{"id":125357,"date":"2024-11-13T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125357"},"modified":"2024-11-13T13:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:05:50","slug":"what-trumps-staffing-picks-tell-us-about-his-second-term-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125357","title":{"rendered":"What Trump&#8217;s staffing picks tell us about his second-term plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d023\/live\/e5b6f8c0-a13f-11ef-accd-1951fe8cd98c.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images Elise Stefanik wears a blue dress and claps her hands. She is standing on a stage next to Donald Trump, who wears a dark suit and red tie.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Trump chose Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who has been critical of China in the past, to be US ambassador to the United Nations.  <!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the contours of his new presidency have started taking shape.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The president-elect has announced nearly a dozen appointees, the first steps toward filling out his White House staff and key government departments. He also made comments to the media and on social media that highlight what his priorities will be upon taking office in January, with a special focus on immigration and foreign policy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After a sometimes chaotic start to his first term, Trump is laying the groundwork for his next administration with a more clearly defined plan &#8211; and personnel ready to enact it.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Here\u2019s a look at what we\u2019ve learned so far.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">A hard-line immigration team in place<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some of Trump\u2019s newly revealed appointments suggest that the president-elect\u2019s campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented migrants living in the US is no exaggeration.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Stephen Miller, who has been Trump\u2019s close adviser and speechwriter since 2015, is Trump\u2019s choice for White House deputy chief of staff for policy.  He will likely shape any plans for mass deportations &#8211; and pare back both undocumented and legal immigration. During Trump&#8217;s first term, Miller was involved in developing some of the administration&#8217;s strictest immigration policies.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Thomas Homan, acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in Trump\u2019s first term, supported the president\u2019s policy of separating undocumented families detained at the US-Mexico border. Now he\u2019s back with an even broader portfolio, as Trump\u2019s \u201cimmigration tsar\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen,\u201d Homan said at a conservative conference in July.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Critics have warned that Trump\u2019s mass deportation plan could cost upwards of $300b. In an interview with NBC News last week, however, the president-elect said cost was not an issue.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWhen people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they\u2019re going to go back to those countries because they\u2019re not staying here,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no price tag.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">China hawks take flight<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Many conservatives believe that China poses the single greatest threat to continued US global dominance, both economically and militarily. While Trump has been more circumspect, limiting most of his China <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckgvr9kgkqyo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">critiques to the realm of trade<!-- --><\/a>, he is filling his foreign policy team with vocal China critics.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The president-elect picked Florida Congressman Mike Waltz, a retired Army colonel, as his national security adviser \u2013 a key foreign policy post within the White House. Waltz has said the US is in a \u201ccold war\u201d with China and was one of the first members of Congress to call for a US boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In October, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Trump\u2019s pick for US ambassador to the UN, accused China of \u201cblatant and malicious election interference\u201d amid reports that China-backed hackers attempted to gather information from the former president\u2019s phones.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">While Trump has yet to officially name his choice for secretary of state, Florida Senator Marco Rubio \u2013 another China hawk \u2013 appears to be the leading contender for the top diplomatic job. In 2020, Rubio was sanctioned by the Chinese government after he pushed measures to punish the nation for its crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">US-China relations were often rocky during Trump&#8217;s first term, amidst trade disputes and the Covid pandemic. The Biden administration, which kept many of Trump&#8217;s China tariffs and imposed some new ones, only somewhat calmed the waters. Now it looks like the next Trump administration will pick up where the last one left off.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Musk&#8217;s new role<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">While the list of Trump\u2019s political appointees grows, there\u2019s another group that stays small \u2013 and exceedingly influential.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, has been a full-time presence at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago transition headquarters. According to media reports, he is advising the president-elect on cabinet nominees and even joined a conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Tuesday night, Trump announced that he was assigning Musk to work with tech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in a &#8220;department of government efficiency&#8221; tasked with identifying new budget cuts.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk has regularly offered his political opinions on his social media platform X, including endorsing Florida Senator Rick Scott\u2019s bid to be the next Senate majority leader.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk\u2019s political action committee spent around $200m to help Trump\u2019s presidential campaign, and he promises to continue to fund the group\u2019s efforts to advance the president-elect\u2019s agenda and help Republican candidates in upcoming congressional elections.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, it remains to be seen where Robert F Kennedy Jr, another key figure, lands. Trump has said that he plans to give the former Democrat and vaccine sceptic, who abandoned his independent bid and endorsed the Republican, a role in making America \u201chealthy\u201d again.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cHe wants to do some things, and we\u2019re going to let him go to it,\u201d Trump said in his election victory speech.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Prioritising presidential power over Congress<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As Trump takes office, Republicans have control of the Senate and could still take the House, albeit by a slim margin. However, the president-elect\u2019s early actions suggest he is more concerned with exercising his presidential power than working with the legislative branch.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last week, he posted on social media that the Senate\u2019s Republican leadership should smooth the way for more presidential \u201crecess appointments\u201d \u2013 allowing him to fill top administration jobs without Senate approval when Congress is not in session. The move would strengthen presidential power by undercutting the chamber\u2019s constitutional role to \u201cadvise and consent\u201d on political appointees.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, the president-elect keeps chipping away at those narrow congressional majorities. Senators who move to administration roles can quickly be replaced by appointment from the governor of their home state. But any House vacancies \u2013 such as ones created by Stefanik and Waltz\u2019s departures \u2013 require special elections that can take months to schedule.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some of Trump\u2019s advisers, including Musk, have warned that the president-elect could be endangering his legislative agenda if he plucks too many more Republicans from the chambers.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Even in the best of circumstances, congressional legislation takes time, effort and compromise. Executive action, such as new immigration enforcement, can be done with the stroke of a presidential pen.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump\u2019s actions indicate he is, at least at the moment, more focused on the latter.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Rewarding loyalists<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump has only just begun filling out the thousands of jobs that open up with a new presidential administration, not including the senior-level career bureaucrats he has said he will replace.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2016, as a political newcomer, he had to rely on more establishment Republicans for key roles. This time, he has a wealth of prospective candidates with proven track records of supporting him and after eight years, Trump loyalists are the Republican establishment.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Tuesday, Trump named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, and Fox News host and conservative author Pete Hegseth as defence secretary. Both have been fierce Trump defenders from the start.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Others, like Rubio and Stefanik, were critics of Trump early in his first presidential bid, but they have now spent years demonstrating that their harsh words are a thing of the past.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Rubio, who ran for president against Trump in 2016, may still have White House ambitions, however. Trump often soured on appointees who seemed drawn to the limelight during his first term, and even the warmest of relationships could go bad.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump may be placing a premium on loyalty with his early staff announcements, but the pressures of governing ultimately will reveal whether his second four years in office end up different from his first.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a7dc\/live\/50e71320-a13e-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Banner saying 'More on US ELECTION 2024' with images of Harris and Trump\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c862\/live\/bd4ed840-a13e-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"US Election Unspun. 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