Who could be part of a possible Trump Administration?

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Donald Trump has made no secret of who his enemies are, ranging from those “inside” the United States to the foreign governments and institutions he supports. has expressed his contempt.

The former president is much more complimentary of his allies. Although it has not been officially confirmed who will occupy each position in a possible Trump Administration, speculation and rumors They have surrounded several figures for the main positions of the new Cabinet. Let’s meet some of them.

Mike Pompeo

Last month, Trump said he was considering four or five options for defense secretary in an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. One of them is former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who headed the CIA before being the main foreign affairs advisor from the previous Trump Administration.

Pompeo presented his own presidential candidacy in 2024but has since come out in support of Trump, most recently publicly endorsing him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday.

In the previous Trump Administration, Pompeo promoted strong support for Israel. He is also a supporter of Ukraine, co-authoring a proposed “peace plan” for the country published in the Wall Street Journal in July, which proposed “real sanctions on Russia” and the handover of crucial weapons.

Richard Grenell

Grenell, former acting director of National Intelligence, once holed up in Nevada to push accusations of electoral fraud in the state after the 2020 elections, according to the ‘New York Times’.

The former US ambassador to Germany has also become an influential foreign policy advisor in Trump’s entourage, who continues to meet with foreign leaders in support of the former president.

Earlier this year, he traveled to Guatemala, supporting right-wing efforts to block the inauguration of the president-elect liberal Bernardo Arévalo based on electoral fraud.

Trump has apparently called the politician “my envoy” and he has been proposed as the next secretary of state if he wins.

Mike Waltz

Waltz is another of the names that Trump says he is considering for Secretary of Defense, although he has also been pointed out by the US media as candidate for secretary of state.

The retired National Guard Special Forces colonel has frequently appeared on television supporting Trump. Waltz has said that is open to the positionbut that focuses on helping Trump win in the first place.

He has defended Trump on key issues, including his stance on Ukraine, on which he has said the US should defend your own border instead of providing more military aid to the war-torn country.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Kennedy seems to believe that he has possibilities to play a role in a possible Trump Administration, and rightly so. At a rally this week, Trump said of his former presidential rival that he would let him “do whatever he wants” with women’s health if he wins the White House.

Despite this, senior Trump campaign officials They have ruled out Kennedy getting a position in the Health Department of the Administration. However, the news has not yet reached Trump himself, who has said that Kennedy will have a “big role in the Administration.”

At his Madison Square Garden rally, Trump said that Kennedy could “do crazy things” with food and medicine if he won. The anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist has claimed that he is in communication with Trump and could play an influential role in a new government.

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Howard Lutnick

Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg in June that he was considering JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for Treasury secretary, but later turned back.

The American media has also pointed out the billionaire financial executive as a possible candidate, among others, for Secretary of the Treasury. has helped promote support for Trump on Wall Street and has appeared publicly to boost his campaign, raising more than $75 million (€68 million) for Trump in total.

Lutnick currently plays a leading role on Trump’s transition team, where he oversees staff to a possible second term for Trump. The billionaire is a fervent pro-Israel, according to ‘Jewish Insider’, and has said that his decision to become more actively involved in Trump’s campaign was made after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.

Robert Lighthizer

Former US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who was a key figure in Trump’s first term and has remained close to the former president, he has also been proposed for Secretary of the Treasury if Trump wins the keys to the White House.

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He previously pushed for the United States to adopt a nationalist approach to trade and has been an enthusiastic supporter of Trump’s tariff proposals.

Elon Musk

Trump has been full of praise for the technology billionaire and his important financial support to the Republican campaign. Musk has advocated drastically cutting public spending, although he has not specified where the hatchet would be applied.

He also proposed the idea of ​​a new Department of Government Efficiency, which would be responsible for auditing the federal government and recommending reforms. Earlier this week, Trump appeared to rule out the possibility that Musk had an official role in the Cabinet.

“(Musk) doesn’t want to become secretary of something. I mean, I’d love to have him to be honest with you… but he’s doing a couple of other things“Trump said at a rally in Arizona.

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However, he said he wanted Musk to have an unspecified role in his new government. This week, however, Lutnick told CNN that Musk would be “adjacent” to the potential Government the Trump.

“I think adjacent to it and writing software for the government and then giving the software to the government and helping the government,” Lutnick said. “It’s going to be amazing“.