President-elect Donald Trump does not have the traditional cadre of
Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet, but his
transition team has spent the past several months quietly building a
short list of industry titans and conservative activists who could
comprise one of the more eclectic and controversial presidential
cabinets in modern history. Trumpworld has started with a mandate to hire from the private sector whenever possible...
Interior secretary
Forrest Lucas, the 74-year-old co-founder of oil products company Lucas Oil, is seen as a top contender for Interior Secretary. Trump’s presidential transition team is also eyeing
venture capitalist Robert Grady, a George H. W. Bush White House
official with ties to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. And Trump’s son,
Donald Trump, Jr., is said to be interested in the job. Meanwhile, a person who spoke to the Trump campaign told POLITICO
that the aides have also discussed tapping Sarah Palin for Interior
Secretary. Trump has said he’d like to put Palin in his Cabinet, and Palin has made no secret of her interest. Other possible candidates include: former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer;
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin; Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis; and Oklahoma
oilman Harold Hamm.
Agriculture secretary
There are several names being considered by Trump aides for
Agriculture secretary, according to multiple sources familiar with the
transition. The president elect has a deep bench to pull from with
nearly 70 leaders on agricultural advisory committee. The most controversial name on the transition’s current short list is
Sid Miller, the current secretary of agriculture in Texas, who caused a
firestorm
just days ago after his campaign’s Twitter account referred to Clinton
as a ‘c---.‘ Miller said it was a staffer mistake and apologized. Other names include Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback; Nebraska Gov. Dave
Heineman; former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue; former Texas Gov. Rick Perry
as well as Charles Herbster, Republican donor and agribusiness leader;
and Mike McCloskey, a major dairy executive in Indiana, according to
Arabella Advisors, a firm that advises top foundations and is closely
tracking both transition efforts...
Environmental Protection Agency administrator
While Trump has called for eliminating the EPA, he has more recently
modified that positions, saying in September that he’ll “refocus the EPA
on its core mission of ensuring clean air, and clean, safe drinking
water for all Americans.” Myron Ebell, a climate skeptic who is running the EPA working group
on Trump’s transition team, is seen as a top candidate to lead the
agency. Ebell, an official at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has
come under fire from environmental groups for his stances on global
warming. Venture capitalist Robert Grady is also a contender. Other potential candidates: Joe Aiello is the director of the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of
Environmental Safety and Quality Assurance; Carol Comer, the
commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, who
was appointed by Mike Pence; and Leslie Rutledge, the attorney general
of Arkansas and a lead challenger of EPA regulations in the state.
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