Trump brings Musk and TV presenter into government as defense minister

The future team of the US President-elect Donald Trump takes shape. On Tuesday, Trump announced that tech billionaire Elon Musk with a specially created authority Cut government spending should. Newer Minister of Defense will be the one Fox-News-Moderator Pete Hegseth. Besides, Trump does that Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noemto Secretary of Homeland Security – and thus one of the leading figures in the deportation operations he planned in the country.

Elon Musk

Musk was one of Trump’s most active supporters during the election campaign and donated around 120 million dollars (approx. 113 million euros). He expressed interest in reducing government spending months ago – and Trump responded. Together with the former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy he takes over the leadership of one authority created specifically for this purpose which is not part of the government but is supposed to work with the White House.

Trump acknowledged both in a written statement “wonderful” Americans which were intended to help cut bureaucracy, eliminate unnecessary regulations, cut “wasteful spending” and restructure federal agencies. Musk said in the statement that this would happen “Shock waves through the system” from you

The 53-year-old entrepreneur runs, among other things, Electric car manufacturer Tesla and the space company SpaceX. This has the potential for conflicts of interest: Tesla sales also depend on government funding and for SpaceX, government contracts are a billion-dollar business. Investigations by the traffic safety authority NHTSA are also ongoing against Tesla due to accidents involving the “Autopilot” driving assistance system.

Musk also always complains about it too many regulatory requirements for both Tesla and SpaceX. He also runs – and is the owner of – the brain chip developer Neuralink and the tunnel company Boring Company Online platform Xformerly Twitter. There he also campaigned for Trump every day.

The entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy In turn, he ran unsuccessfully as a Republican presidential candidate in the primary election campaign and made headlines primarily with shrill tones and provocative statements.

Hegseth & Noem

New defense minister in times of war the Fernsehmann Hegseth become. Trump said he spent “his entire life fighting for the troops and for the country.” Hegseth is “tough, smart” and a true person Supporter of the “America First” policy. With him at the helm, “America’s enemies have been warned.” Hegseth is currently moderating the right-wing conservative broadcaster’s “Fox & Friends Weekend” show Fox News. During the election campaign, Trump liked to tune in to the morning show to promote his issues.

For the top of the Department of Homeland Security has Trump with Mention also selected an eager supporter. She was “very committed to border security” and was the first governor to send National Guard soldiers to “help Texas with the Combating the Biden Border Crisis to help,” said Trump. Noem will work closely with the “border czar” Tom Homan work together.

Trump hat Mass deportations of illegal migrants made it a priority of his term of office. The Department of Homeland Security is responsible, among other things, for immigration and border protection.

Noem had at times been considered Trump’s possible vice presidential candidate in recent months. But according to media reports, the idea was scrapped after an episode from her memoirs made negative headlines. The 52-year-old had written that she was her 14-month-old female dog Cricket shot dead by hand because she couldn’t be trained to be a hunting dog. Noem later argued that her actions showed that she was not afraid to make tough decisions.

John Ratcliffe

The Former US intelligence coordinator John Ratcliffe should in the future Head of the CIA foreign intelligence agency become. Trump made the announcement on Tuesday, describing him as a “fearless fighter.” Ratcliffe is currently co-chair of a pro-Trump conservative Think Tanks and was repeatedly criticized during his time as intelligence coordinator. The Democrats accused him of changing his position misused for political purposes to have.

Ratcliffe will be “a fearless fighter “To be for the constitutional rights of all Americans while ensuring the highest level of national security and peace through strength,” Trump said. His nomination to be director of the US foreign intelligence agency still needs to be confirmed by the Senate. William Burns currently heads the CIA and serves in this role among other things, involved in negotiations for a ceasefire in the Middle East.