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Trump picks South Dakota gov. Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary

Reuters | | Posted by Aditi Srivastava
Nov 12, 2024 12:04 PM IST

President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing two sources.

Trump picks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, CNN reports
Trump picks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, CNN reports

Who’s who in Trump’s new administration

Inputs from Bloomberg: President-elect Donald Trump has started to choose the people who he wants to implement his “America first” policies on the border, trade, economy and more.

Several of them are likely to be very tough on China, namely Beijing-sanctioned Senator Marco Rubio who’s expected to be secretary of state, and Congressman Mike Waltz as national security advisor.

Many of them are now serving in the House of Representatives, which threatens to cut into what’s likely a razor-thin majority in the early days of Trump’s new administration.

Here’s a look at some of the people Trump is picking or set to pick:

Marco Rubio, secretary of state

Rubio is a one-time rival of the president-elect who later became one of his biggest supporters in the Senate. He’s also a longtime critic of China, who’s technically barred from entering the country because of those sanctions. Rubio has defended Trump’s position to bring a swift end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling for talks that could result in Kyiv giving up occupied territory.

Mike Waltz, national security advisor

Waltz is a former Army Green Beret and combat veteran of Afghanistan. As chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness panel, he criticized the Pentagon over everything from teaching Critical Race Theory at military institutions to an overpriced bag of metal bushings for the Air Force. Waltz has written that he views China as a “greater threat” to the US than any other nation.

Elise Stefanik, UN ambassador

Trump has described Stefanik as “an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter.” Stefanik was among the House Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump and was the first House member to endorse him in this third White House bid.

Tom Homan, border czar

The man Trump put “in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin” was the public face of the “zero tolerance” immigration policies during the Republican’s first term. That episode broke with the practice of keeping families together during detentions and deportations, resulting in thousands of undocumented migrant children getting separated from family members and drawing widespread backlash.

Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff

The Republican political operative brought stability, order and financial discipline to a campaign whose 2016 and 2020 iterations were far more volatile. She’s set to become the first woman tapped to become chief of staff and will likely help set strategy for Trump’s first 100 days in office.

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