With the election decided, the big next steps for the incoming Trump Administration was to be pick a Cabinet, and the choices came quickly after the election. The first major office that he filled was Jeff Sessions, the now former Senator from Alabama. It’s important to remember that all cabinet nominees have to go through a Senate confirmation, which most of them set for mid-December, while the last Senate is in session. It is widely expected that many of his nominees, such as Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former Presidential candidate Ben Carson, will have a fairly easy confirmation process, but the controversial former CEO of the oil company Exxonmobil, and Rex Tillerson, will have a far tougher process due to his lack of diplomatic experience.
Many critics have praised the President-Elect for choosing former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations, given that she did not originally support his run for President. Many have been more mixed on the choices of Conservative activist Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, and former Goldman Sachs CEO Steven Mnuchin for Secretary of Treasury. Either way, this will certainly be an interesting transition.
Many critics have praised the President-Elect for choosing former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations, given that she did not originally support his run for President. Many have been more mixed on the choices of Conservative activist Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, and former Goldman Sachs CEO Steven Mnuchin for Secretary of Treasury. Either way, this will certainly be an interesting transition.