An unfortunate feature of Donald Trump's first presidency was that there were many people in his cabinet who opposed him. He publicly acknowledged this was a problem when he appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast on Oct. 26.
Trump has already made several Cabinet changes. These include highly influential positions that determine policies that affect the American people. It will also reveal whether President Trump has learned to avoid those who are more interested in maintaining the status quo than in bringing about the “Golden Age” of America that he has vowed to bring about.
The 47th president appointed Susie Wiles as chief of staff, Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations (assuming Senate confirmation), Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, and Tom Homan as “border czar.'' ”. ” The mainstream media has been having a stroke about the latter two for quite some time, which bodes well for the MAGA base.
Susie Wilds
Susie Wiles is the silent but deadly Trump campaign architect who has President Trump's ear. The chief of staff supports the administration's policy implementation and determines who has access to the president. This aspect of the job has raised concerns from MAGA hardliners like Steve Bannon, and Wiles' remarks about “keeping the clown cars out of the White House” may be code for keeping MAGA purists out. said in the war room.
Wiles was an active Republican for most of his career. The daughter of legendary NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall, she has championed environmental causes and generated support for increased government spending on community services. In 1980, she worked as a scheduler during Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. In 1988, she worked as deputy director of operations for then vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle's campaign. Mr. Wiles also worked for the late former New York Congressman Jack Kemp in the 1970s, and for Jacksonville Mayors John Delaney and John Payton. She led Sen. Rick Scott's successful 2010 Florida gubernatorial campaign. When Mitt Romney ran for president in 2012, she co-chaired his Florida Advisory Council. She also briefly ran former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman's 2012 presidential campaign.
Mr. Wiles joined the Trump campaign in Florida in 2016, a decision that caused many puzzled looks in political circles. Republican consultant Tim Miller told the Tampa Bay Times that Trump is so far removed from the ideology that Wiles should support that he doesn't understand how Wiles could work for him. spoke. But Wiles said the Republican Party had fallen into a “culture of opportunism” that he believed was deeply damaging to the country, and that Trump was the change the party needed.
After President Trump's victory in 2016, Mr. Wiles remained in Florida and led Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' successful gubernatorial campaign. However, she and DeSantis had a falling out, and she was subsequently brought back into Trump's orbit, just in time for Trump to defeat DeSantis in the primary and win the 2024 election.
Elise Stefanik
Representative Elise Stefanik, who was nominated by President Trump to be ambassador to the United Nations, has served as a member of Congress since 2015 and currently serves as chair of the House Republican Conference and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee. She graduated from Harvard University and worked in former President George W. Bush's White House on the Interior Council and in the Office of the Chief of Staff.
She has a dismal lifetime score of 48% on The New American's Freedom Index. Stefanik voted to ban the Federal Reserve from issuing central bank digital currencies, but also voted to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA Reauthorization. She voted in favor of many spending bills but opposed sending more money to Ukraine. She agreed to an amendment to the spending bill to defund OSHA, but would not do the same to defund the Department of Education. For more information on Stefanik's voting record, please visit her Freedom Index page here.
Stefanik is an ardent supporter of Israel. She received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) during the 2024 cycle. She was particularly aggressive during Congressional questioning of Ivy League presidents accused of spreading anti-Semitism on campus. And she accused the United Nations of anti-Semitism for criticizing Israel's bombing of Gaza.
Stefanik's criticism of the United Nations is tied to her support for Israel. She called for a “complete reassessment” of U.S. funding for the United Nations and pushed to block U.S. support for the organization. “American taxpayers have no interest in continuing to fund an organization that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have allowed to be anti-Semitic and corrupt,” he said in a statement on October 16. Ta. She has supported Israel's decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), but has said nothing that suggests she understands that the best solution is to withdraw the United States from the United Nations. Not yet.
stephen miller
Stephen Miller is credited with shaping President Trump's immigration policy during his first term in office and is one of the top prospects for the incoming administration. Mr. Miller is expected to play a key role in government staffing, particularly in areas that intersect with immigration policy. For the past two years, Miller has also been working on a detailed plan for mass deportation.
Before joining the Trump campaign in 2016, Miller worked with former Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.), former Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), and former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ariz.). He worked for many Congressional Republicans, including (Alabama).
After President Trump's first term ended, Miller launched the America First Legal Foundation, a litigation organization that challenges some of the Biden administration's policies and the overall illegal and high-handed conduct of public and private organizations. Ta. The AFL has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the Biden administration's “catch-and-release” border policy during the coronavirus pandemic. The AFL recently announced that, thanks to a lawsuit, it would reverse the discriminatory DEI hiring practices that United Airlines boasted it would implement. AFL also recently worked with 16 attorneys general to win a lawsuit to block the Biden administration's attempt to grant mass amnesty to illegal aliens. The group then successfully sued to force the Arizona Secretary of State to compile a list of illegal aliens who are registered to vote.
Mr. Miller is one of the MAGA figures most despised by the mainstream media. He is known for being unapologetic about his America First stance. Below is an exchange with MSNBC in which he called Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the number one child traffickers.
Tom Homan
Homan served as a senior immigration official during Trump's first term as president. He served as acting director of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2017 and has decades of experience in immigration enforcement. He was a police officer, Border Patrol agent, and former Immigration and Naturalization Service special agent.
Even before he was officially appointed to tackle immigration, Homan was a vocal advocate of the need for mass deportations. As long as we do that, we will prioritize public safety and national security threats first, he said. In September, Deputy Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Patrick Leschreiter said in a letter to Congressman Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas) that there are at least 435,000 criminal illegal aliens in the United States. He said these are the only ones that exist and that authorities are aware of. Homan is immediately given a job.
Despite the mainstream media's attempts to portray Joe Biden as a ruthless figure inspired by family separation, Homan's stubborn determination to take the necessary action to undo Joe Biden's immigration agenda It shows. He recently appeared on “60 Minutes'' and was pressed by the interviewer about the issue of family separation. When asked if there was a way to carry out mass deportations without separating families, Homan said: Families may also be deported. ”
The immigration battle is expected to intensify, and lawyers are already preparing for a serious fight. Becca Heller, founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project, told the New York Times, “We literally have the blueprint of what they're planning, so it's hard to find ways to protect people.'' It took months,” he said. Lee Geraint, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the organization has spent the past nine months working on Trump's campaign and is “ready to go to court as often as necessary.” said. As the incoming Trump administration makes good on one of its most important campaign promises, lawsuits are expected to come quickly and accumulate large amounts of money.