borderline crisis, and they were sent a full of 8 times."

He said Ms Noem would enactment intimately with his "border czar", Mr Homan.

Stephen Miller

Mr Trump has named Stephen Miller, an migration hardliner, to beryllium his lawman main of unit for argumentation and homeland information adviser.

Mr Miller was a vocal spokesperson during the statesmanlike run for Mr Trump's precedence of wide deportations.

The 39-year-old antecedently served arsenic a elder advisor during Mr Trump's archetypal administration.

Mr Miller has been a cardinal fig successful immoderate of Mr Trump's argumentation decisions, notably his determination to abstracted thousands of migrant families.

John Ratcliffe

Former manager of nationalist quality John Ratcliffe has been picked by Mr Trump to service arsenic manager of the
Central Intelligence Agency.

A erstwhile Texas congressman and prosecutor, Mr Ratcliffe is seen arsenic a Trump loyalist who is apt to triumph Senate confirmation.

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard, a erstwhile Democratic subordinate of Congress for Hawaii and statesmanlike candidate, has been chosen to service arsenic manager of nationalist intelligence.

"As a erstwhile Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has wide enactment successful some Parties - She is present a arrogant Republican!" Mr Trump said successful a connection announcing her pick.

"I cognize Tulsi volition bring the fearless tone that has defined her illustrious vocation to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace done Strength. Tulsi volition marque america each proud!"

She has been accused of amplifying Russian propaganda and would travel to the occupation having ne'er worked successful the quality satellite oregon served connected a legislature quality committee.

Two years agone it was claimed she echoed Russian propaganda by posting a video saying determination were bio labs crossed Ukraine funded by the US.

Scott Bessent

Scott Bessent, a apical fundraiser to the Trump campaign, is the president-elect's prime for treasury secretary.

He volition beryllium tasked with implementing immoderate taxation cuts a Republican-controlled Congress whitethorn pursue.

Mr Bessent has advocated for taxation betterment and deregulation to spur much slope lending and vigor production, arsenic helium argued successful a caller sentiment portion for The Wall Street Journal.

Karoline Leavitt

The main spokesperson for the president-elect's modulation team, Karoline Leavitt, has been appointed arsenic his White House property secretary.

At 27, she volition beryllium the youngest idiosyncratic to ever clasp the title.

Ms Leavitt antecedently served arsenic an adjunct property caput during the second portion of Mr Trump's archetypal term.

"I person the utmost assurance she volition excel astatine the podium, and assistance present our connection to the American People arsenic we, Make America Great Again," Mr Trump said successful a statement.

The occupation of the White House property caput is to beforehand the president's activities without betraying the assurance of the boss.

Mr Trump had 4 property secretaries during his archetypal word successful office: Sarah Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, Kayleigh McEnany and Sean Spicer, who resigned aft falsely claiming that Mr Trump's inauguration attracted the largest assemblage ever.

Chris Wright

The lipid and state manufacture enforcement has been appointed arsenic vigor secretary, and is expected to beryllium progressive successful the country's enlargement of atomic power.

Mr Wright is besides a staunch defender of fossil substance and is the laminitis and main enforcement of Liberty Energy, an lipid tract services steadfast based successful Denver.

He is expected to enactment the president-elect's program to maximise the accumulation of lipid and gas.

Mr Wright has said successful the past "there is nary clime crisis" and, successful 2019, drank fracking fluid connected camera to show it was not dangerous.

He has nary acquisition successful authorities but has made regular appearances connected Fox News.

Sean Duffy

The erstwhile world TV star, and ex-Wisconsin representative, Sean Duffy has been selected to instrumentality up the relation of proscription secretary.

Mr Duffy is simply a erstwhile lumberjack jock and featured connected respective MTV shows from the precocious 1990s earlier serving arsenic territory lawyer of Ashland County, Wisconsin, successful 2002. He was elected to the House of Representatives arsenic portion of a beverage enactment question successful 2010 and served connected 2 committees successful Congress.

He near bureau 9 years aboriginal to walk much clip with his family, saying astatine the clip helium needed clip to attraction for his 9 children, 1 of whom has a bosom condition.

In 2023 helium became co-host of a amusement connected Fox Business, called the Bottom Line. He is besides joined to Fox News host, Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Confirming his nomination, Mr Trump said Mr Duffy would "maintain and rebuild our Nation's Infrastructure" and "greatly elevate the Travel Experience for each Americans!"

Charles Kushner

Donald Trump is acceptable to sanction Charles Kushner arsenic the US ambassador to France.

The president-elect made the announcement successful a Truth Social post, calling Mr Kushner "a tremendous concern leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker".

The existent property developer is the begetter of Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Mr Kushner is the laminitis of Kushner Companies, a existent property firm. Jared Kushner is simply a erstwhile elder Trump advisor who is joined to Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka.

Mr Trump pardoned Mr Kushner astatine the extremity of his past presidency. He had been sentenced to 2 years successful situation successful 2005 aft admitting to taxation evasion and making amerciable run donations.

Massad Boulos

Mr Trump has besides hired his different daughter's father-in-law arsenic a elder advisor connected Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Massad Boulos is simply a Lebanese-American businessman, and the begetter of Tiffany Trump's hubby Michael Boulos.

During the campaign, Mr Boulos engaged with the ample Arab American assemblage successful Michigan, which was angered by President Joe Biden's backing of Israel's subject enactment successful Gaza and Lebanon.

Mr Trump won the authorities by astir 80,000 votes.

Mike Huckabee

The 69-year-old Baptist curate is Mr Trump's prime for ambassador to Israel.

The erstwhile politician of Arkansas has consistently rejected the thought of a Palestinian authorities successful territories seized by Israel and has claimed "there truly isn't specified a thing" arsenic Palestinians.

Mr Huckabee ran to beryllium the Republican statesmanlike nominee successful 2008 and 2016, and was antecedently a Fox News host. He is besides the begetter of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mr Trump's erstwhile property secretary.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

The 55-year-old erstwhile Fox News big is Trump's prime to beryllium the US ambassador to Greece.

She is believed to beryllium engaged to Mr Trump's eldest lad Don Jr, though determination has been tabloid speculation successful the US that their narration has ended.

"Her extended acquisition and enactment successful law, media, and authorities on with her crisp intellect marque her supremely qualified to correspond the United States," Mr. Trump wrote successful a station connected Truth Social.

There person been reports that, successful a 2015 Fox News broadcast, she called Greeks "freeloaders" who needed to beryllium punished similar an untrained favored aft they challenged a 3rd bailout woody from the country's creditors during its fiscal crisis.