Category: Secretary

Trump Names Former Adviser Brooke Rollins As His Pick For Agriculture Secretary

Brooke Rollins, AFPI President & CEO, watches as former US President Donald Trump makes his way off stage after speaking at the America First Policy Institute Agenda Summit in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Brooke Rollins, AFPI President & CEO, watches as former US President Donald Trump makes his way off stage after speaking at the America First Policy Institute Agenda Summit in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Abril Elfi
3:47 PM – Saturday, November 23, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brooke Rollins, a former White House domestic policy adviser, to serves as his agriculture secretary in his new administration.

On Saturday, Trump released a statement praising Rollins’ “commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns.”

“A proud Graduate of Texas A&M University, Brooke earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Agriculture Development, and J.D., with Honors,” the announcement said. “From her upbringing in the small and Agriculture-centered town of Glen Rose, Texas, to her years of leadership involvement with Future Farmers of America and 4H, to her generational Family Farming background, to guiding her four kids in their show cattle careers, Brooke has a practitioner’s experience, along with deep Policy credentials in both Nonprofit and Government leadership at the State and National levels.”

Rollins held the roles of director of the Office of American Innovation and acting director of the Domestic Policy Council during the Trump administration.

Following her term in the White House, she co-founded the America First Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to advancing policies aligned with the administration’s agenda.

Rollins released a statement following the announcement, thanking Trump for the opportunity.

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Trump To Appoint Transition Team Co-Chair Howard Lutnick As Commerce Secretary

Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Co-Chair of the Trump 2024 Transition Team speaks at a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Co-Chair of the Trump 2024 Transition Team speaks at a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
10:28 AM – Tuesday, November 19, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly name Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, to the role of commerce secretary, according to multiple sources.

Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, was previously rumored to be a contender for the position of treasury secretary under the incoming Trump administration. Nevertheless, the position ended up going to hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.

As the new commerce secretary, Lutnick will play an important role in enacting Trump’s planned tariffs on imported goods. The rivalry for the treasury secretary position saw different groups of Trump allies pushing for their preferred candidate.

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk came out in support of Lutnick over the past weekend, stating that he “will enact change,” while Bessent would be a “business-as-usual” choice.

“Lutnick, when he was out on the campaign trail with the 45th president, often touted his resilience in business and spoke about the tragedy of losing more than 650 employees — including his younger brother, Gary — in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks,” Musk stated.

Lutnick has been at Cantor Fitzgerald since the 1980s, after he graduated from Haverford College with an economics degree. Lutnick was also working at Cantor Fitzgerald in New York’s World Trade Center towers during the tragic 9/11 terrorist attacks. Hundreds of Cantor Fitzgerald employees, including Lutnick’s brother, were killed on that day.

After the historic attacks, Lutnick became an outspoken supporter of the business community as New York was rebuilding from the tragedy.

Lutnick’s pick was first reported by Punchbowl News.

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Trump Names Attorney Will Scharf As Assistant To The President, White House Staff Secretary

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: Will Scharf, Attorney for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on September 06, 2024 in New York City. Trump held a press conference hours after attending a federal appeals court attempting to get a new trial after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll. A nine-member jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages following a two-week trial last year and another jury awarded her $83.3 million in damages after finding Trump defamed her again in 2022. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Will Scharf, Attorney for Republican presidential nominee, President-elect Donald Trump, speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on September 06, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Abril Elfi
3:56 PM – Saturday, November 16, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that William Owen Scharf, a member of his legal team, will take on the role of White House Staff Secretary in the forthcoming administration.

On Saturday, Trump released a statement announcing that Scharf will serve as Assistant to the President and White House Staff Secretary.

“I am pleased to announce that William Owen Scharf will serve as Assistant to the President and White House Staff Secretary,” Trump’s statement read. “Will is a highly skilled attorney who will be a crucial part of my White House team.”

“Scharf has played a key role in defeating the Election Interference and Lawfare waged against me, including by winning the Historic Immunity Decision in the Supreme Court,” he said. “Will is going to make us proud as we Make America Great Again.”

Scharf, a Princeton University graduate with a law degree from Harvard University, clerked for two federal appeals court judges and served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in St. Louis.

In addition to his prosecutorial experience, Scharf worked for Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (R-Mo.) and was employed by CRC Advisors, a conservative public relations firm.

Scharf recently ran for Missouri Attorney General but lost in the Republican primary to Andrew Bailey (R-Mo.), who went on to defeat Elad Gross (D-Mo.) in the general election earlier this month.

President-elect Trump announced Scharf’s appointment shortly before naming Chris Wright as his pick for Secretary of Energy.

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Kristi Noem speech at RNC: Donald Trump pick for Homeland Security Secretary on conservative vision

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has been named as President-elect Donald Trump’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem delivered a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention in July 15, 2024. She gave her perspective on national policies under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden.