PEROT JR. MCMAHON
JOHNSON
RUTLEDGE
SHANNON
DONALDS
FLEITZ
FITCH WHITAKER DÍAZ JR.
CARSON
GREEN
NUNES
KELLOGG
PALLADINO O’SCANNLAIN
LABOR: Kate O’Scannlain, solicitor at the Labor Department under Secretary Eugene Scalia, is well known for fighting antibusiness abuses by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Ben Carson served as Trump’s housing and urban development secretary, but his background as a pioneering neurosurgeon would make him an ideal choice for health secretary.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Florida Rep. Byron Donalds was one of 11 members of the state’s congressional delegation to endorse Trump over “hometown” Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential primary. T.W. Shannon, first-ever Black
speaker of the Oklahoma House, originally wanted this job when Car- son told Newsmax he would retire in 2020 regardless of the election out- come. Shannon is a vigorous Trump supporter.
TRANSPORTATION: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson made headlines earlier this year by switching from Democrat to Republican and is a strong Trump backer. Sources close to the mayor say he wants to be the transportation secretary.
BURGUM
FEINBERG KNUDSEN
EDUCATION: Trump has said several times he wants to abolish the department but, if elected, would almost surely fill the portfolio on a stopgap basis. Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. is close to both Trump and DeSantis and shares their passion for charter schools and vouchers.
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Fred Fleitz, of the America First Policy Institute, was National Security Council chief of staff and a former CIA analyst. Billionaire investor Steve Feinberg
earned praise as chairman of President Trump’s intelligence advisory board.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Gen. Keith Kellogg, national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.
HOMELAND SECURITY: Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee chairs the Homeland Security Committee and led the fight to impeach current Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to stop the wave of illegal immigration across the southern border. Also in the running: Lt. Gov. Les-
lie Rutledge of Arkansas (pushed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, Mike Huckabee) or the Magno- lia State’s Fitch.
JACKSON
PATEL
VETERANS AFFAIRS: Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former U.S. Navy rear admiral and White House physician, withdrew his nomination to run the department in 2018, but remains a Trump favorite. Thomas Palladino, executive
director of the Texas Veterans Com- mission, is well liked by former Gov. Rick Perry and current Gov. Greg Abbott.
ENERGY: When North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped out the presidential race in January and threw his support to Trump, it became a foregone conclusion that the entrepreneur — who made a multimillion-dollar fortune in the energy business — would be Trump’s energy secretary.
CIA: Former California Rep. Devin Nunes chaired the House Intelligence Committee and established a reputation as a dogged defender of Trump. He currently heads the former president’s media and technology group.
FBI: Kash Patel, a former federal prosecutor who worked on national security cases. He played a key role working for Nunes in fighting false claims about Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 election victory.
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