Here are the most talked-about candidates for top posts in Trump’s administration
After winning the 2024 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump’s next big move is to fill his Cabinet with the right leaders that will reinforce his agenda over the next four years.
There are several candidates rumored for each post, but the following individuals are the most talked-about contenders for the top positions:
Secretary of State
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who was a leading contender on Trump’s short-list for vice president, has been floated for the Secretary of State role.
Rubio currently serves as vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence and senior member of the Committee on Foreign Relations – leading on various initiatives that seek to bolster national security.
The Florida senator didn’t rule out taking a position in the administration during a post-election interview.
“I always am interested in serving this country,” Rubio told CNN. “I haven’t had any set conversations with anybody in the Trump administration. Either way, I plan to work with them, whether it’s in the Senate, which is an important place to be, or in some other capacity.”
Sen. Bill Hagerty’s, R-Tenn., name is also being tossed as a potential pick for the Cabinet. Hagerty served as former ambassador to Japan under Trump and has pushed back on the foreign policies of the Biden-Harris administration.
Former Trump national security advisor Robert O’Brien is also in contention for the role, Fox News Digital was told. Since leaving the Trump administration, he went on to co-found the international policy advisory firm American Global Strategies.
Secretary of Defense
Combat-decorated Green Beret Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., could be tapped to lead America’s defense agency.
Waltz, who previously was CEO of defense contractor Metis Solutions and Pentagon defense policy director under Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, serves on the House China Task Force coordinating policy on China and working to reduce American reliance on Chinese minerals.
Walz serves as the chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and a member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could return to run the defense agency after serving during Trump’s first term.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Aubrie Spady and Elizabeth Elkind
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